Category: Blog

Data Breach Report Underscores Phishing Risk for Manufacturers

The business impact of phishing is becoming increasingly more pronounced. According to the recently released 2018 Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report, 93% of all reported IT security breaches are the direct result of some form of phishing. The manufacturing industry is likely feeling this impact more than most, with targeted

IAM Concept of the Week: FIDO 2.0

Concept of the Week blog series – Each week we define and explain the significance of a concept in the world of Identity and Access Management (IAM). We addressed FIDO (Fast IDentity Online) last year in this series. If you remember FIDO is an authentication technology developed back in 2013 with the stated

Double Deceit: Bad Things Come in Pairs

A Chinese proverb may state, “good things come in pairs”, but this was not the case in 2017. In 2017, we discovered an email threat that was carrying not one, but two different malicious attachments as bait: a PDF file and a Microsoft Template file (OpenXML/DOTX). These were meant to

Cybercriminals see real estate firms as profitable

For the last two to three years, stories about real estate hacking and particularly phishing have appeared with increasing frequency in newspaper and blog headlines. Take for example the cybercriminals who stole client contact information from a DC-area real estate company, and then created a “business email compromise” (BEC) scam,

Cyperpiraten nehmen Logistikunternehmen ins Visier

Im Juni 2017 gab es für die Logistik- und Transportindustrie ein „Novum“, als fast 80 Häfen und Terminals weltweit entweder zum Stillstand kamen oder signifikante Verspätungen verzeichneten, darunter der Port of New York and New Jersey, der Port of Los Angeles und der Rotterdamer Hafen (größter Hafen Europas) sowie der

Cybercriminals Targeting Logistics and Transportation Companies

In June of 2017, the logistics and transport industry experienced a ‘first’ when almost 80 ports and terminals around the globe either came to a standstill or experienced significant delays, including the Port of New York and New Jersey, the Port of Los Angeles, the port of Rotterdam (Europe’s largest),

GDPR Security & Breaches: What You Must Know

GDPR Security & Breaches: What You Must Know According the 2017 Ponemon Cost of Data Breach Study, the global average cost of a data breach is $3.2 million. The good news: that cost is down 10% over previous years. The bad news: companies in the study have experienced larger breaches (an