Eectiveness of Phishing, Training & Understanding the Human Response Executive Summary Utilizing security awareness training and phishing security tests can be a useful and e ective tool to reduce unintentional insider threats. However, if robust metrics are not put in place to e ectively gauge the click rate patterns from a human landscape perspective, phishing tests can […]
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY In the past year, security strategies and practices have been tested like no other. Rapidly accelerated digital transformations, opportunistic phishing campaigns, discontinuity of information security operations and financial constraints are creating the perfect storm in a COVID-19-disrupted world. CISOs who understand these challenges and can pivot their security approach can help their organizations
Organised cybercrime has now reached unprecedented levels on a global scale. This demanding and incredibly complex phenomenon gives rise to as many questions as it does threats. The damage caused to the global economy by organised cybercrime has risen to unprecedented levels since 2018, valued at a total of hundreds of billions of dollars. According
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The OZIE Team: A Nigerian business email compromise threat actor group Lead Analyst: Jacob Faires, Senior Analyst, Security Threat Intelligence, Global Threat Intelligence Center, US In August 2019, the NTT Global Threat Intelligence Center (GTIC) began tracking a threat actor group based in Nigeria who specialized in business email compromise (BEC). GTIC has named this
In this report, we distill a range of Payment Security and compliance subjects into valuable insights to help CISOs and others break down complex thinking into digestible bits. We explore various tools, tactics and methods applied by numerous organizations and take a look at why some companies accomplish so much more than others in their
January to June 2020 has seen societal change on a global level, as COVID-19 continues to impact the global digital economy, regional economies, industries, businesses and consumer behavior. This includes an increase in cybercrime. Online transaction volumes in the LexisNexis® Digital Identity Network® continue to grow, particularly across online retailers and digital banking services. However,
The Internet of Things (IoT), which includes everyday smart devices that connect to the internet – such as smart TVs and home assistants – provides significant benefits to Australians; enhancing our convenience, comfort and efficiency. Many of these devices are developed with functionality as a priority, and security features are often absent or an afterthought.
Trend Micro has released research that states organizations’ on-premise and cloud-based servers are compromised, abused and rented out as part of a sophisticated criminal monetization lifecycle. To understand how the criminal underground operates, one need to understand not only the criminals, their motivations, and their business models, but also the infrastructure and services that underpin
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Welcome to Issue 2 of the Cyber Risk Leaders Magazine, powered by MySecurity Media. Cyber and COVID-19 continue to be the two critical issues in 2020 – Cyber Risk Leaders provides essential insight into the state of the world and the challenge facing security and technology professionals – look out for links through to podcasts,
Half of infosec professionals (50%) revealed that their organisations didn’t have a contingency plan in place, or didn’t know if they did, for a situation like COVID-19 or a similar scenario. This lack of forward planning has come at great risk, as 86% of infosec professionals admitted that attacks in the most common attack vectors
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