Navigating the Treacherous Waters of Social Engineering Scams Are You Swimming With The Sharks, Or Sleeping With The Fishes? Cyber mobsters craft tempting emails with offers you can’t refuse—but be careful before you click the bait, or you could find your data wearing cement shoes at the bottom of a river. In an era where […]
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The Sudden Rise of Insider Cyber Threats How To Protect Yourself From The Enemy Within We’ve traced the cyberattack. It’s coming from INSIDE your company! Shocking findings from the ISC2 2023 Cybersecurity Workforce Study reveal insider risk-related incidents have skyrocketed – now up a whopping 52%. This is not employee carelessness; it points to a […]
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Google, Amazon, Cloudflare Report Unprecedented Cyberattacks Sound Alarm Over the Potential for Widespread Disruption In one of the greatest scenes of cinematic history, Dr. Miles Bennell, after reaching the highway in Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956), desperately warns the world of an impending invasion: “We’re in danger! Something terrible’s happened! They’re after you! They’re […]
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For Cyber Villains, Every Day is Halloween How to Protect Yourself from Spine-Chilling Social Engineering Tricks Remember when your parents checked your Halloween candy before you wolfed it down? Hopefully your cybersecurity company is just as vigilant! While Halloween comes just once a year, the risk from cyber villains is a clear and ever-present danger. […]
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Small Businesses Are Swimming in Shark-Infested Cyber Waters A Stunning New Report Reveals a 2023 Feeding Frenzy If you’re a small business owner, you’re gonna need a bigger boat. The Identity Theft Resource Center (ITRC), a stalwart non-profit in the domain of identity crime support, has just unveiled its annual 2023 Business Impact Report (BIR) […]
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Who Needs Hackers When Your Own Staff Can Sink You? 10 Dangerous Employee Mistakes That Could Cost You Everything Mayor: Drebin, I don’t want any more trouble like you had last year on the South Side. Understand? That’s my policy. Frank Drebin: Yes. Well, when I see 5 weirdos dressed in togas stabbing a guy […]
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The “Great CISO Resignation” Ushers in the vCISO Era A Look at What’s Driving this Revolution in Cybersecurity Leadership The times they are a-changing—so Bob Dylan sang. We see it in the cars we drive and the clothes we wear. We also see it in the way leadership roles change over time. Enter the CISO. […]
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Corporate Casualties of the 2023 Cyber Wars The Most Notorious Incidents So Far—Key Takeaways & Lessons Learned If the past year has taught us anything, we all need to batten down the hatches for what’s to come. 2023 has been a whirlwind, with multiple incidents revealing various organizations’ Achilles’ heels. There’s a lot we can […]
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Survey Reveals Surprising Lack of Cybersecurity Expertise on S&P 500 Company Boards Has Many Asking If We’re Still Living in the 1980s Remember the hapless Mr. Carlson from WKRP in Cincinnati? Is that who you want calling the shots for your company’s security? According to an analysis conducted by software provider Diligent, a staggering 88% […]
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