Monthly Archives: February 2023

By Joe Fay Aviva subsidiary assessing impact on data and customers. Wider group unaffected.  Financial services giant Aviva’s recently acquired subsidiary Succession Wealth has been hit by a cyberattack, leaving it trying to assess the impact on a customer base … Read More

Some common questions we get are “Should I click on an unwanted email’s ’Unsubscribe’ link? Will that lead to more or less unwanted email?”

By Joe Fay Think tank warns as economic, political, and cybersecurity risks collide. Accenture heads to Brazil, quantum security firm Sandbox fills up on cash and Biden loses cyber director. Washington Think Tank Warns on Economic Risk and Cybersecurity  Increased … Read More

By Joe Fay Think tank warns as economic, political, and cybersecurity risks collide. Accenture heads to Brazil, quantum security firm Sandbox fills up on cash and Biden loses cyber director. Washington Think Tank Warns on Economic Risk and Cybersecurity  Increased … Read More

CyberheistNews Vol 13 #08  |   February 21st, 2023 [Heads Up] Reddit Is the Latest Victim of a Spear Phishing Attack Resulting in a Data Breach There is a lot to learn from Reddit’s recent data breach, which was the … Read More

Cloudflare warns that business email compromise (BEC) phishing has assumed a new form: vendor email compromise (VEC). The classic BEC case involves the impersonation of someone within an organization, taking advantage of the trust that builds up among co-workers to … Read More

When it comes to cybersecurity, ransomware is the rockstar of threats. But taking a peek behind the curtain, business email compromise (BEC) causes huge financial losses.

The Center for Cyber Safety and Education, the charitable foundation of (ISC)² founded in 2011, aims to grow the cybersecurity profession and its positive impact on the world by raising awareness, building a diverse pipeline of cybersecurity professionals and activating … Read More

When should organizations be on guard against social engineering? Always, of course, but there are certain times when they should be especially alert. A study of cyberattacks has found that criminals are particularly attentive to changes in corporate leadership. Research … Read More

Romance scams, high-profile attacks on major U.S. companies and an inside look at Royal Mail/Lockbit negotiations. Here are the latest threats and advisories for the week of February 17, 2023. Threat Advisories and Alerts U.S. And South Korean Governments Publish … Read More

You should use phishing-resistant multi-factor authentication (MFA) when you can to protect valuable data and systems. But most biometrics and MFA are not as strong as touted and much of it can easily be hacked and bypassed. It doesn’t necessarily … Read More

The curse of knowledge is a cognitive bias that occurs when someone is trying to communicate information to another person, but falsely assumes that the other person has the same level of knowledge or understanding of the topic. This can … Read More

By Joe Fay  Resiliency is the endgame of the U.S. approach to internet and software security.  The U.S. has a vested interest in creating a secure and resilient internet and software ecosystem, even if it means its “adversaries” also benefit, … Read More

Do you need an easy, automated way to provide real-time feedback the moment your users make risky mistakes to help reinforce the training campaigns you manage today?

The Russian-based hacking group Seaborgium is at it again with increased spear phishing attacks targeting US and European countries in the last year.

Cybersecurity will defy the tech recession hurting other job roles in 2023, c-suite survey suggests.   Every department loses good people in a recession or economic downturn, unless you work in cybersecurity in 2023 it seems. According to a new (ISC)² report and … Read More

The Dutch organization Supply Value (a specialist in network optimalisation) together with the website Computable, published an article on their annual research into the top trends in IT for 2023.  

Cybersecurity is not just a technological challenge, but increasingly a social and behavioral one.

As deepfake technology continues to improve, creators of deepfake technology seek to lock down and safeguard the use of their technology after inappropriate use shows up on the web.

Seemingly repeating the previous year, the FTC’s latest report highlights that nearly 70,000 people reported being the victim of a romance scam last year.