Phishing
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Data breaches ever more costly for companies
Read moreIBM has released its annual “Cost of a Data Breach Report” for the 17th time. As in previous years, the data was collected independently by the market researchers at the Ponemon Institute. In over 3,600 interviews, employees at more than 550 companies were surveyed on data breaches occurring between March 2021 and March 2022 –…
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Forensics: Carinthia blackmailers got in via phishing mail
Read moreThe Austrian state of Carinthia made headlines earlier this year when it fell victim to a ransomware attack. In the meanwhile, the forensic investigations have been concluded. Once again, it was a phishing email that paved the way for the hackers.
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Phishing remains primary gateway for cyber criminals
Read moreUK-based specialist insurer Hiscox recently released its “Cyber Readiness Report 2022”. One key outcome: Phishing emails are still the main gateway by which cyber criminals gain access to company networks.
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News from the nefarious world of phishing
Read moreZscaler’s Threatlabz research team has just released new facts and figures on phishing attacks around the globe. The sheer number is reported to have risen by 29 percent over the past year, while at the same time the “bad guys” have been deploying new, even more cunning approaches against the enhanced bulwarks set up to…
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Phishing is becoming more frequent and tricky
Read moreThe scale, sophistication and impact of phishing attacks have all reached unprecedented levels due to the work-from-home trend necessitated by the Coronavirus pandemic. Seventy-four percent of all IT professionals surveyed in a recent study responded that their company had fallen victim to a phishing attack over the past year.
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New Wave of Phishing Attacks: SolarWinds Hackers Target Government and NGOs
Read moreThe hacker group Nobelium is back: The latest attacks were launched using a US government agency account. Comprehensive phishing filters remain a vital necessity.
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Phishing Attacks Increasingly Launched using Newly Registered Domains, Shows Retarus’ Analysis
Read moreMore and more internet addresses are created and used exclusively for criminal purposes. Phishing filters need to be capable of considering this factor in their analyses.
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Alarmierende Zahlen: aktuelle Cybersecurity-Statistiken
Read more2020 hält den Rekord für die meisten Cyberangriffe und Datenverluste weltweit. Wir haben Zahlen und Trends gesammelt und wagen auch einen Blick in die Security-Glaskugel.
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Phishing flourishes during Covid pandemic
Read moreAt the initial height of the Covid-19 pandemic, phishing incidents rose to more than 220 percent the annual average. This is one of the key findings in the “2020 Phishing and Fraud Report” released by F5 Labs, the research subsidiary of F5.