A new report has found that 1.5 organizations fall victim to ransomware attacks every minute — and more than $1 million is lost each minute due to cybercrime. RiskIQ’s 2018 “The Evil Internet Minute” investigated the cyber threats that organizations and internet users face every minute....
Cybercrime is such a lucrative field that, if it were its own nation, it would have the thirteenth-largest GDP on the planet, according to Bromium researchers. Cybercriminals make an estimated $1.5 trillion every year from cybercrime. Most of that can be traced back to trade...
Panera and Saks grab the headlines. But amid data leaks the lures for the bad guys go far beyond the credit card number. Names, addresses and emails give ammunition for phishing ploys that can compromise firms as harried, multi-tasking employees provide entry points, as Cofense...
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is warning about a cyber crime increase in the number of email phishing scams aimed at gathering information from employees’ W2 forms. According to a press release by the U.S. government agency, the IRS said 200 businesses, public schools, universities,...
April 05, 2018
Panera and Saks grab the headlines. But amid data leaks the lures for the bad guys go far beyond the credit card number. Names, addresses and emails give ammunition for phishing ploys that can compromise firms as harried, multi-tasking employees provide entry points, as Cofense CTO Aaron Higbee tells PYMNTS' Karen Webster.
August 21, 2018
A new report has found that 1.5 organizations fall victim to ransomware attacks every minute — and more than $1 million is lost each minute due to cybercrime. RiskIQ’s 2018 “The Evil Internet Minute” investigated the cyber threats that organizations and internet users face every minute. “With businesses expanding their online presence to create more touchpoints […]
