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Mobile becomes a prime phishing attack vector, hackers will increasingly employ machine learning in attacks and cloud will increasingly be seen as fertile ground for compromise. Continue reading 2020 Cybersecurity Trends to Watch
Many employees don’t follow company security policies when they use handy productivity tools. Continue reading Why Cloud, Collaboration Breed Insider Threats
Here’s what to know about insider threats — what they are, why they occur, and the damage they cause — and how to protect your organization $8.76 million. That’s the…
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There are several types of insider threats that organizations should be aware of and each presents different symptoms for security teams to diagnose.
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Sometimes it only takes one moment, one life-changing incident, to turn the most trustworthy employee into an insider threat.
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A former employee of Trend Micro stole the personal data of some customers with a “clear criminal intent” and then sold it to a third party earlier this year, the cybersecurity company disclosed Tuesday. Trend Micro first caught wind of the unauthorized disclosure when several users of a home security product began receiving unannounced phone calls from people impersonating Trend Micro support staff. The company says such contact is always a scam because its support calls are always scheduled in advance. After investigating, Trend Micro uncovered that an employee, who has since been fired, had accessed a company customer support database that contained names, email addresses, support ticket numbers and some telephone numbers. It was not immediately clear when the employee first gained access to the database. Trend Micro said it disabled the unauthorized account and law enforcement has been notified. Less than 120,000 Trend Micro consumer customers are affected, the company said. It did not specify what the scammers tried […]
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Insider threats pose myriad challenges to an organization but are often deprioritized in favor of preventing external threats from compromising company assets. It’s a situation further exacerbated by the fact that a good percentage of what actually fa… Continue reading To Mitigate Insider Threats, Time is of The Essence
Cybersecurity defenses and cyberattack methods are evolving rapidly, but human beings, not so much. This is why nearly all cyberattacks are now based on exploiting human nature.
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This year, National Cyber Security Awareness Month focuses on a trifecta of themes: Own IT, Secure IT and Protect IT.
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