Category: Blog

Office 365 Security Budgets Increase to Stop Phishing

With 78 percent of businesses that utilize Office 365 reporting one or more successful cyberattacks this year, it’s not surprising that IT managers at over half of Office 365-enabled organizations also say they’ve increased their security spending by a robust average 18 percent compared to 2017. In a survey by

Evasive Phishing is Targeting Office 365

Phishing emails targeting Office 365 customers are increasing dramatically and are the top source of security breaches, according to a new Osterman Research survey commissioned by Cyren. Fifty-four percent of organizations using Office 365 as their corporate email platform reported at least one successful phishing attack during the past 12

Fileless Malware Already Targeting Holiday Suppliers

It gets earlier and earlier. The first Yuletide-related malware campaign has already been spotted. There’s always an expected and monumental amount of consumer spam and phishing in the run-up to Black Friday and then Christmas itself, but we’ve found one malware author getting into the Christmas “spirit” in late October

Privacy Governance, Compliance and Data Stewardship – Cannabis?

Is Cannabis Finally the Driver for Personal Privacy? As part of our announcement ( https://www.otcmarkets.com/stock/LDSR/news/LandStar-Inc-Announces-HIPAA-Compliant-Platform-for-8-Billion-Medical-Marijuana-Market ) Our partner offering has been in development for a specific governmental organization in Canada for some time now and recently went live with the legalization on October 17. The offering has several components – however at

Not-Really-Password-Protected Evasion Technique Resurfaces

Today we came across an e-mail with an Excel Workbook attachment, which upon first inspection appears to be password-protected. The presence of the EncryptedPackage stream in an OLE2 document indicates that it is protected by a password, which obviously would require the user to enter one in order to open

New WordPress GDPR Framework update – 1.0.18!

BY JASON REMILLARD THIS WEEK WE RELEASED ANOTHER UPGRADE TO OUR MOST RECENT PRODUCT CAPABILITY – THE WORDPRESS GDPR FRAMEWORK.   Hey everyone – just a quick update (if you haven’t already been notified by your WordPress console yet) that we have pushed out version 1.0.18. Although the feature list looks small

Police Phishing Attack Targets Bank Credentials

In a sophisticated criminal scheme, an email impersonating the Icelandic police was sent to thousands of Icelanders this past weekend, falsely requesting the recipient come in for questioning. Since it directly involved impersonating the authorities, who say this is the largest cyberattack to hit the country of Iceland, and included

Survey Says 44% of Companies Phished This Year

The third annual Cyren-Osterman Research U.S. security survey shows a significant increase in phishing emails getting through to users and in the number of successful phishing attacks suffered by businesses during the past 12 months, among many topics covered in the 16-page report, “IT Security at SMBs: 2017 Benchmarking Survey,”

Die DSGVO der EU hat das Interesse an E-Mail-Archivierung erneuert

Egal, in welchem Geschäft Sie tätig sind, die EU-DSGVO wird sich wahrscheinlich auf Ihre Organisation auswirken. Die DSGVO ist eine Vorschrift, die für alle gilt, die in oder mit Europa Geschäfte tätigen. Falls Sie die personenbezogenen Informationen von EU-Ansässigen verarbeiten, müssen Sie die Verordnung einhalten. Die Einführung der DSGVO hat

The EU GDPR has generated renewed interest in email archiving

Whatever business you are in, the EU GDPR is likely having an impact on your organisation. GDPR is a regulation which applies to anyone doing business in or with Europe. If you process the personal information of EU subjects you need to comply. The introduction of GDPR has forced organisations