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New Report Benchmarks Phishing Risks Across Industries and Regions

SecureWorld News

Phishing remains one of the top cyber threats faced by organizations, and as phishing scams become more sophisticated, security leaders need clearer insights into phishing risks across their industry and geography to prioritize defenses. After a full year of training, rates for most industries dropped below 5%.

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Fashion brand Guess hacked, DarkSide ransomware group the likely culprit

SC Magazine

A Guess retail store. Following news that noted fashion brand Guess suffered a data breach in which personal information may have been stolen, cybersecurity experts on Tuesday said that retailers should take this case as motivation to lock down their cyber defenses. N509FZ, CC BY-SA 4.0 link] , via Wikimedia Commons).

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Hybrid phishing and vishing attacks hunt for credit card info

SC Magazine

A recently reported phishing and vishing campaign was designed to impersonate Geek Squad. A new blog post report has shone a light on the malicious practice known as voice phishing or vishing – a social engineering tactic that some cyber experts say has only grown in prominence since COVID-19 forced employees to work from home.

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Cyber Security Awareness and Risk Management

Spinone

Social engineering attacks , including phishing, spam, and viruses introduced via clickable links within e-mail affected 80% of the banking institutions in 2016. Social engineering attacks , including phishing, spam, and viruses introduced via clickable links within e-mail affected 80% of the banking institutions in 2016.

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Cyber Leaders on Defending Against Holiday Scam Vulnerabilities

SecureWorld News

Secret Service; Cathy Click, Phishing Defense and Education, FedEx; and Fabiola Fernandez, Product Marketing Manager, Security Awareness Training, Proofpoint. Successful ways security awareness programs help end-users build positive security habits to stay vigilant against attacks.

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ROUNDTABLE: Targeting the supply-chain: SolarWinds, then Mimecast and now UScellular

The Last Watchdog

The intruders got in by tricking UScellular retail store employees into downloading malicious software on store computers. In this case of USCellular, rather than asking for ransom from the company, the criminals got access to the database and then can go after the individuals with attempts to phish for bank and credit card information.

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Keys to Safe Online Shopping this Holiday Season

SecureWorld News

Know how to identify phishing attempts , and report phishing messages to your email program, work, or other authorities. Sharing more than you feel comfortable with While you need to share data to make a purchase online, you should be wary of any retailer that is requesting more information than you feel comfortable sharing.

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