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HoneyTrap, The Oldest In The World Now As Iranian Catphish on LinkedIn

Iranian state-sponsored hackers are increasing their targeting of civilian targets amid escalating tensions between the US and Iran, according to Zak Doffman at Forbes. Doffman cites a ...

KnowBe4 Achieves Highest and Furthest Overall Position for Its Ability to Execute and Completeness of Vision in the 2019 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Security Awareness CBT

We are excited to announce that KnowBe4 has achieved the highest and furthest overall position as a Leader for its ability to execute and completeness of vision in the 2019 Magic Quadrant ...

New Cyber Attack Trends Report Reveals That Digital Criminals Made Off With $45 Billion in 2018

Scott Ikeda at CPO Magazine posted insights about a new report on cyber attack trends which combines information from a number of high-level sources. It reveals a startling amount of ...

Fake Accounts Go to College

The US Department of Education warned last week that 62 colleges were exposed to criminals who exploited an authentication vulnerability in a popular enterprise resource planning ...

Is Equifax Paying Up To 700 Million... Or Is It 1.4 Billion?

In a settlement with the FTC, consumers affected by the breach are eligible for up to $20,000 in a cash settlement, depending on damages they can prove. But different news sources claim ...

Windows Defender Gets a New Name: Microsoft Defender

Bleepingcomputer reported: "Windows Defender is being rebranded to Microsoft Defender to indicate that it now part of a cross platform family of products. This includes enterprise ...

[Scam of The Week] New 'US State Police' Phishing Extortion Scam Includes Contact Numbers

Our friend Larry Abrams at Bleeping computer warned: "A new extortion scam is underway that pretends to be from a US State Police detective who is willing to delete child porn evidence if ...

KnowBe4 Adds Language Localization to Learner's Experience For All Customers

We are excited to announce the availability of KnowBe4’s new localized training interface option for your users!

U.S. Coast Guard Warns of Phishing Attacks Designed for Data Theft and Malware Infection

A new Marine Safety Information Bulletin from the U.S. Coast Guard demonstrates that cybercriminals aren’t just after land-based businesses.

U.K. Sees an Increase in Sophisticated Phishing Attacks Targeting Educational Institutions

Using a mix of identity deception, domain spoofing, credential theft, and bank fraud, scammers are taking advantage of soft targets in the U.K.’s education sector.

Deep Fakes Getting Better Every Day With AI / Machine Learning

A recent article in The Next Web showed how AI can magically remove a person or object from a video background as computer algorithms “clips” the person walking across a street out of the ...

SANS Security Awareness Report Highlights the Rising Era of Awareness Training

SANS Security Awareness, a division of SANS Institute, announced they have released their new 2019 Security Awareness Report. In its fifth consecutive year, this very useful annual report ...

UK Mid-Sized Firms Lost £30bn to CyberAttacks in 2018

Phil Muncaster at InfoSec Mag reported that "Cybersecurity incidents have cost UK mid-market firms a combined £30bn over the past year as automated attacks become the norm, according to ...

An Amazon Phishing Scam Hits Just In Time For Prime Day

Amazon has confirmed that Prime Day 2019 will begin at 12 a.m. PT on Monday, July 15 and conclude at 11:59 p.m. PT on Tuesday, July 16.

U.S. Coast Guard Warns Shipping Industry on Cybersecurity. Are You Next?

Kim Nash wrote in the WSJ Cybersecurity newsletter: "Avast! Pirates are getting better with cyber weapons on the high seas, WSJ Pro’s James Rundle reports. Maritime freight operators must ...

Homeland Security Warning About Phishing As A Threat to 2020 Elections

The US Department of Homeland Security is warning state election officials that phishing attacks are one of the greatest threats to watch out for as the 2020 elections approach.

Discovered This Year: 5,334 Kits Offering Evasive Criminal Phishing-as-a-Service

Commodity phishing kits are making it easier for unskilled criminals to run sophisticated phishing campaigns for a low price, according to a report from cloud security provider Cyren.

[Heads-up] IT Pros In The Trenches Of Iran And China's New Cyber War Against The U.S.

You did not sign up for this, but you are finding yourself in the trenches of a cyber war which is slowly but surely moving from a cold to a hot stage. The latest development is that the ...

“Lack of Security Awareness” a Major Reason Why Financial Firms Are 300 Time More Likely to Fall Prey to Cyberattacks

The bad guys always go where the money is. And financial firms are grossly ill-prepared for cyberattacks and suffer higher costs in addressing successful attacks. Boston Consulting Group ...

80% of all Brand Deception Phishing Scams Targeting Execs Pretend to be Microsoft

The prevalence of Office 365 and the Windows OS has caused cybercriminals to choose the software titan as their primary brand used in identity deception phishing scams.


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