The rapid transformation of the cyberspace and digital technologies in recent times have necessitated changes in an enterprise’s digital architecture. Adversaries these days make use of highly sophisticated techniques and advanced digital platforms to attack enterprises and individuals. One of these techniques employed by cybercriminals is ‘Phishing.’ Phishing is a type of online fraud, which
There’s much debate going on today about what to do if your organization gets hit by ransomware. There’s really only two choices: pay it or don’t. And which side you come down on says a lot about your big picture perspective. Recently, U.S. Mayors, at their yearly conference, which represents over 1,400 mayors from U.S.
Phishing has been on the rise in form or the other, ever since users have started to use emails, messages, phones, etc. Every other month, around 1.5 million new phishing sites are created by cyber-criminals and add to the growing cybercrime world. Several of these sites employ ransomware as a tactic in order to extort
Another week goes by, and the world of cybersecurity is abuzz with a range of activity, as always. We know that keeping abreast with all these happenings can be taxing if done one at a time, and hence, we have gathered the top headlines for you, to skim through and gain insight into the progress
They say nothing is certain in life except for death and taxes. You can add one more to that list: phishing attacks. Hackers continue to do their homework and innovate as the number one cybersecurity threat refuses to be contained. According to an article on the Dark Reading website, “Email continues to be an extremely
When the Internet first began, there were just a handful of top-level domains in use. Top-level domains (TLD) are the letters that come after the “dot” in the URL. Examples include .com, .org and .net. One of the most-used phishing tactics is domain name spoofing. Domain name spoofing occurs when an attacker uses a domain,
The past week has seen a range of activity in the world of cybersecurity with cyber-attacks taking place, anti-phishing solutions being deployed, and a whole lot of other things happening. Below, there is a curated list of all significant headlines that you need to know about, to be at par with the progress in the
As another week passes by, the world of cybersecurity witnesses another round of developments and for the cybersecurity analysts, engineers and professionals, there are various updates that they need to catch up on. Realizing and acknowledging the importance of these critical updates for the cybersecurity enthusiasts, we bring forth the top headlines of the week:
From its website, the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) mission is “to secure the nation from the many threats we face.” In essence, the DHS’s job is to create trust, for Americans, in their own security. So, it shouldn’t come as any surprise that hackers would try to exploit that trust by launching an email
You wouldn’t put up a neon sign outside your home that says “rob this house” before you left for a week’s vacation. The last thing you want to do is give a crook a heads up. But that’s exactly what people unwittingly do when they post complaints about companies they do business within their social