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Chinese Hackers Target Airbus Suppliers in Quest for Commercial Secrets

European aerospace giant Airbus has been hit by a series of attacks by hackers targeting its suppliers in search of commercial secrets, sources told AFP, adding they suspected a Chinese ...

Russian Secret Weapon Against U.S. 2020 Election Revealed In New Cyberwarfare Report

You may have sensed this, but you need to confront the fact the Planet Earth is an anarchy of nations. The UN is ineffective and thoroughly corrupt. A few good things have come out of it, ...

Social Engineering via the US Mail

[Heads Up] What If The World's Largest Cyber Insurers Recommended Just *One* Security Awareness Training Platform As The Most Effective In Reducing Cyber Risk?

Well, that just happened. Today, September 25th 2019, Marsh, the world’s leading insurance broker and risk adviser, announced the inaugural class of cybersecurity solutions receiving a ...

KnowBe4 2019 Security Threats and Trends Report – October 2019

Executive Summary The yearly, independent, KnowBe4 2019 Security Threats and Trends Survey polled 600 organizations worldwide mid-2019 on the major security issues they will face in the ...

Don't Let Your Users Download Malicious Chrome Extensions

Here's a relatively "innocent" example of this risk. The ‘AdBlock’ and ‘uBlock’ look just like legitimate Chrome extensions but instead engage in cookie stuffing to defraud affiliate ...

Less Than a Third of Small Businesses Deliver Annual Cybersecurity Training

Only 31% of employees receive annual cybersecurity training, Chubb’s Third Annual Cyber Report has found. According to Small Business Trends, the report shows that employees’ perception ...

Disgusting Fake Employment Site Targets Veterans And Installs Remote Access Trojan

Just when you think they could not sink any lower, you see something like this. A fake website pretending to be an organization that offers job opportunities for U.S. veterans is ...

A Short, Very Useful Guide to Social Engineering

Knowing how to identify indicators of social engineering can alert you when someone tries to manipulate you, according to Roger A. Grimes, KnowBe4’s Data-Driven Defense Evangelist. In an ...

No, Really, They're Just Not That Into You

There are numerous ways to check the authenticity of someone on a dating site so you don’t fall for a romance scam, according to HackRead. You should always be cautious when interacting ...