Ransomware is nothing new. The first known ransomware surfaced in 1989. However, it took the Internet revolution along with automated online payment systems before organized cyber gangs saw that ransomware could become a giant cash cow. We’re talking big money […]
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If you look around, it’s obvious that we depend on technology in almost every facet of our lives. With each passing year – or sometimes month – the technology we rely on is more connected and interdependent. There are a
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You might want to think twice about leaving your headphones plugged in to your smartphone when you’re not using them. Researchers have determined that the combination of headphones with a microphone and a voice-activated virtual assistant like Siri or Google
Hackers can silently control Siri or Google Now from a distance Read More »
Wombat Security is a recognized leader in security awareness training and now it just got better with the acquisition of ThreatSim. ThreatSim has a unique focus on phishing awareness training and will enable Wombat to help customers avoid one of
Wombat goes phishing with ThreatSim acquisition Read More »
With only six security bulletins October is a relatively light month for a Microsoft Patch Tuesday. Still, three of the six updates are rated as Critical and contain remote code execution vulnerabilities that affect a broad range of platforms and
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Phishing attacks are costly according to a recent study from the Ponemon Institute. It’s obviously costly when an employee falls for the phishing scam and compromises his or her endpoint or possibly the network as a whole. It is also
Phishing attacks cost companies $3.77 million per year Read More »
The goal of any security awareness and training program should be to reduce risk. Unfortunately, some programs could actually end up increasing vulnerability for one fundamental reason: Adobe Flash. A breach accomplished by hacking a security training program would be
Adobe Flash exploits: How secure is your security training software? Read More »
Have you got an Android device? Then you’re vulnerable. According to new research from Zimperium it’s basically that simple when it comes to the Stagefright 2.0 flaws. To be more precise only Android devices since Android 1.0 released in 2008
Every Android device is vulnerable to Stagefright 2.0 exploit Read More »
If you’re a T-Mobile customer or applied for T-Mobile service at any point between September of 2013 and September of 2015 then you’re probably one of the 15 million customers compromised by the latest data breach at Experian. The credit
Experian breach exposes 15 million T-Mobile customers to threat of identity theft Read More »
Every day there seems to be a new malware threat that we hear about, from remotely controlling cars and medical equipment, to attacks on well-known security vendors such as Kaspersky Lab and Bitdefender. Each threat seems to be bigger and
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