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Tessian reveals that one in four employees lost their job in the last 12 months, after making a mistake that compromised their company’s security. The new report, which explores why people make errors at work, also found that: 26% of respondents fell f… Continue reading Making security mistakes may come with a high price for employees
Business email compromise/email account compromise scams still have the highest financial toll on victims, but investment fraud has also lead to massive losses last year, FBI’s 2021 Internet Crime Report has revealed. Tech support scammers have l… Continue reading Internet crime in 2021: Investment fraud losses soar
A research from Trend Micro warns of spiraling risk to digital infrastructure and remote workers as threat actors increase their rate of attack on organizations and individuals. “Attackers are always working to increase their victim count and pro… Continue reading Expanding threat landscape: Cybercriminals attacking from all sides
APWG saw 316,747 phishing attacks in December 2021 — the highest monthly total observed since it begain its reporting program in 2004. Overall, the number of phishing attacks has tripled from early 2020. In the fourth quarter of 2021, the financial sec… Continue reading Phishing attacks hit all-time high in December 2021
Proofpoint released a report which provides an in-depth look at user phishing awareness, vulnerability, and resilience. The report reveals that attackers were more active in 2021 than 2020, with findings uncovering that 78% of organizations saw email-b… Continue reading How prepared are organizations to face email-based ransomware attacks?
Expel announced the release of the cybersecurity trends and predictions for 2022. Based on aggregated data from its security operations center (SOC), the report provides insights on the biggest cybersecurity threats, practical recommendations on how to… Continue reading Top attack trends every organization should build resilience against
In this interview with Help Net Security, David Mahdi, CSO of Sectigo, talks about the importance of digital identity management, the issues organizations have with digital identities and what they can do to overcome them. The rapid shift to hybrid wor… Continue reading When protecting and managing digital identities, orchestration and automation are critical
BEC attacks are generally low-volume but, according to a recent survey by GreatHorn, 71% of organizations experienced at least one in the past year. Trend Micro’s latest research has revealed that scammers have been ramping up their efforts and t… Continue reading BEC attacks: Scammers’ latest tricks
Trend Micro announced that it blocked 40.9 billion email threats, malicious files, and malicious URLs for customers in the first half of 2021, a 47% year-on-year increase. Ransomware remains primary threat in the first half of the year as cybercriminal… Continue reading Ransomware still a primary threat as cybercriminals evolve tactics
Abnormal Security released a report which examines the escalating adverse impact of socially-engineered and never-seen-before email attacks, and other advanced email threats—both financial and reputational—to organizations worldwide. The report surveye… Continue reading Increase in credential phishing and brute force attacks causing financial and reputational damage