March 20, 2019 UW Medicine Exposes 1m Patients’ PHI by Removing Security Around 974,000 patients of UW Medicine have had their PHI exposed online due to the accidental disabling of protections on a website server. The error ... Read more
March 14, 2019 Communication Issues and Lack of Emergency Planning are Putting Employees at Risk Companies are taking steps to improve safety in the workplace by planning for emergencies, but communication issues and poor preparedness for modern emergencies is putting ... Read more
March 6, 2019 New Microsoft Report Details 2018 Phishing Trends Microsoft’s latest Security Intelligence Report provides information on 2018 phishing trends, the changing tactics of cybercriminals, and ransomware, cryptojacking and malware attack statistics. 2018 Ransomware ... Read more
February 6, 2019 New BEC Campaign Targets Executives Business email compromise attacks involve the impersonation of a high-level executive, often the CEO or CFO. The attacks often start with a spear phishing email ... Read more
January 18, 2019 773 Million Email Addresses and 21 Million Unique Passwords Listed for Sale A massive collection of login credentials that includes approximately 773 million email addresses has been uncovered by security researcher Troy Hunt. Hunt is an Australian ... Read more
January 10, 2019 Highly Sophisticated Apple Vishing Scam Detected A sophisticated Apple vishing scam has been uncovered. In contrast to most phishing attempts that use email, this scam used voice calls (vishing) with the ... Read more
December 12, 2018 2018 Security Awareness Training Statistics A recent survey conducted by Mimecast has produced some interesting security awareness training statistics for 2018. The survey shows many businesses are taking considerable risks ... Read more
November 28, 2018 Major Malvertising Campaign Detected: 300 Million Browser Sessions Hijacked in 48 Hours A major malvertising campaign is being conducted that is redirecting web users to phishing and scam websites. While malvertising campaigns are nothing new, this one ... Read more
November 6, 2018 Elon Musk Bitcoin Scam Generates $180,000 in a Day The promise of payment of a sizable sum in return for a small payment is a classic scam that has been conducted in various forms ... Read more
October 25, 2018 Stealthy sLoad Downloader Performs Extensive Reconnaissance to Improve Quality of Infected Hosts A new PowerShell downloader has been discovered – the sLoad downloader – which is being used in stealthy, highly targeted attacks in the United Kingdom ... Read more
October 19, 2018 Anti-Phishing Working Group Publishes Q2, 2018 Phishing Trends Report The Anti-Phishing Working Group has released its Phishing Activity Trends Report for Q2, 2018. The report contains a summary and analysis of phishing attacks that ... Read more
September 14, 2018 Study Reveals SMB Employees Are Taking Major Data Security Risks Cyberattacks on large enterprises often make the headlines as they tend to involve the theft of large quantities of data, but small to medium sized ... Read more
August 31, 2018 Wombat Security Technologies Releases 2018 State of the Phish Report Wombat Security Technologies has released its 2018 State of the Phish Report – an analysis of data from tens of millions of simulated phishing attacks ... Read more
August 12, 2018 Industry First Security Awareness Practitioner Certification Offered by InfoSec Institute Security awareness training for employees is now a vital part of any cybersecurity strategy, yet until recently there was no certification program available to confirmed ... Read more
August 9, 2018 Scammers Claim to Have Webcam Footage of Users Watching Pornography A new variant of an old scam is currently gaining traction and is fooling many people into paying scammers money to avoid having sensitive information ... Read more
July 6, 2018 TitanHQ Expands Executive Team with Appointment of Rocco Donnino TitanHQ has announced it has expanded its executive team with the appointment of Rocco Donnino, the former Executive Vice President of Corporate Development at AppRiver, ... Read more
June 19, 2018 Failure to Encrypt ePHI Costs Cancer Treatment and Research Center $4.34 Million The Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights has announced its third HIPAA financial penalty of 2018. The $4.34 million civil monetary ... Read more
June 12, 2018 Department of Justice Announces Arrest of 74 Business Email Compromise Scammers A coordinated law enforcement effort involving the FBI, U.S Departments of Justice, Homeland Security, Treasury, the US Postal Inspection Service, and law enforcement agencies in ... Read more
May 17, 2018 InfoSec Institute Named in 2018 Gartner Peer Insights Customers’ Choice for Security Awareness CBT The InfoSec Institute has developed an extensive library of training material on cybersecurity and helps security professionals attain qualifications to improve their career prospects. The ... Read more
May 6, 2018 2018 Phishing Trends & Intelligence Report Security awareness and anti-phishing vendor PhishLabs has released its 2018 Phishing Trends & Intelligence Report. The report shows there has been a marked change in ... Read more
May 4, 2018 TitanHQ Integrates WebTitan Web Filter into Kaseya IT Complete Suite TitanHQ has announced its powerful web filtering solution – WebTitan – is now fully integrated into the Kaseya IT Complete Suite, making it easier for ... Read more
May 3, 2018 Wombat Security Releases 2018 Beyond the Phish Report The Beyond the Phish Report from Wombat Security provides valuable insights into the state of security awareness across different industry sectors. For the report, Wombat ... Read more
April 27, 2018 582,000 Patients Warned of Potential PHI Compromise by California Dept. of Developmental Services A recent survey carried out with hackers, incident responders, and penetration testers has showed that most can gain access to a targeted system in around 15 hours, ... Read more
April 16, 2018 New Email Security Services Launched by Cisco Cisco has announced the release of new email security services that provide better protection from phishing and spoofing attacks, while increasing the level of protection ... Read more
April 10, 2018 Proofpoint Study Shows Impact of Email Fraud on Businesses Proofpoint has published the findings of a recent study investigating the impact of email fraud on businesses. The study reveals the extent to which businesses ... Read more
April 5, 2018 Improper Disposal of PHI is Common According to JAMA Study A recently completed study (published in JAMA) has emphasized just how often hospitals are disposing of PHI in an unsafe fashion. While the study was ... Read more
March 16, 2018 PHI of 5,300 Individuals Disclosed to Employees of QuadMed The protected health information of 5,305 patients of QuadMed, a Wisconsin-based provider of medical, laboratory, pharmacy, fitness, and physical therapy services, may have been impermissibly shared with ... Read more
March 14, 2018 Cloudability State of the Cloud 2018 Report Reveals Cloud Technology Adoption Trends Cloudability has published its State of the Cloud 2018 Report. The cloud management platform provider has revealed real world trends in adoption of cloud technology, ... Read more
March 5, 2018 TitanHQ Adds BitDefender AV Engine in SpamTitan v7.00 TitanHQ, the leading the leading anti-spam solution provider, has released a new version of its award-winning spam filtering solution SpamTitan. One major change to its ... Read more
February 26, 2018 What are the Most-Demanded Cloud Business Skills in 2018? Back in January, LinkedIn published its “Most Promising Jobs 2018” report based on data mined from its 500 million-plus members. Naturally, the list was dominated ... Read more