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Unfortunate Learning Lessons from Clicking on a Suspicious Phishing Email

Israeli news source YNet released a story about a woman who clicked on a suspicious phishing link, was fired from her job, and was accused of fraud with a criminal indictment.

Phishing Links Sent Via Legitimate Google Drive Notifications

Scammers are abusing a Google Drive feature to send phishing links in automated email notifications from Google, WIRED reports. By mentioning a Google user in a Drive document, the ...

Cannabis Company GrowDiaries Suffers Data Breach of 3.4 Million Users

A recent report from SiliconANGLE released information that cannabis company GrowDiaries suffered a data breach with details of 3.4 million users being exposed online.

Thinking Skeptically About Smishing

Organizations need to train their employees to be on the lookout for SMS phishing (smishing), according to Jennifer Bosavage at Dark Reading. Bosavage explains that attackers exploit ...

[On-Demand Webinar] Top 5 IT Security Myths Your CISO Believes Are True… BUSTED!

Facts are facts, but what happens when IT security pros take myths at face value?

Organizational Security Posture Effectiveness Declines by 38% Due to COVID

Remote workforces, insecure devices, a lack of multi-factor authentication, and a lack of user education all add up to a security nightmare for the average organization today.

WARNING: Americans’ Password Habits are Horrible, Putting Organizations at Risk

New data shows the average American uses short, uncomplicated, and often predictable passwords, practices which only increase the insecurity of corporate user accounts.

Cyber Insurers Expect to Raise Ransomware Policy Premiums as Much as 25%

The increase in the frequency of ransomware attacks, as well as the rise in the demanded ransom amounts is causing cyber insurers to change tactics to limit their risk.

Manipulation by Disinformation: How Elections are Swayed

Security Serious Week 2020 focused on disinformation, and there were many talks, tweetchats, presentations, panel discussions, and blogs.

CyberheistNews Vol 10 #45 [Heads Up] Here Are Some Truly Scary Social Media Stats