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Credit to Author: Chris Taylor| Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2018 11:05:50 +0000

Attendees to the Black Hat 2017 security conference said their #1 security concern and most time-consuming activity was phishing and social engineering attacks. That’s no surprise with the increase in Business Email Compromise (BEC) attacks and with most ransomware being delivered by email. But Black Hat Attendees also said the weakest link in their security…

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April 17, 2018 admin

Leveraging the Power of AI to Stop Email Scammers

Credit to Author: Chris Taylor| Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2018 12:00:58 +0000

Staff members are on the frontline when it comes to cyberattacks against their employers. They’re increasingly seen by hackers as a weak link in the cybersecurity chain. That’s why most threats today come via email, aimed squarely at tricking the recipient into downloading malware, divulging log-ins or making wire transfers to the attacker. We predict…

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MalwareBytes Security

September 1, 2017 admin

Insider threats in your work inbox

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Fri, 01 Sep 2017 16:52:23 +0000

A new phishing campaign that targets businesses goes beyond business email compromise or CEO fraud.

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Tags: bec Business Email Compromise cloud insider threats phishing threat actor

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MalwareBytes Security

April 8, 2017 admin

The top 5 dumbest cyber threats that work anyway

Credit to Author: William Tsing| Date: Sat, 08 Apr 2017 15:00:23 +0000

The common conception of cyber attacks is kind of like bad weather: ranging from irritating to catastrophic, but always unpredictable. Hackers are simply too sophisticated to draw any reliable judgments on and we shouldn’t try. As it turns out, some hackers are fairly predictable in their successful use of really dumb attacks.

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MalwareBytes Security

January 30, 2017 admin

How do I get my employees to stop clicking on everything?

If you’ve been given responsibility for network security in a non-technical area of the business, there’s one eternal question that has been bedeviling. How do you get your employees to stop clicking on everything?

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Tags: Business Email Compromise business security CISO phishing scam Threat Intel workforce

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