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Ransomware realities in 2023: one employee mistake can cost a company millions

Security Affairs

Furthermore, it’s estimated that this sum will increase to nearly $24 trillion by 2027. With 85% of campaigns targeting victims with phishing emails containing malicious links, another form of a social engineering attack, education and cyber vigiliance remain a high priority. Why should employers educate employees about cyber security?

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Ireland: DPC Produces “Significant Outputs” for 2022 Concluding 17 Large Scale Inquiries

DLA Piper Privacy Matters

Children The protection of children’s personal data is one of the DPC’s five strategic goals as set out in its 2022-2027 Regulatory Strategy. The guides will also be helpful to parents, educators and other stakeholders. The aim of the guides is to inform children and enable good practices around online safety.

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The Week in Cyber Security and Data Privacy: 15 – 21 April 2024

IT Governance

Mobile Guardian, which is used to help parents manage their children’s device usage, was hacked on 19 April, according to the Singaporean Ministry of Education. Mobile Guardian, which is based in the UK, said that its investigations detected unauthorised access to its systems via an administrative account on its management portal.

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CyberheistNews Vol 13 #20 [Foot in the Door] The Q1 2023's Top-Clicked Phishing Scams | INFOGRAPHIC

KnowBe4

I've spent a lot of time here educating you on attack specifics, industry trends, and the impacts felt by attacks. billion by 2027. "3x I've also talked quite a bit about cyber insurance and the recent trends. But seldom have we been able to combine the two and present the state of cyber attacks from an insurer's perspective.