Fraud Protection April 12, 2018 Social Engineering: A Trick as Old as Time 4 min read - Social engineering dates back to ancient times. Today, the most common forms of social trickery include baiting, vishing, phishing and other schemes designed to exploit human nature.
CISO March 30, 2018 Five Surprising Reasons to Invest in Better Security Training 3 min read - Security training programs should go beyond the basics and address why phishing attacks, social engineering schemes and other insider threats impact employees personally.
March 27, 2018 Law Enforcement Conducts Largest Coordinated Elder Identity Fraud Sweep in History 2 min read - The U.S. Department of Justice recently conducted the largest sweep of identity fraud cases aimed at elderly citizens in the nation's history.
Fraud Protection March 6, 2018 February’s Top Cybersecurity News Stories: Nice Phish You Got There 3 min read - Last month's cybersecurity news cycle featured a tricky cryptocurrency-stealing Trojan, targeted phishing attacks, interesting insights about millennials' identity protection habits and more.
February 27, 2018 New Incident Response Study Reveals More Than Half of Attackers Use Social Engineering to Target Organizations 2 min read - A new study on incident response revealed that more than half of external attackers use social engineering in targeted campaigns against organizations in various sectors.
Fraud Protection February 8, 2018 Why Device ID May Not Be Enough to Stop Fraud 3 min read - To defeat increasingly sophisticated fraudsters, security teams should pair their fraud detection tools with a device ID spoofing mechanism that automatically adapts to new threats.
Risk Management December 11, 2017 Revisiting the Top Security Threats of 2017 3 min read - Many of the security threats we noted at the start of 2017 gripped the public's attention during the past year, foreshadowing major shifts to come in 2018.
October 23, 2017 Banking Trojan Uses Malware Macros to Evade Sandbox Detection 2 min read - Security researchers observed a spam campaign that leverages PowerShell's AutoClose feature to deliver a banking Trojan while eluding sandbox detection.
Fraud Protection October 19, 2017 Pick a Card, Any Card: Deception, the Human Mind and the Social Engineering Challenge 3 min read - Social engineering schemes such as spear phishing rely on the human mind's inclination toward self-deception to motivate users to open malicious links.
July 25, 2017 Splash Screens Elicit Scares, According to New Ransomware Study 2 min read - A new ransomware study found that splash screens are being used to manipulate users through social engineering and scare tactics.