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U.K. Court Finds Employee Actions Constitute “Vicarious Liability”, despite meeting GDPR Requirements

The latest developments in the lawsuit against UK supermarket chain Morrisons may dictate the future of employers being held responsible for employee actions.

[Heads-up] Scary New MegaCortex Ransomware Strain Discovered That Targets Your Business Network

Sophos has discovered a scary new strain of very sophisticated ransomware called MegaCortex. It was purpose-built to target corporate networks, and once penetrated, the attackers infect ...

New Phishing Campaign From 'FBI Director Wray' is Hysterical

Our friend Larry Abrams who runs the bleepingcomputer site had something highly entertaining: "We regularly write about phishing emails at BleepingComputer.com in order to warn our ...

[InfoGraphic] AUGH! Your Users Are Clicking On 50% Of The LinkedIn Phishing Tests

KnowBe4 Q1 2019 top-clicked phishing subject lines reveals LinkedIn messages to be most popular. Today, we revealed that simulated phishing tests that include “LinkedIn” in the subject ...

President Signs Executive Order to Boost Federal Cyber Workforce

The White House launched its latest effort to bolster the government’s cybersecurity workforce.

4 Ways CISOs Can Improve Their Organization’s Security Position

Understanding where your biggest risks are, and how cybercriminals take advantage of those risks help CISOs to build a better strategy to defend against, detect, and address threats.

Ransomware Attacks Jump 500% as Businesses Continue to Be the Prime Target

Malwarebyte’s latest Cybercrime Tactics and Techniques report exposes some trends indicating that 2019 is looking to be the year of the cyberthreat for businesses.

Why Marketing Departments Are Cyber Security Targets

Because of what they do, marketing departments are potential cybersecurity risks themselves, and digital bad actors are well aware of it. "Since marketers are more closely connected to ...

Vendors are Responsible for Almost Half of All Data Breaches

The latest data from a survey of 600 SpiceWorks IT and Security professionals shows that vendor users aren’t doing their part to keep your organization’s data safe.

U.K. Study Finds only 15% of People Sufficiently Know How to Protect Themselves Online

With 80% of people saying cybersecurity is a priority, the disparity between what they believe is important and their ability to protect themselves puts organizations at risk.

PDFs Return as Phishbait

The use of malware-laden PDF email attachments has spiked in recent months, internet security company SonicWall has found. Over the course of 2018, SonicWall detected 47,000 new attack ...

Scott County Schools victim of $3.7 million CEO Fraud Phishing Scam

GEORGETOWN, Ky. (WKYT) - Scott County Schools has announced the district is a victim of a multi-million dollar online CEO fraud scam.

Phishing Emails Will Always Get Through

Attackers have proven their ability to adapt to improved security measures, and organizations should never assume they’re safe from phishing emails, says Paul Gillin at SiliconANGLE.

Executives are Out and Employees are In as Cybercriminals Change Their Primary Targets for Cyberattack

Phishing and Social Engineering scammers are shifting tactics, focusing efforts on low-level employees using a variety of methods as a means to cast a wider net within a targeted ...

Phishing Attacks See Massive Increases and Improvements in Execution with Social Engineering at the Helm

With 98% of malicious emails that hit inboxes containing no malware, the evolution and future of the phish lies squarely in the hands of effective social engineering.

Why Ransomware Continues to Be an Immensely Profitable Business for Bad Actors

Ransomware, arguably the most efficient malware used by cybercrooks in recent years, continues to wreak havoc on a global scale, affecting everyone and everything, from regular Internet ...

Social Engineers Earn a First

A study by nonprofit research company Jisc and the UK’s Higher Education Policy Institute (HEPI) found that 100 percent of spear phishing tests against universities were able to gain ...

Florida Spearphishing: Meddle Globally, Phish Locally

Russian intelligence services sent spearphishing emails to more than 120 email accounts used by Florida election officials in November 2016, according to Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s ...

Ohio Becomes the Third U.S. State to Adopt the NAIC’s Insurance Data Security Model Law

Ohio joins South Carolina and Michigan to create cybersecurity legislation modeled after the National Association of Insurance Commissioners’ (NAIC) Insurance Data Security Model Law.

Here are few Game of Thrones phishing scams you should know about and how to avoid them

With the Game of Thrones (GoT) Season 8 finally airing, bad guys are using a variety of social engineering tactics to trick your end-users.


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