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CyberheistNews Vol 13 #19 [Watch Your Back] New Fake Chrome Update Error Attack Targets Your Users

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New school security awareness training can help any organization sustain that line of defense and create a strong security culture. Blog post with links: [link] A Master Class on IT Security: Roger A. Verizon's Data Breach Report showed that 81% of hacking-related breaches used either stolen and/or weak passwords.

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CyberheistNews Vol 13 #23 [Wake-Up Call] It's Time to Focus More on Preventing Spear Phishing

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A new, HUGE, very important, fact has been gleaned by Barracuda Networks which should impact the way that EVERYONE does security awareness training. of all email-based attacks according to Barracuda's data but are responsible for 66% of all breaches." Everyone needs to know about this fact and react accordingly.

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CyberheistNews Vol 13 #21 [Double Trouble] 78% of Ransomware Victims Face Multiple Extortions in Scary Trend

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In second place, with an average ranking of 3.63, is low security awareness among employees – something only addressed by creating a strong security culture with new-school security awareness training at the center of it all. Blog post with links: [link] [Free Tool] Who Will Fall Victim to QR Code Phishing Attacks?

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An Approach to Cybersecurity Risk Oversight for Corporate Directors

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state data breach notification law requirements often are triggered when certain types of personal information has been accessed or acquired by someone who is unauthorized, company privacy and cyber attorneys, IT security professionals, and privacy and audit teams should be brought into the discussion, as well.

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CyberheistNews Vol 13 #18 [Eye on AI] Does ChatGPT Have Cybersecurity Tells?

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In the near term, new-school security awareness training can help alert your people to the tells of automated scamming. Blog post with links: [link] [Live Demo] Ridiculously Easy Security Awareness Training and Phishing Old-school awareness training does not hack it anymore. It's often an eye-opening discovery.

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CyberheistNews Vol 13 #10 [Eye Opener] BusinessWeek: The Satellite Hack Everyone Is Finally Talking About

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They started out with: "As Putin began his invasion of Ukraine, a network used throughout Europe—and by the Ukrainian military—faced an unprecedented cyberattack that doubled as an industrywide wake-up call. He wrote the book on it, literally - A Data-Driven Computer Security Defense. What they refer to is the Viasat hack.