Collaborate Disseminate
It’s now mid-2016. How should we be communicating with people with some semblance of privacy/decency, without having others record and monetize our every thought or feeling put in words? By now, a large number of people use smartphones. If you … Continue reading →
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The latest SANS ‘Ouch!’ newsletter is dedicated to a description of ransomware and tips on how to counter it. And no, I have no idea why they chose the name Ouch! Like other editions, this particular newsletter issue is presumably aimed primarily at home users rather than corporates. (Though it does include a link to the SANS Advanced Cybersecurity Learning […] Continue reading SANS ‘Ouch!’ Newsletter on Ransomware
On July 10th, we at The State of Security published our June 2016 ransomware roundup. It was a busy month for ransomware authors. The security industry witnessed the comeback of Locky, the rebranding of CryptXXX as UltraCrypter, and the emergence of educational ransomware, among other developments. Experts also saw some variants make unusually high ransom […]… Read More
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I’m pleased to say someone very close to me was recently nabbed by a phish. The phish came into her email looking important and innocuous, so she opened it (and the attachment) and was immediately presented with a message that read, “Your corporate IT security team is conducting phishing training. You just opened what could […]… Read More
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After many years of denying that a digital crime problem actually existed in the UK (and by inference, the rest of the world), it is gratifying to see the UK police strive to engage with the modern onslaught of new wave crime and its related abuse – albeit a little late in the day. It […]… Read More
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Apart from the conventional email phishing tests, what other security Key Performance Indicators can be used to measure end user security awareness in an Organization?
Looking at the SANS critical security control #9:
The latest developments made it very clear, how easily basically all communication channels can be wiretapped. However, I think most people still ignore this fact. Especially in business most confidential information is still… Continue reading How can I convince my communication partner to use encryption in everyday life?
At every office I have worked, links and files, both internal and external, are shared in emails.
Is the objective of an anti-phishing campaign that users never click on blind, or otherwise unknown, links? pdfs? Any fil… Continue reading Anti-Phishing Campaign Objective
It has been claimed that “the weakest factor in security is the humans”. Unfortunately this is a weak link we cannot cut away so we have to deal with it.
I need ideas to help build inherently security awareness in an organiz… Continue reading Ideas to build security awareness