During the work-from-home boom of 2020, GitLab, a company that largely employs tech-savvy individuals, decided to test its security by sending fake phishing messages to its WFH workers. About one out of every five tested employees fell for it, and […]
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The cyber threat landscape is not only evolving but expanding at an unprecedented pace, posing significant challenges for organizations across the globe. Companies find themselves under a relentless siege of cyber attacks, each more sophisticated than the last. This dynamic
Phishing and Business Email Compromise (BEC) attacks are not just prevalent but are growing more sophisticated. Businesses worldwide are grappling with these challenges, facing advanced threats that bypass traditional security measures. The following insights drawn from the ReliaQuest Annual Cyber-Threat
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Despite several technological advances, phishing continues to occupy top spots in lists of the most prolific cybersecurity risks. Recent research shows that phishing caused losses of $52 million in the United States alone. Why are email inboxes so vulnerable to
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Phishing attacks have come a long way since the days of blatant, poorly worded emails from supposed Nigerian princes. The current landscape is a chilling fusion of art and science, where cybercriminals employ advanced tactics to craft highly convincing messages
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Across every single area of data breaches, one single tactic is responsible for a huge proportion of damages. Phishing, which accounts for 36% of all data breaches, is one of the easiest tactics that hackers use to steal data from
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Have you checked your spam folder recently? Chances are some of the junk emails may contain threats to your private information. Emails are an essential form of internal and external business communication especially with the increase in remote work. Phishing
The rapid acceleration from on-location to remote workforce as part of the Coronavirus Pandemic response opened the door to malicious actors accelerating their phishing and social engineering attacks. Cybercriminals prey on user anxiety by embedding malicious files in COVID-19 themed
For the better part of the past decade, online tech support scams have been on the rise as hackers find new ways to trick consumers into providing remote access to their computers in order to steal information. This tried-and-true phishing
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In a perfect world, you would be playing your favorite online action, shooter, and fantasy games without concern—in a magical world with no hackers, malware, or cyber-attacks. Unfortunately, that world doesn’t exist. In the real world, pretty much everything you
