Tag: Employees

December 14, 2021

Created by cybersecurity experts, behavioral scientists, and interaction designers, the Human Risk Assessment for Enterprise released by AwareGO continuously observes top human attack vectors, identifies vulnerable departments and roles, and offers actionable insights to create informed security strategies to improve […]

February 1, 2019

Account takeover-based (ATO) attacks now comprise 20 percent of advanced email attacks, according to Agari’s Q1 2019 Email Fraud & Identity Deception Trends report. ATO attacks are dangerous because they are more difficult to detect than traditional attacks – compromised […]

January 31, 2019

Aircraft manufacturer Airbus is investigating a security breach that has seen hackers steal personal information from its systems. In a statement published on its website, Airbus admitted that systems used by its commercial aircraft business had been accessed by an […]

December 19, 2018

Social security numbers and other personal information belonging to employees of the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) may have been stolen after at least one of the agency’s servers was breached. In a message obtained by SpaceRef, NASA […]

November 29, 2016

As we enter the Christmas period, many of your company’s employees will be deciding to change their phones in the coming months. Something as simple and seemingly harmless as a gift (or a purchase from the Black Friday sales) could […]

October 28, 2016

Nuclear power plants, chemical plants, defense contractors and other highly sensitive industries and workers are leaking information through their pagers, a new report shows. Pagers have been out of vogue with the public since the rise of the cellphone but are […]

October 12, 2016

Alarm or alert fatigue is much older than our current cyber-technology. It represents the state of de-sensitization to alerts due to their overwhelming frequency or number, and it was previously met in industrial environments. As the denomination suggests, individuals whose […]

October 10, 2016

As more connected devices are used to get business done remotely and in the office, IT leaders are challenged with keeping those devices secure. Practicing these safety tips will help their users become better online citizens. Keep Patches Up to […]

September 22, 2016

You’ve trained them. You’ve deployed simulated phishing tests. You’ve reminded your employees countless times with posters and games and emails about avoiding phishing scams. Still, they keep falling for the same ploys they’ve been warned about for years. It’s enough […]

September 16, 2016

Security awareness training is one of the most effective ways to strengthen what is generally known as “the weakest link in the security chain.” The key is to make employees skeptical without paralyzing them with paranoia. Security experts agree that […]

September 15, 2016

What should a company mark down as ‘done’ when it comes to a strong cyber-defense internal policy that also depends of its employees, besides using the right software tools? Cyber awareness policies, obviously. We have previously approached the recommended organizational […]

September 13, 2016

A tough-to-detect malware that attacks government and corporate computers has been upgraded, making it more aggressive in its mission to steal sensitive files, according to security firm InfoArmor. Last November, InfoArmor published details on GovRAT, a sophisticated piece of malware […]

August 9, 2016

Pokemon Go has become a social icon. It is the subject of major news stories, the butt of many jokes, and has lately become a foundation for many vendors equating the game to their own gamification efforts. Most people do […]

July 28, 2016

PhishMe, a company that helps organizations teach security awareness by educating employees on how to identify phishing attacks, today announced it has raised a whopping $42.5 million in funding. The company previously raised $2.5 million in July 2012 in a […]

July 11, 2016

The prevailing security wisdom to “trust but verify” comes from a deep well of painful experience. The fact is that there are always a few bad apples in the barrel, and when it comes to employees–whether IT or your typical […]

May 24, 2016

While employee-related security risks are the number-one concern for security professionals, organizations are not taking adequate steps to prevent negligent employee behavior, according to a new Ponemon Institute study. The study, Managing Insider Risk Through Training & Culture, asked more […]

May 11, 2016

Google employees’ personal details have been spilled by a vendor who handles the company’s benefits management. Somebody working at the third-party vendor accidentally breached the employees’ information by sending an email with sensitive data to a benefits manager at another […]

February 8, 2016

On Sunday, an account on Twitter posted a Department of Homeland Security staff directory with 9,355 names. Shortly after the DHS data was posted, the account went on to claim that an additional data dump focused on 20,000 FBI employees […]

January 12, 2016

In a perfect world, security professionals would see a few alerts, recognize the pattern, identify the malware and the hacker, and solve the problem – all with only a few mouse clicks. However, no matter how seasoned and deep security […]

December 4, 2015

Customers’ personal and financial data is being put at risk as many industry personnel are not assigned unique login and password details, new research from IS Decisions has revealed. 29% of finance personnel do not have unique user logins – […]