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CyberheistNews Vol 7 #9 Survey: Most Hackers Break in Within Six Hours

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MySQL instances attacked by database blackmailers

Copycats delete databases without dumping them first. Internet-facing instances of the popular MySQL information store are being targeted by attackers following similar attacks on ...

Which User Will Infect Your Network With Ransomware?

We've got something really cool for you: the new Phishing Security Test v2.0! It's got several great new features, and sending simulated phishing emails to train your employees is a fun ...

Phishing Attack Uses Stuxnet Technology And Makes PCs Into Roombugs

Researchers have uncovered an advanced malware-based operation that siphoned more than 600 gigabytes from about 70 targets in a broad range of industries, including news media, and ...

Survey: Most Hackers Break In Within Six Hours

A recent survey of 70 professional hackers and penetration testers found that 60% of them take a maximum of just six hours to compromise a target. The research titled The Black Report, ...

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[On-Demand Webinar] Forrester TEI™: Value of KnowBe4 Goes Beyond ROI

KnowBe4 recently commissioned Forrester to conduct a Total Economic Impact™ (TEI) study, examining the potential Return on Investment (ROI) enterprises might realize by implementing the ...

Hackers Demand $25K-$30K After Ransomware Attack Takes Down Bingham County Servers

BLACKFOOT — Bingham County officials are scrambling to rebuild parts of their computer infrastructure after a ransomware attack took down county servers on Wednesday. The Bingham County ...

7 Urgent Reasons For Creating A Human Firewall

I was at RSA 2017 in San Francisco last week, and apart from meetings with customers, VCs and the Press, I found a large amount of relevant security news. Out of the firehose of RSA data, ...

Google: "Office Inbox Receives 6.2X More Phishing And 4.3X More Malware Than Your Inbox At Home".

Google Research analyzed over a billion emails passing through Gmail, and the results were presented yesterday at the RSA security conference in San Francisco. Extremely interesting ...