Monthly Archives: March 2023

Younger employees need to be wary of oversharing company information on social media, according to John Karabin, senior director of cybersecurity at NTT Ltd. In an article for SmartCompany, Karabin explained that while younger users are typically more acclimated to … Read More

This March, Women’s History Month, we shared the legacy of Grace Hopper and her trailblazing innovations in software development and computing, highlighted the must-watch webinars by in cybersecurity and met with cyber newcomer and (ISC)² Candidate Nidhi Kannoujia on the … Read More

It seems that once again bad actors have found a new way to infect our devices with malware. This time, they are using a devious little trick to spread trojanized versions of popular chat apps Telegram and WhatsApp.

The details in this thwarted VEC attack demonstrate how the use of just a few key details can both establish credibility and indicate the entire thing is a scam.

In recent years, cybercrime has evolved to become more sophisticated than ever before. One of the up and coming methods used by criminals is vishing (voice phishing). This is where an attacker phones up a victim to simulate a trusted … Read More

A report from Palo Alto Networks’ Unit 42 found that data theft extortion occurred in 70% of ransomware attacks in 2022, compared to 40% in 2021. The researchers examined the four most common methods of cyber extortion (encryption, data theft, … Read More

By John E. Dunn  Nobody predicted how rapidly AI chatbots would change perceptions of what is possible. Some worry how it might improve phishing attacks. More likely, experts think, will be its effect on targeting.  Much has been said about … Read More

By John Weiler   FBI arrests Breached hacking forum leader, smartphones hijacked without any user involvement and 330,000 customers compromised in Australia by a data breach. Here are the latest threats and advisories for the week of March 24, 2023. Threat … Read More

Do you ever feel like you are always playing catch up regarding cybersecurity? That it is a never-ending game; no matter what you do, you are always one step behind. You are not alone. Joanna Burkey, the CISO for HP, … Read More

Linking compliance training to specific outcomes is hard. Compliance training has a reputation for being challenging for organizations to offer, difficult to do right and employees are not engaged.

As scammers continue to see massive returns on their phishing attacks, the use of impersonation with well-known brands continues to circle around the dominant players.

New data on the current state of cybersecurity shows that organizations are experiencing challenges, falling behind, and seeing the impact of all this post-attack.

As cyber insurers become more experienced in what kinds of claims are being presented, and the threat action details therein, specific types of coverages are no longer being included.

New data shows that phishing mobile devices as an attack vector is growing in popularity – mostly because it’s increasingly working… in exponential terms.

Red Team 2, Ferrari 0?  Italian luxury sports car maker Ferrari has warned its small but extremely wealthy list of customers that their personal information may have been exposed in a “cyber incident.” The apparent data grab was disclosed five … Read More

Users need to adapt to an evolving threat landscape in which attackers can use AI tools like ChatGPT to craft extremely convincing phishing emails, according to Matthew Tyson at CSO.

A journalist based in Ecuador recently used a USB flash drive that was actually a legitimate bomb.

I get asked all the time to “predict” the future of cybercrime. What will be the next big cyber attack? What will be the next paradigm platform shift that attackers will target? And so on.

“Cloud is the present, and the future. It affects everything, every day, both in business and our personal lives.” With these words Panagiotis Soulos summarizes his philosophy of why the CCSP credential is important to any cybersecurity professional. Panagiotis holds … Read More

KillNet is bad for your health, TikTok facing further bans, ransomware impacts cancer test results, Russia allegedly increasing its cyberwarfare efforts.   By Joe Fay  Microsoft Demonstrates How KillNet Is Bad for Our Healthcare Sector  Microsoft has highlighted a rise in … Read More