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Here is a Spam Message from 1864, as Old as the Victorian Internet

If you thought spam was just a twenty-first-century thing, think again. As usual, most things that seem new have pretty deep roots. Most of us can see spam's ancestry in junk mail, but it ...
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Cobalt Cybercrime Group Resumes Phishing Attacks

The leader of the Cobalt hacking group was arrested in Spain two months ago, but the gang resurfaced at the end of May. Their spear phishing emails started hitting victims' in-boxes again ...
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Why is Windows 10 Rapidly Gaining Ground in The Enterprise While Win7 Gets Ditched?

Duo Security is a provider of secure login/access tools, and they just released their yearly Trusted Access Report with some very interesting data. Here Is The Summary Stats gathered from ...
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It's May 25th, 2018: GDPR DAY! Here Are Phishing Templates You Can Use...

Because it is "GDPR day" our templates team has been hard at work developing GDPR/Privacy policy templates. We have 6 new templates available in the system, located in Current Events. We ...
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1 in 10 healthcare organizations paid off ransomware within the last year

More than one in three healthcare organizations have suffered a cyberattack within the last year, while almost one in 10 have paid a ransom or extortion fee, according to Imperva.
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Which Users Will Cause The Most Damage To Your Network And Are An Active Liability?

The statistic that four percent of employees will click on almost anything, with “Free Coffee” and “Package Delivery” taking some of the top spots among phishbait subject lines, may not ...
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Surprise! What's The Country Where All The CEO Fraud Gangs Are?

A new study by Agari concludes that, despite all the attention nation-state espionage services have been getting for their phishing attacks, the big threat still comes from criminal gangs.
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Why are Antivirus Companies Promoting Security Awareness Training?

Today, the most surprising companies have jumped on the security awareness training bandwagon. Antivirus companies like Sophos, Kaspersky, Webroot and ESET are loudly promoting the fact ...
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A Banking Trojan Goes Phishing

Roaming Mantis has drawn notoriety as a banking Trojan. Its criminal controllers, however, have recently given it some new functionality: phishing and cryptomining. The criminals have ...
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Lawyer: GDPR Will Affect Ransomware Reporting In U.S.

The European Union's General Data Protection Regulation will affect how U.S. companies deal with the rising threat of ransomware attacks, according to a leading privacy lawyer, by ...
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“Good Enough” Free AV Software Argues For Security Awareness Training

By Guest Blogger Win10 Guru Ed Tittel. A surprising number of security experts agree that most users shouldn’t pay for a traditional antimalware suite. Windows 10's built-in protection, ...
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Pop-Up Mobile Ads Surge as Sites Scramble to Stop Them

A recent surge in mobile pop-ups, even on reputable sites, has left people more frustrated than ever.
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KnowBe4 Makes It To The Cybersecurity 500 Number Two Spot

KnowBe4 moves up the Cybersecurity 500 list from number six to number two of the world’s hottest security companies in 2018
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The KnowBe4 User Conference Was A Blast! Here Are Some Quick Impressions

The first KB4-CON 2018 in Orlando was super fun. Customers and Partners that attended walked up to me and said they loved it. Often they said it was the best conference they had been to ...
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Scam Of The Week: GDPR Phishing Attack With Apple Flavor / Royal Wedding

Social engineering follows seasonal patterns. It's also connected to major events. We see this every year with holiday-themed phishing attacks between Thanksgiving and New Year's Day.
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Phishing and pretexting represent 93% of social attack-based breaches

A good article in Forbes that takes another dive into the new 2018 Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report.
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