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Are Account Takeovers Driving Towards a Passwordless Future?

The bad guys will try to take over accounts all the time. Logging onto someone's account with their credentials is usually a whole lot easier than trying to compromise the website ...

Voicemail-Themed Phishing Attacks on the Rise

Researchers at Zscaler warn of an increase in voicemail-themed phishing campaigns designed to steal credentials for enterprise applications. The emails purport to be automatically ...

[Heads up]  CISA And NSA Urge “Immediate Action” To Secure National Critical Infrastructure

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and the National Security Agency (NSA) have issued a joint advisory warning that foreign hackers are targeting systems that ...

BEC is the Largest Cyber Threat to UK Sports Entities

The UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) released a new report revealing that sports organizations are more than twice as likely to suffer a cyberattack than organizations in other ...

Third Party Digital Risk Significantly Increases as Organizations Continue to Work From Home

It's no secret that in the last year we have seen a huge shift to remote work at a rapid speed. A recent Forbes article covered that during this time third party (supply chain) risk has ...

[HEADS UP] Cyber Attack at University of York Steals Personal Information from Staff and Students

In a recent report by the York Press, University of York has launched an investigation after personal information of students and staff was obtained by the bad guys.

Don't Overlook Policy When Designing Security

There’s no single defense against phishing and other social engineering attacks, according to Kevin O’Brien, CEO and co-founder of email security company GreatHorn. On the CyberWire’s ...

Testing 1… 2… 3…

Let’s face it, very few organizations thought they’d still be in workforce limbo as we near the six-month mark of the pandemic. This situation has stretched many organizations to adopt ...

Argentinian Telecom Company is the Latest Victim of REvil Ransomware, with 18,000 Endpoints Infected

The ransom in excess of $7.5 Million is only one of many remediation issues Argentina’s largest ISP has to address, with it appearing that the entire network was compromised in the ...

I Testified Before U.S. Congress About COVID-19 Phishing Scams

Yesterday, July 21, 2020 I testified before U.S. congress about COVID-19 phishing scams. I was invited by the Senate Commerce Committee's subcommittee on manufacturing, trade, and ...