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Can COVID-19 Related Data Breach Worries Stop Your Mergers Or Acquisitions?

The WSJ just reported that the new coronavirus has thrown the M&A dealmaking into disarray. They said: "cybersecurity experts say the workplace upheaval caused by the pandemic will ...

COVID-19 Spam Delivers Remcos RAT

A phishing campaign is impersonating the US Small Business Administration (SBA) in an attempt to deliver the Remcos remote access Trojan, according to researchers at IBM X-Force. The ...

[HEADS UP] Experts Predict 30,000% Increase in COVID-19 Cybersecurity Threats

A security firm is claiming to have seen a staggering 30,000% increase since January in detected phishing, malicious websites and malware designed to capitalize on the COVID-19 crisis.

Two-thirds of Remote Workers Received No Security Awareness Training in the Last Year

This alarming bit of news about U.K. remote workers comes at the worst time when attacks are on the rise, insecure personal devices are being used, and workers are more susceptible to ...

'Florentine Baker Group' Use Microsoft 365 Functionality to Scam Private Equity Firm Out of $1.2 Million

A new investigation by Check Point’s Incident Response Team (CPIRT) demonstrates how brazen cybercriminals are and the lengths they will go to in order to see their scam succeed.

The Best and First Defenses You Should Implement

Every good defense has three pillars of controls: policy, technical, and education. People are always asking what they should do for each to minimize cybersecurity events the most and ...

Postcards from a Film Director. The challenges of creating a sitcom during COVID-19 Lockdown

By Jim Shields, Managing Director of U.K.-based Twist & Shout - a KnowBe4 company. When we first created Restricted Intelligence over seven years ago, we had no idea it would be so ...

How Sharing Personal Information Helps Scam Artists

The FBI's Charlotte office released an alert describing how scammers can use personal information on social media to break into online accounts, BleepingComputer reports. As people are ...

Phishing Kit Prices Rise

The price of phishing kits on the black market rose by 149% in 2019, according to researchers at Group-IB. ZDNet reports that the researchers tracked the pricing of 16,200 phishing kits ...