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It’s Time to Combine Security Awareness and Privacy Awareness

KnowBe4

With bad guys like this, it’s hardly any surprise that our good guys proudly don the honorable mantle of law enforcement or military, and use an abundance of military language to describe their work, from defending the perimeter to threat vectors and so on.

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CyberheistNews Vol 13 #27 [Heads Up] Massive Impersonation Phishing Campaign Imitates Over 100 Brands and Thousands of Domains

KnowBe4

This latest impersonation campaign makes the case for ensuring users are vigilant when interacting with the web – something accomplished through continual Security Awareness Training. To ensure that you get the most recent security fixes, enable automatic updates whenever possible."

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

KnowBe4

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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Kevin Mitnick, Hacker Turned Cybersecurity Leader, Dies at 59

eSecurity Planet

With Mitnick as the public face of the company, KnowBe4 rocketed to the top of the nascent market for employee cybersecurity training. military systems and launch nuclear missiles through mere whistling. The company raised more than $300 million in venture funding and went public before being acquired for $4.6

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NEW TECH: CyCognito employs offensive bot network to put companies a step a head of attackers

The Last Watchdog

One of the most single-minded of these security vendors is startup CyCognito. The company was launched in Tel Aviv in 2017 by a couple of former Israeli military cyber ops attack specialists, Rob Gurzeev and Dima Potekhin. This results in an assessment of the business context surrounding each asset. That’s a major step forward.

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

KnowBe4

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. New-school security awareness training enables your employees to recognize phishing and other social engineering attacks.

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What Is Penetration Testing? Complete Guide & Steps

eSecurity Planet

Top Pentesting Tools There are numerous penetration test tools in the market; some are free to use, while others are commercial solutions. Trusting a penetration tester with your system, sensible data, and critical assets for business operations can also be a roadblock, especially because pentesters will simulate real attacks.