Almost three-quarters of all risky cyber behaviors within organizations have been attributed to only 10% of employees, with such behaviors more common among remote and part-time workers, SecurityBrief Australia reports.
Utilities, business-to-business service providers, and software-as-a-service vendors have been increasingly targeted with redirect intrusions involving the concealment of malicious JavaScript code within Scalable Vector Graphics image files, Hackread reports.
Malicious QR code phishing emails with PDF attachments have been leveraged to trick victims into entering a phone call with the attacker purporting to be a customer service representative who coaxes sensitive information disclosures or malware installation, according to an analysis from Cisco Talos.
New research estimates the value of Zero Trust. Using the Marsh McLennan Cyber Risk Intelligence Center’s proprietary cyber losses dataset from the past eight years, researchers estimated that overall cyber losses could have been potentially reduced by up to 31% had the organizations widely deployed zero-trust security. This adds up to a projected ...
More than 350 organizations and nearly 1,800 email addresses were discovered by Proofpoint researchers to have been targeted by a new phishing fraud scheme involving the spoofing of the Department of Government Efficiency initially flagged by the Scoop News Group, according to FedScoop.
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