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Fortifying the Organization Against Image-Based and QR Code Phishing Attacks
IRONSCALES recently commissioned Osterman Research to investigate image-based and QR code phishing attacks. The resulting white paper reveals troubling statistics, including only 5.5% of respondents having effective email security defenses. Continue Reading
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Recent news – March 11
Recent news: LockBit take down. Cayosoft $22.5 million investment. cnvrg.io on enterprise GenAI usage. Continue Reading
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Recent news – February 13
What’s been happening recently in our areas of interest, with news from Open Text, Resecurity, Google, and Proofpoint. Continue Reading
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And so it begins … the deepfake meeting scams
The New Zealand Herald covered the story of a deepfake meeting scam attempt against Zuru in November 2023, which [1] featured a deepfake of the CEO attempting to get the CFO to transfer money, but [2] was less than optimal since while the deepfake video presented a perfect rendition of the CEO, the “AI wasn’t Continue Reading
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Some thoughts on CCL’s 2023 State of New Zealand Cloud Transformation Report
CCL published the second annual State of New Zealand Cloud Transformation Report in late August. Four key themes are explored (and in color-coded sections, too) – cloud adoption, cloud models, cloud operations, and emerging technology. Headline findings from our POV: In the cloud adoption section, the following diagram shows the challenges faced with adopting or Continue Reading
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Recent news – November 17
What’s been happening recently in our areas of interest, with news re DP World Australia, IRONSCALES, KnowBe4, Egress and KnowBe4, and a deepfake BEC scam. Continue Reading
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Some thoughts on SlashNext’s 2023 report on phishing
SlashNext recently published its 2023 report on the State of Phishing. The data is from SlashNext’s optics into email traffic around the world, along with a survey of 300 cybersecurity professionals and getting hands-on in the Dark Web. Headline findings: Request the full report from SlashNext (25 content pages). Registration is required. Continue Reading
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SANS report from 2021 on cybersecurity in OT/ICS
In August 2021, SANS published a report on cybersecurity in OT (operational technology) and ICS (industrial control systems) environments. The findings are based on a survey of 480 organizations in relevant industries. Among many other things, respondents were asked if they’d experienced one or more security incidents involving their OT/ICS environment over the previous 12 Continue Reading
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Abnormal’s report on the threats of generative AI
Abnormal Security, one of the sponsors of our recent report on The Role of AI in Email Security, has just published a complementary research report on how security leaders are responding to generative AI. This was an Abnormal-only initiative that we were not involved with. The research is based on a survey of 300 senior Continue Reading
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Nastiest malware 2023
OpenText Cybersecurity published the 2023 version of its Nastiest Malware report (sixth year). There’s a press release and report. Key findings: Continue Reading