When most see cyberattacks as something that is impactful at the organizational level, the head of the National Security Agency sees cyberattacks as being a threat to the entire nation. Just as you and I hear so much about cybercriminals…
The need to balance offering coverage for cyber incidents with maintaining a profit has cyber insurers rethinking how they will approach measuring insured risk and exposure. In a recent SecurityWeek article on the topic, Vishaal Hariprasad, CEO at cyber insurer…
A Swiss phishing study involving roughly 15,000 participants in a 15-month experiment produced some interesting results. The study was run by researchers at ETH Zurich, working together with a company that remained anonymous. The company did not inform their employees…
Bringing together specialized police units from 20 countries, Operation HAECHI-II targeted those involved in online fraud, romance scams, investment fraud and money laundering. HAECHI-II is the second operation in a three-year long project designed to stop cyber financial crime –…
With the increased interest in and availability of movie and TV streaming services, plenty of new scams are popping up attempting to steal personal details and credit card information. This year, we’ve seen for the first time brand new movies…
Researchers at Kaspersky have found that most phishing pages are active for less than one day, with many of them going offline after just a few hours. Most of these short-lived pages were set up through hosting providers. “Hosted phishing…
