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Recent Phishing Scam Sends Uncertain Employment and Bogus Layoff Notices (Post)
Scammers have been exploiting people’s fears by posing as HR employees and sending emails informing recipients that they’ve been laid off, according to Kaspersky’s spam and phishing report for Q2 2020
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Organizational Security Posture Effectiveness Declines by 38% Due to COVID (Post)
Remote workforces, insecure devices, a lack of multi-factor authentication, and a lack of user education all add up to a security nightmare for the average organization today.We’d like to think that t
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Japan CERT: 75% of BEC Email Scams Involve the Forgery of an Invoice from a Business Partner (Post)
New research from the Japan Computer Emergency Response Team provides needed insight into what tactics and methods are used as part of Business Email Compromise scams.You hear about BEC scams every we
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[HEADS UP] Local Boston Town Falls Victim to a Phishing Attack (Post)
According to a local news source from Boston, the Town of Franklin recently became the next victim to a phishing attack, costing over $500K."The scam was part of “a recent ‘spear phishing attack,’” To
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Eye-Opening Password Predictions: Remote Work Will Increase Risk for Data Breaches (Post)
Ponemon's State of Password and Authentication Security Behaviors Report analyzes password and security behaviors over time with similar trends. We wanted to deep dive into the reports of years past a
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The World Has Changed – Security Should Transform to Stay Ahead (Post)
Disruption creates two distinct sets of challenges for security professionals. The security team has to keep up with strategic IT demands, and do daily battle with a sophisticated threat landscape.Acc
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Remote Work Spurs New Cybersecurity Threats (Post)
As companies and employees are getting more familiar with remote work, new threats are continuing to make headlines. Recently, the United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Cybersecurity and
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U.K. National Health Service Targeted with Over 40,000 Email Scams Aimed at Stealing Patient Data (Post)
The last few months have been very busy for cyber attackers targeting the NHS, as the number of phishing emails reported within the NHS shows a continual barrage of attacks.The U.K.’s National Health
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Ransomware Dominates 41% of all Cyber Insurance Claims in H1 2020 (Post)
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.We’ve been seeing more and
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Average Ransoms Triple while Ransomware Incident Response Costs Pile On (Post)
New data shows it’s now clear the biggest problem with ransomware (just after taking down your operation) is all the necessary costs incurred trying to clean up the mess post-attack.If your organizati
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Ransomware Payments Increase by a Massive 60% as Email Phishing Rises in Frequency as Primary Attack Vector (Post)
The newest ransomware data paints a pretty bleak picture for organizations with “big game” attacks and six- and seven-figure ransom demands becoming the norm.We’d all like to see ransomware attacks st
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A Ransomware Victim Refuses to Pay (Post)
Video game studio CD Projekt Red, makers of The Witcher series and Cyberpunk 2077, have disclosed a ransomware attack, WIRED reports.The attackers claimed to have stolen source code for the company’s
