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“Customer Complaint” May Get Your Attention
Blog courtesy of KnowBe4
Written by Stu Sjouwerman
A spear phishing campaign is sending phony “customer complaints” that contain a link to a malicious website, according to Paul Ducklin at Naked Security. The phishing emails appear to come from a manager at the employee’s company, and ask the recipien...
11/11/2021 19:48 - Comment(s)
U.K. Residents Experience a 116% Increase in Nuisance Calls, Texts, and Emails in 2021
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Written by Stu Sjouwerman
New data from the U.K.’s Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) shows a massive rise in the first six months of this year – and the belief that cyberattacks are to blame.

According to data publicly-released by the ICO and analysed by U.K. litigation f...
19/10/2021 10:58 - Comment(s)
Enterprise Organisations Have as Much as an 85% Chance of Receiving a BEC Attack Every Week
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Written by Stu Sjouwerman

Business Email Compromise is a multi-billion dollar business, representing 43% of all cybercrime last year. Despite it being dwarfed in the news by ransomware, it represents a growing and consistent threat.

We’ve seen recent rises in BEC activity – alo...
20/09/2021 08:31 - Comment(s)
U.K. Organisations See Double the Number of Ransomware Attacks in the First Half of 2021
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Written by Stu Sjouwerman

New analysis of ransomware incidents reported to the UK's Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) in the first half of 2021 show a massive rise when compared to 2020.

Utilising incident data reported to the ICO, British cyber security organisation CybS...
31/08/2021 07:28 - Comment(s)
79% of Employees Have Knowingly Engaged in Risky Online Activities in the Past Year
Blog courtesy of KnowBe4
Written by Stu Sjouwerman
With employees not believing that it’s important to personally worry about cyber security risks, they also tend to believe they’re not a target, new data suggest as the reason for the risky behaviour.

In most cyberattacks, the employee plays some role ...
18/08/2021 15:01 - Comment(s)