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Credential phishing kits target victims differently depending on location
There is a new attack vector in town – the customization of phishing kits. In a recent case uncovered by PhishMe Intelligence, a phishing kit was crafted to target …
UK data protection authority issues record fines
Since August 2015, The UK’s independent authority, The Information Commissioner’s Office, has fined 104 organisations a total of £8.7 million for breaches in data …
7 steps for getting your organization GDPR-ready
While the EU has had long established data protection standards and rules, its regulators haven’t truly commanded compliance until now. Under the General Data Protection …
Groundhog Day: Third-party cyber risk edition
Over the past four years, I’ve had countless conversations with hundreds of companies around third-party cyber risk issues. It’s been my personal Groundhog Day, so …
The future of smartphone security: Hardware isolation
Mobile spyware has become increasingly more ubiquitous in corporate networks and devices. In a 2017 study, Check Point has found that out of the 850 organizations that they …
Building a coping mechanism for data breaches
Data breaches may be daily news, but they will always be a significant worry for business stakeholders. It is the IT team, however, that have to deal with the technical side …
Achieving zero false positives with intelligent deception
Cyber attacks are not single events. When attackers compromise an asset, they don’t know which asset is infected. They must determine where they are in the network, the …
What is a security data lake?
The concepts of the data lake and the specialized security data lake are relatively new. While data lakes have a bit of a head start in adoption – largely among data science …
It’s time to get serious about email security
In today’s hyper-connected world, email is the foundation of every organization’s collaboration, productivity, and character. And despite annual rumors of its demise, there’s …
Escape future ransomware attacks by leveraging the right technology
Last year, multiple industry verticals saw the extreme effects of ransomware, with WannaCry and Petya leading the pack in terms of damage. To make matters worse, according to …
GDPR: Whose problem is it anyway?
With the GDPR deadline looming on May 25, 2018, every organization in the world that transmits data related to EU citizens is focused on achieving compliance. And for good …
Why GDPR will drive a best practice approach
When GDPR was first discussed, many feared that it would force businesses to act more insular and become more defensive about their data. Some even believed there would be a …