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Read the latest news about security awareness training, best practices, why you need it, and what happens when you don't have it in place.

Tribune Publishing apologizes for fake bonus offer in phishing-simulation email

Yesterday at the end of the day, I was called by our PR team who got alerted by tech support about a Twitter post that was going viral. Turns out a custom phishing test created by one of ...

Five Alarming Approaches to Extortion

People should familiarize themselves with common forms of extortion in order to avoid falling victim to these attacks, according to Amer Owaida at ESET. Ransomware might be the most ...

Credential Stuffing to Stuff the Ballot Box

Advanced nation-state actors and petty criminals are both leveraging credential-stuffing attacks to hack into victims’ accounts, according to Byron Acohido, writing for Avast. Rather than ...

Credential Stuffing Used Against Financial Services

A security alert from the FBI warns that hackers are launching credential-stuffing attacks against organizations in the financial sector, ZDNet reports.

[Announcement] KnowBe4 ModStore: New Series "Security Snapshots" from Twist & Shout

They've made you laugh. They've made you cry. You know and love them! Twist & Shout are here once again with a series of 12 stand-alone security micro-dramas! These Security Snapshots ...

Joint Cybersecurity Advisory Outlines Approaches to Discovering and Remediating Attacks

This newly-released report is the result of a collaborative effort by cybersecurity authorities in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, and the United States.

Crowdstrike: "More Cyberattacks in the First Half of 2020 Than in All of 2019"

According to a recent study conducted by cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike, recent threat activity throughout its customers’ networks has shown more intrusion attempts within the first half ...

How to Become a Harder Target From Malicious Threat Actors

The US Department of Homeland Security’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has issued an advisory regarding threat actors associated with China’s Ministry of State ...

Ransomware Dominates 41% of all Cyber Insurance Claims in H1 2020

Just-released data from cyber insurer Coalition shows massive increases in both the frequency of ransomware attacks and the ransom demand with Maze and Ryuk leading the way.

Fake Alert Scams: Actually Unwanted Programs

Mobile tech support scams are on the rise, according to researchers at Sophos. These scams are similar to traditional desktop tech support scams, in that they try to frighten the user ...