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Bleepingcomputer reported: "The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has released guidance to help government and private sector organizations prevent data breaches ...
The volume of phishing attacks has increased 22% this year compared to the first half of 2020, according to researchers at PhishLabs.
The world’s most dangerous, expensive, and impactful cyberattack can potentially be stopped with little more than a conscientious user who is paying attention.
Lax security policies, a lack of security measures and solutions in place, and an expectation that Microsoft will address any security issues is putting organizations at risk.
In the wake of the FBI’s warning about more deepfake-based cyber attacks coming in the next year, organizations should remain vigilant against this compelling form of social engineering.
A new report from security vendor Trend Micro quantifies the current level of risk most organizations are facing, highlighting how ill-prepared we really are, how many have already been ...
With no slowdown of cyberattacks in sight, global incident volumes continue to trend upward, according to new data from Accenture’s Cyber Investigations, Forensics and Response team.
Cybercriminals appear to be more aggressive with their idealistic ransom demands as some gangs continue to evolve, using new “quadruple extortion” tactics to ensure payment.
Copyright infringement scammers have begun using phone calls to contact potential victims, according to Paul Ducklin at Naked Security.
A phishing campaign is using morse code to encode malicious attachments in order to slip past security filters, according to researchers at Microsoft. The phishing emails contain HTML ...
Now that the KnowBe4 Security Awareness Training and Simulated Phishing Platform is available in nine localized languages, starting your organization's security awareness training program ...
Cybercriminals and nation-state actors continue to launch smishing attacks to steal credentials and distribute malware, according to Michael Marriott, Senior Strategy and Research Analyst ...
US military personnel and veterans have lost more than $822 million to scams since 2017, according to researchers at AtlasVPN. The researchers analyzed data from the US Federal Trade ...
We recently attended Black Hat USA 2021 this year and Erich Kron, Security Awareness Advocate for KnowBe4, sat down with Cybersecurity Ventures to give words of advice for all ...
The shutting down or even retirement of one ransomware gang seems to result in another popping up. Are these new gangs or just reincarnations of the old one with a new face?
While plenty of industry data and new stories confirm ransomware gangs are raking in tens-to-hundreds of thousands per successful attack, is the business of ransomware profitable?
A new Android Trojan has hijacked more than 10,000 Facebook accounts by stealing session cookies, according to researchers at Zimperium. The malware uses social engineering to trick users ...
With threat actors honing their trickery skills to craft the perfect email used to fool a would-be victim recipient, new data shows cybercriminals are stepping up their game on a number ...
Probably the world’s most notorious ransomware gang disappears completely and subsequently reappears with new branding in an attempt to separate themselves from the types of attacks that ...
In a case of “I told you so”, it seems that cyber insurance costs have risen this year as organizations fail to properly protect themselves from rampant ransomware attacks.
