Impersonation Phishing Attacks Up 67% in Last 12 Months

Social engineering attacks using impersonation tactics increased by 67% over the past twelve months, according to Mimecast’s annual State of Email Security report. Mimecast surveyed more ...

May 29, 2019 Stu Sjouwerman

Why KnowBe4 Is The Only True Global Security Awareness Training Vendor

Security awareness, by its very nature, relies on communication. And that communication, in turn, relies on clarity so that it can be fully understood and applied by the learner. To be ...

May 29, 2019 Stu Sjouwerman

Red Flags Warn of Social Engineering

The easiest way to avoid falling for scams and other social engineering attacks is to have an understanding of the tactics employed by attackers, according to Roger A. Grimes, writing in ...

May 28, 2019 Stu Sjouwerman

Phishing Canadian Targets

We have recently blogged about KrebsOnSecurity's story on compromised Canadian business email addresses. Here is some updated background on threats to Canadian organizations.

May 28, 2019 Stu Sjouwerman

A Single Tweet Saw One Woman's Bank Account Entirely Wiped Out

Dean Dunham at The Mirror in the UK reported: "Social media is often disgruntled customers first port of call when they want to make a complaint about goods or services these days, but ...

May 28, 2019 Stu Sjouwerman

“Monster” Data Breaches Result in an Average Cost of $347 Million

Data breaches in the hundreds of millions of records have made the news over the last two years. The latest report from Bitglass covers the results and repercussions of the breaches.

May 28, 2019 Stu Sjouwerman

Over 10 Million People Hit In Single Australian Data Breach

The Office of the Australian Information Commissioner's (OAIC) quarterly data breach report also revealed private health was again the country's most affected sector.

May 28, 2019 Stu Sjouwerman

UK Says It Warned 16 Nato Allies Of Russian Hacking Activities

The UK has shared information on Russian hacking attacks with 16 NATO allies over the last 18 months, a British government official said today. "I can disclose that in the last 18 months, ...

May 28, 2019 Stu Sjouwerman

72 Percent Of Cyber Security Professionals Have Considered Quitting Over Lack Of Resources

Ian Barker at Betanews commented on something astounding.

May 25, 2019 Stu Sjouwerman

[Heads-up] Scary Phishing Attack Uses Legal Threats From Law Firm

Brian Krebs just posted the following alert: "Some of the most convincing email phishing and malware attacks come disguised as nastygrams from a law firm. Such scams typically notify the ...

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Impersonation Phishing Attacks Up 67% in Last 12 Months

Why KnowBe4 Is The Only True Global Security Awareness Training Vendor

Red Flags Warn of Social Engineering

Phishing Canadian Targets

A Single Tweet Saw One Woman's Bank Account Entirely Wiped Out

“Monster” Data Breaches Result in an Average Cost of $347 Million

Over 10 Million People Hit In Single Australian Data Breach

UK Says It Warned 16 Nato Allies Of Russian Hacking Activities

72 Percent Of Cyber Security Professionals Have Considered Quitting Over Lack Of Resources

[Heads-up] Scary Phishing Attack Uses Legal Threats From Law Firm

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