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GUEST ESSAY – Notable events in hacking history that helped transform cybersecurity assessment

The Last Watchdog

Phishing scams, malware, ransomware and data breaches are just some of the examples of cyberthreats that can devastate business operations and the protection of consumer information. military officials hired data analysts to crack the Japanese secret code known as JN-25. After the devastating blow of Pearl Harbor, U.S.

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Applying Heuristics in Cybersecurity

Approachable Cyber Threats

Data analysts aren’t immune to the ill effects of the recognition heuristic either. Availability bias can impact data analysis just as much as the alternative informal mental meanderings that we use most of the time. And they are not wrong to think that way – the odds are quite low.

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Cheap shots: Vaccine phishing scams target employees seeking a return to the office

SC Magazine

This is opening up a new angle for phishing scammers, who are sending emails that appear to be company-issued information referencing vaccines and COVID-19 directives. Meanwhile, the compliance-themed phish embedded a legitimate link leading to a SharePoint site that was compromised and abused for credential harvesting.