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CyberheistNews Vol 13 #10 [Eye Opener] BusinessWeek: The Satellite Hack Everyone Is Finally Talking About

CyberheistNews Vol 13 #10 | March 7th, 2023 [Eye Opener] BusinessWeek: The Satellite Hack Everyone Is Finally Talking About This week, Bloomberg News pointed at a brand-new article at ...

Three out of Four Organizations Have Experienced a Successful Email-Based Attack as Impacts Increase

New data shows just how impactful these attacks are, with 98% of victim organizations reporting some form of impact from email-based cyber attacks.

Coping With “Double-Extortion” Royal Ransomware

The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and the FBI last week issued a joint advisory on Royal ransomware. Royal is noteworthy for its ability to disable various ...

Ransomware Attacks on Industrial Infrastructure Climb 87% Despite Security Improvements to ICS Environments

Since the goal of ransomware is to initially disrupt operations, the targeting of industrial control systems has been an increasing focus for specific ransomware groups.

Executive Impersonation Business Email Compromise Attacks Go Beyond English Worldwide

Despite hearing mostly about BEC attacks in English-speaking countries, analysis of new attack groups highlight the threat of these kinds of attacks in other languages.

[On-Demand] A Master Class on Cybersecurity: Roger Grimes Teaches Data-Driven Defense

Even the world’s most successful organizations have significant weaknesses in their cybersecurity defenses, which determined hackers can exploit at will. There’s even a term for it: ...

Your KnowBe4 Fresh Content Updates from February 2023

Check out the 24 new pieces of training content added in February, alongside the always fresh content update highlights, events and new features.

Financial Services Sector at Risk of More Significant Impacts of Email-Based Cyber Attacks

Financial services businesses are already in the sights of cybercriminals, and understanding how cyber attacks impact this sector specifically can help establish the need for improved ...

CISA's latest ransomware warning promotes fighting social engineering at the top of the document, once again

So, today CISA released another ransomware notice. The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency is an agency of the United States Department of Homeland Security that is ...

[On-Demand] 5 Ways PhishER Saves You Time and Money

Time is the one resource you never get back. Cutting the amount of time between the moment your user reports a suspicious email and when your InfoSec team responds can mean the difference ...