by Dianne Bayley | Jul 6, 2022 | Security and Legal
Last year, companies worldwide experienced 50% more weekly cyber-attacks than in 2020, notes Lindsay Blackie, Channel Manager Check Point at Westcon-Comstor. The same research has highlighted how threat actors have increasingly used SMS phishing (smishing) to...
by Dianne Bayley | Oct 27, 2021 | Security and Legal
According to the recently released SABRIC Annual Crime Statistics 2020, social engineering (phishing, vishing and SMishing) continue to be the primary method employed by criminals when targeting victims across digital channels. As cybercrime continues to rise, SABRIC...
by Dianne Bayley | Oct 26, 2021 | Security and Legal
About 140 resellers and technology service providers have fallen victim to Nobelium, the alleged Russian state actor behind the SolarWinds Orion cyberattacks, since May 2021. The Nobelium attacks are believed to use password spray and phishing to steal credentials and...
by Dianne Bayley | Jul 14, 2021 | Security and Legal
Anonymised data, voluntarily provided by Kaspersky Internet Security for Android users, has shown which messenger apps are the most popular among phishing scammers. The biggest share of detected malicious links between December 2020 and May 2021 were sent via WhatsApp...
by Dianne Bayley | Sep 21, 2020 | Security and Legal
All organisations are vulnerable to insider threats. The latest data shows that the number of insider incidents has increased by 47% over the past two years, now affecting more than 34% of businesses. Doros Hadjizenonos, Regional Sales Manager at Fortinet weighs in on...
