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Close to 100 in U.S. and Egypt Charged With ID Theft
The Associated Press recently reported that nearly 100 individuals have been charged in one of the largest identity theft rings ever uncovered. The defendants hail from California, Nevada, North...
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What Motivates Hackers?
At Black Hat USA 2014, the preeminent global information security conference for self-identified “black hat” hackers, IT security firm Thycotic surveyed 127 participants to determine what makes hackers...
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Improving IT Training Makes Cyberrisk Every Employee’s Responsibility
For many organizations, risk management spans four distinct categories – physical, financial, human and intellectual. When thought about in context, it’s easy to see how one risk area might impact...
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65% of Businesses Unprepared For Email-Based Cyber Threats
In a recent threat report, cloud email management company Mimecast warned they had seen a 55% increase in whaling attacks over the past three months. As we reported in this month’s Risk Management...
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Phishing: Understanding Your Cyber Adversaries
Nearly two years ago, an infamous incident occurred where stolen pictures of celebrities flooded the internet. Originally, it was thought that this was due to an iCloud vulnerability that allowed a...
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How Phishing Emails Can Threaten Your Company
Impostor emails, dubbed “business email compromise” by the FBI, are increasing and targeting companies of every size, in every part of the world. Unfortunately, victims often do not realize they have...
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Beware of Coverage Gaps for Phishing Losses
Social engineering, also known as phishing, is the latest cyberrisk giving companies fits and large financial losses. A phishing loss is accomplished by tricking an employee of a company into...
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A Risk-Based Approach to Rating and Correcting Individual Cyberrisk
LAS VEGAS—At this week’s Black Hat conference, some information security professionals turned to a key issue to control enterprise-wide cyberrisk: hacking humans. As phishing continues to be one of the...
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Charting the Rise of Ransomware
At the beginning of the year, Risk Management put ransomware at the top of the list when surveying the 2016 cyberrisk threat landscape, and these attacks have arguably come to the fore as cyberthreat...
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Q&A With New National Cyber Security Alliance Executive Director Kelvin Coleman
The National Cyber Security Alliance (NCSA) announced that its new executive director is Kelvin Coleman, who has held high-level positions in the United States Department of Homeland Security, and the...
View ArticleInside a Business Email Compromise Operation
A new report from cybersecurity company Agari’s Cyber Intelligence Division outlines the operations of a business email compromise (BEC) gang in West Africa, showing that criminals who engage in BEC...
View ArticlePrevent Your Employees From Getting Tricked by Phishing Emails
We all know to watch for suspicious emails. But phishing emails are becoming increasingly more sophisticated, tricking even the savviest among us. The costs to consumers, businesses and institutions...
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Spotting Coronavirus-Related Phishing Emails
Amid widespread public concern and constantly evolving news about the COVID-19 pandemic, cybercriminals are finding new fodder for phishing campaigns. With the eagerness for new information about the...
View ArticlePreventing Paycheck Protection Program Loan Scams
The COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent shutdowns have meant perilous times for small businesses across the country, with many shutting down temporarily or even permanently. As part of the U.S....
View ArticleCyberrisk Management Tips for Businesses Amid the Russia-Ukraine War
A wide range of risks are trickling down from Russia’s assault on Ukraine, from sanctions compliance to supply chain disruption to business interruption. Cyberrisk has also drawn considerable concern...
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