Cybercriminals have been using a phishing kit featuring fake Office 365 password alerts as a lure to target the credentials of chief executives, business owners and other high-level corporate leaders. The scheme highlights the role and responsibility upper management plays in ensuring the security...
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The Most Painful Lesson from the SolarWinds Hack
As companies get more sophisticated, hackers are finding new weak spots. Often, that means attacking a company through its suppliers. The breach of U.S. government agencies from the department of Defense to the Treasury Department will likely go down as one of the most impactful cyberattacks in...
Phishing and Spearphishing: A Cheat Sheet for Business Professionals
When criminals use technology to propagate social engineering attacks, securing your organization can become complicated. Here's what you need to know about phishing and spearphishing. While security professionals focus largely on identifying and patching vulnerabilities in software, the weakest...
Phishing Emails: More than 25% of American Workers Fall for Them
A new global report on phishing attempts shows how the workforce has responded to security threats since COVID-19, and the new vulnerabilities that have resulted from the remote work landscape. Since COVID-19 arrived on the scene in the spring of 2020—a global health crisis that has upended the...
The 8 Best Cybersecurity Strategies for Small Businesses in 2021
Even small businesses can be targeted. Here's how to protect yours from cyber threats. People usually imagine the most prominent targets of hackers and cyberthreats to be government organizations and big businesses. But while these are highly lucrative targets, they're also exceptionally difficult...
Cyber Crime Costs Predicted to Hit $10.5 Trillion Per Year by 2025
The inability to effectively detect and prosecute cyber crime is a driving force. Cybersecurity Ventures, a trusted resource for cyber security statistics and predictions, predicts global cyber crime costs will reach $10.5 trillion by 2025. This would more than triple the $3 trillion in cyber...
5 Steps Every Company Should Take to Avoid Data Theft Risk
It's never been easier for employees to download company data and take it with them to their next gig. The accelerated shift to remote workforces resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic has exasperated the challenge of protecting corporate data and intellectual capital. It has never been easier for...
How to Practice Cybersecurity Mindfulness for Your Business
Learn how to protect your business from current cyberthreats. In these uncertain times, the practice of mindfulness is gaining popularity. The term mindfulness is a meditation practice that emphasizes the importance of being fully present in the moment. If you're a business owner, the principles...
Working from Home? Top-Value Targets Like Company Executives and Directors Need a Cybersecurity Plan
Cyber criminals have long known that an effective way to breach a company’s security is to target its top-value personnel, including the board directors and senior executives who have unfettered access to the company’s most sensitive information. With the majority of company directors and officers...
A 6-point Security Checkup For Working From Everywhere
No one has ever seen a year like 2020. These are unprecedented times for all of us — individuals, families, and organizations alike. As we continue adapting to the changing conditions, it is important for organizations to review the actions they have taken in response to the COVID-19 pandemic and...
Data Breach at Texas Billing and Collection Firm
The personal data of over a quarter of a million people has been exposed following a malicious hack perpetrated against a Texas billing and collection company. Houston-based company Benefit Recovery Specialists, Inc. (BRSI) discovered a data breach had occurred after detecting the installation of...
Phishing: Email Fraudsters are Impersonating Colleagues, Clients, and Vendors, Report Says
Nearly a third of professionals said they have to remediate email-based attacks every day, GreatHorn found. The latest form of business email phishing attacks involve impersonating familiar senders, a GreatHorn report found. More than a third (36%) of respondents said they are seeing email threats...