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MY TAKE: Why companies and consumers must collaborate to stop the plundering of IoT systems

The Last Watchdog

A candy store for hackers A recent Forrester workforce survey showed that by mid 2020, 58 percent of corporations worldwide had at least half of their employees working from home, where an average of 11 devices lurk — connected to the internet. The attackers successfully got a foothold on the exec’s MacBook.

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CyberheistNews Vol 13 #22 [Eye on Fraud] A Closer Look at the Massive 72% Spike in Financial Phishing Attacks

KnowBe4

That's right – the financial services industry, at least according to cybersecurity vendor Armorblox's 2023 Email Security Threat Report. Blog post with links: [link] [Live Demo] Ridiculously Easy Security Awareness Training and Phishing Old-school awareness training does not hack it anymore.

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An Approach to Cybersecurity Risk Oversight for Corporate Directors

Data Matters

In PricewaterhouseCoopers’ 2017 Annual Corporate Directors Survey, seventy-two percent of directors expressed a desire to increase cybersecurity expertise on their boards. Finally, corporate executives themselves are beginning to recognize cyber risk as a strategic priority.