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The Current State of Cybersecurity and the Role of SOAR
Ransomware, data leaks, phishing, denial of service… these are some of the terms that everyone, even those who aren’t in the IT industry, will have repeatedly heard in the last few years. Everyone has received an email from a Nigerian prince or some long-lost rich, relative from Africa at least once. These are basic examples of cyberattacks called phishing attacks, which still have an acceptable success rate. If we were to talk about more tailored phishing attacks (common ones being a request to change your password or a notification that your account will be deleted if you don’t click on a link), those have an even better success rate – why is that so? Because bad actors are smart. ...
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