Holidays and other notable events bring out the spammers like ants at a picnic. Security companies and IT departments consistently report a large increase in malicious email during shopping seasons like Christmas or important world events like the Brexit vote […]
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Attempted theft online has become an everyday occurrence. Whether spammers are trying to steal your personal data, your corporate data, or your money, spear phishing has become the “go-to” method. This wasn’t always the case, but the threat landscape continues
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As most families come down off of the exhilaration of Christmas and New Year’s and pack up the holiday decorations for another year, it’s important not to let your guard down when it comes to security. The bad guys still
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You’ve probably heard about the serious security problems flowing from email phishing scams. As we find ourselves embedded in the Christmas season, security teams around the globe are now on high alert regarding phishing attempts within their organizations and targeted
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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
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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
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2014 was dubbed as ‘the year of the data breach’. With many new data breaches dominating the headlines in 2015, including Anthem, the White House, banking attacks, and the latest employee data theft at the US federal government, one can
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Security researchers from Check Point claim that a flaw in the Web app version of WhatsApp could put as many as 200 million users at risk. The “MaliciousCard” vulnerabilities could enable an attacker to assume complete control of the victim’s
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The standard security tools like firewalls and antimalware suites do an adequate job of defending against most malware and exploits, but attackers figured out long ago that the easiest part of the security model to break or circumvent is the
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Convincing an unsuspecting treasurer or controller to wire money into the wrong hands seems like a difficult task, however, thieves are proving it’s possible. Whaling attacks, which are specifically directed at senior executives and other high profile targets within businesses
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