The more you say you know about phishing, the more vulnerable you are … Until you’re hoodwinked

A study in which researchers sent phishing emails to 1,350 students has yielded a startling find: those who believe they know how to tell a phishing scam from a genuine email are actually more susceptible to the attack. The study by the University of M… Continue reading The more you say you know about phishing, the more vulnerable you are … Until you’re hoodwinked

Fraud attempts to jump 14% during 2018 peak holiday shopping season, benchmark data indicates

Fraud attempts will likely increase 14% during the 2018 peak holiday season between Thanksgiving Day and Cyber Monday, according to new benchmark data from ACI Worldwide. The banking solutions provider revealed its projected increase in fraud attempts … Continue reading Fraud attempts to jump 14% during 2018 peak holiday shopping season, benchmark data indicates

Hackers infect Malaysia’s largest media company with ransomware, then demand $6.45 million

Media Prima Berhad, Malaysia’s leading media company, has been hit with a ransomware attack followed by a whopping $6.45 million demand for the decryption keys. Anonymous sources from within the company told The Edge Financial Daily that the atta… Continue reading Hackers infect Malaysia’s largest media company with ransomware, then demand $6.45 million

A Single Data Breach Can Rob You of 78% of Your Customers, Study Indicates

More than three-quarters of consumers would completely abandon a brand online if they heard the organization were breached by hackers, and around half would not sign up for a new online service that they heard was breached recently.
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A Single Data Breach Can Rob You of 78% of Your Customers, Study Indicates

More than three-quarters of consumers would completely abandon a brand online if they heard the organization were breached by hackers, and around half would not sign up for a new online service that they heard was breached recently.
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Don’t fall for fake NEO, Tether and MetaMask cryptocurrency wallets on Google Play

Fake cryptocurrency wallets continue to creep their way into Google’s application store for Android aficionados, as one researcher has recently discovered. Using his personal website, independent researcher Lukas Stefanko sounds the alarm over fo… Continue reading Don’t fall for fake NEO, Tether and MetaMask cryptocurrency wallets on Google Play

Former CIA spy: make no mistake, Russia is going to keep interfering in US elections

Russia expects relations with the United States to remain tense, according to one of Vladimir Putin’s spokesmen who publicly shrugged at the US midterm election results. “There is no rosy outlook for normalizing Russian-American relations o… Continue reading Former CIA spy: make no mistake, Russia is going to keep interfering in US elections

Steam bug exposes license keys for every game available on platform

An avid bug hunter has discovered a vulnerability in Valve’s Steam developer portal which, exploited properly, reveals every license key for every game available on the platform. Instead of selling the keys for illicit profit, he reported the fla… Continue reading Steam bug exposes license keys for every game available on platform

U.S. Cybersecurity Job Market Cries for Help as Demand for Top Talent Soars

Employer demand for cybersecurity professionals across the United State continues is soaring, according to new data sourced by Burning Glass Technologies. While the U.S. houses hundreds of thousands of cybersecurity workers, there are still plenty… Continue reading U.S. Cybersecurity Job Market Cries for Help as Demand for Top Talent Soars

New Democratic House majority elevates election security to top-of-mind

With the U.S. midterm elections over and a majority of Democratic lawmakers now occupying the seats in the House of Representatives, election security is a top-of-mind issue, according to those familiar with the matter. In the first entry in a series o… Continue reading New Democratic House majority elevates election security to top-of-mind