It’s estimated that organizations aren’t engaging with Law Enforcement when becoming a victim of a cybercrime in large numbers. We cover 5 reasons why organizations don’t. After a confirmed cyberattack, there are a number of tasks that need to be done; figure out what happened, assess the scope of any damage done, figure out where […]
Phishing Campaign Impersonates Email Alerts From DHS
An ongoing email-based phishing scam is attempting to fool recipients into opening malicious attachments disguised as notifications from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), according to the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, in a warning posted on the official US-CERT web site this past Tuesday. “The email campaign uses a spoofed email address to […]
“File Deletion” Alert Becomes the Latest Scam to Compromise Office 365 Credentials
Attackers use simple cause for concern as the basis of a scam intent on tricking victims into offering up their Office 365 credentials. A very official-looking email is making the rounds, taking advantage of the approximately 50% of companies today using Office 365. And it’s not surprising, as Microsoft is the most impersonated brand in […]
Top Seven DDoS Protection Challenges
Although there are now more DDoS protection solutions available than ever before, companies still tend to face a few major hurdles with DDoS defense. From attack complexity to a lack of granular control, the challenges that organizations are up against are as varied as they are difficult. Here, we’ll look at the top-seven DDoS protection […]
Extortion Threatens Reputational Damage
Scammers are sending emails threatening to damage the reputation of websites unless the sites’ owners hand over 0.3 bitcoin, or around $2,400, according to BleepingComputer. The attackers say that they’ll send out billions of spam emails to millions of email addresses and websites. All of these emails will be spoofed to appear as though they’re […]
Phishing Canadian Targets
We have recently blogged about KrebsOnSecurity’s story on compromised Canadian business email addresses. Here is some updated background on threats to Canadian organizations. Since January 2019, nearly one hundred phishing campaigns have been tailored specifically for Canadian targets, according to researchers at Proofpoint. Attackers are spoofing a number of well-known Canadian companies and organizations, and […]
Why Half of Companies Are Raising Their DDoS Defense Budgets
DDoS attacks are only becoming more destructive, and companies know it: That’s why one-half (49 percent) of the 200+ respondents in the 2018 IDG DDoS Report anticipate their organizations’ DDoS defense budgets to increase. But why are so many companies willing to invest precious resources on DDoS defense? Let me explain. Just How Much Are […]
Record fines come on the heels of warnings about cyber risk
Record fines come on the heels of warnings from US Intelligence warning of a growing risk to our utility providers. Similar warnings have been issued for law firms, higher education, and small businesses, so this information is relevant to a wide spectrum of organizations who may need to review how they are protecting their data […]
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Q1 2019 Top-Clicked Phishing Email Subjects from KnowBe4 [INFOGRAPHIC]
Every quarter, KnowBe4 reports on the top-clicked phishing emails by subject lines in three categories: Social, General, and ‘In the Wild’. The latter category results come from the millions of users that click on our Phish Alert Button to report real phishing emails and allow our team to analyze the results. Social Media Is Now […]
Secure Application Delivery for Hyper-Converged Infrastructures
Today, every organization is undergoing digital transformation. Digital transformation will enable organizations of all sizes compete by using the right technology to drive innovation and time-to-market. Key to this is using the right hardware and software to simplify enterprise IT infrastructure, reduce cost and deploy innovative solutions that drive growth. Organizations have a lot of […]