Six Security Questions You Should Keep in Mind for Third Parties

Feb 6, 2020 8:23:45 AM By Jelle Wieringa

Organizations are beginning to understand the consequences of a data breach or a phishing attack and the negative impact they can really have. But what are the security risks for third ...

Cybercriminal Gang, Silent Starling, Creates New ‘Vendor Email Compromise’ Category

Nov 19, 2019 2:38:04 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

New attacks focus on organizations with global supply chains looking to trick a supplier’s customers into paying fake invoices and have already impacted 500 organizations worldwide.

Third Party Phishing: The New Spear-Phishing Attacks That Traditional Defenses Just Don't Stop

Nov 12, 2019 8:00:00 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Joe in accounting is pretty cyber-savvy. He doesn’t fall for basic phishing emails with masked URLs or phony password reset requests. But what happens when Joe gets an email from a ...

Here Is A New Term For Your Cybercrime Glossary: Vendor Email Compromise (VEC)

Nov 8, 2019 6:49:08 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

Agari’s latest Email Fraud & Identity Deception Trends report highlights the growing threat of vendor email compromise (VEC), according to SecurityWeek. This is a variety of business ...

Vendors are Responsible for Almost Half of All Data Breaches

Apr 29, 2019 7:04:18 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

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.

Is Managing Your Vendor Risk Taking Up Too Much of Your Time?

Apr 23, 2019 9:37:52 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

You told us you have challenging compliance requirements, and keeping up with risk assessments is a continuous hassle.

Today I was attacked through an existing vendor using a real email thread

Feb 5, 2019 10:39:55 AM By Stu Sjouwerman

We have been dealing with a vendor of ours for on-hold messages for many years. I send them a Word file with the hold messages, their studio records them, and they send us a wave file ...

KnowBe4 Prevents Customer From Becoming Social Engineering Victim Of Duke Energy Vendor’s Hack

Dec 6, 2017 1:39:03 PM By Stu Sjouwerman

A customer just sent us this: "Stu, the company who processes payments for Duke Energy’s walk in payments was hacked and as a result about 375,000 bank accounts may have been stolen. "We ...

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Six Security Questions You Should Keep in Mind for Third Parties

Cybercriminal Gang, Silent Starling, Creates New ‘Vendor Email Compromise’ Category

Third Party Phishing: The New Spear-Phishing Attacks That Traditional Defenses Just Don't Stop

Here Is A New Term For Your Cybercrime Glossary: Vendor Email Compromise (VEC)

Vendors are Responsible for Almost Half of All Data Breaches

Is Managing Your Vendor Risk Taking Up Too Much of Your Time?

Today I was attacked through an existing vendor using a real email thread

KnowBe4 Prevents Customer From Becoming Social Engineering Victim Of Duke Energy Vendor’s Hack

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