Tag: awareness

Celebrating Data Privacy Day 2025: Why Protecting Your Information Is More Important Than Ever

Jan 28, 2025 10:03 AM

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Andy Stern

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Tags: awareness, cyber, data, Internet, privacy, threat

Data Privacy Day (DPD), observed annually on January 28, is a global initiative dedicated to raising awareness about the critical importance of safeguarding personal information. With cyber threats lurking around every corner of the internet, the day serves as a reminder for individuals and organizations alike to assess their online behavior and take proactive steps…
Data Privacy Day 2025: A Chance to Take Control of Your Data

Jan 27, 2025 3:03 PM

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Andy Stern

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Tags: access, ai, awareness, business, cloud, compliance, control, country, data, encryption, governance, law, password, privacy, regulation, service, software, strategy, technology, tool

Data Privacy Day 2025: A Chance to Take Control of Your Data madhav Mon, 01/27/2025 – 09:19 Trust is the cornerstone of every successful relationship between businesses and their customers. On this Data Privacy Day, we reflect on the pivotal role trust plays in the digital age. It’s earned not just through excellent products or…
Do You Know What Your Assets Are?

Jan 27, 2025 2:03 PM

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Andy Stern

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Tags: awareness

Asset awareness is the first step in understanding your complete security posture. If you don’t know what assets you own, how can you protect them? First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2025/01/do-you-know-what-your-assets-are/
CISOs’ top 12 cybersecurity priorities for 2025

Jan 27, 2025 11:03 AM

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Andy Stern

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Tags: access, ai, api, attack, authentication, automation, awareness, business, cio, ciso, cloud, compliance, control, corporate, cybersecurity, data, detection, framework, governance, identity, incident response, infrastructure, intelligence, jobs, mitigation, monitoring, mssp, oracle, penetration-testing, privacy, risk, risk-management, service, strategy, technology, threat, training, usa, zero-trust

Security chief Andrew Obadiaru’s to-do list for the upcoming year will be familiar to CISOs everywhere: advance a zero-trust architecture in the organization; strengthen identity and access controls as part of that drive; increase monitoring of third-party risks; and expand the use of artificial intelligence in security operations.”Nothing is particularly new, maybe AI is newer,…
Box-Checking or Behavior-Changing? Training That Matters

Jan 23, 2025 5:22 AM

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Andy Stern

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Tags: awareness, compliance, corporate, cybersecurity, GDPR, HIPAA, regulation, training

Exploring New Ways to Deliver and Measure Cybersecurity Awareness Programs Regulations like GDPR, HIPAA and CMMC have made security awareness training a staple of corporate security programs. But compliance is only part of the story. Organizations face an even deeper challenge: influencing employee behavior in ways that create a truly secure workplace. First seen on…
25 on 2025: APAC security thought leaders share their predictions and aspirations

Jan 22, 2025 8:22 PM

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Andy Stern

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Tags: access, advisory, ai, api, attack, authentication, awareness, best-practice, breach, business, ciso, cloud, compliance, control, cryptography, csf, cyber, cyberattack, cybercrime, cybersecurity, dark-web, data, data-breach, deep-fake, detection, disinformation, encryption, endpoint, exploit, extortion, finance, framework, fraud, government, group, hacking, Hardware, identity, incident, incident response, infrastructure, injection, intelligence, international, iot, malicious, malware, microsoft, monitoring, network, nist, phishing, privacy, ransomware, regulation, resilience, risk, risk-management, scam, service, skills, social-engineering, software, spear-phishing, strategy, supply-chain, tactics, technology, threat, tool, training, update, vulnerability, warfare, zero-trust

As threat actors and security teams harness the growing potential of artificial intelligence (AI), who will prevail? From generative AI (GenAI) to agentic AI, we look through the lens of 25 of Asia-Pacific’s thought leaders in security and dive into their predictions and goals for the year. src=”https://b2b-contenthub.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Athikom.jpg?quality=50&strip=all” alt=”athikom” loading=”lazy” width=”400px”>Athikom Kanchanavibhu Chief Information Security…
Cyber Hygiene: Strengthening Your Digital Immune System Through Routine Maintenance

Jan 21, 2025 12:22 PM

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Andy Stern

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Tags: awareness, cyber

Good cyber hygiene isn’t a one-time effort; it’s an ongoing process that requires diligence, awareness and consistency. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2025/01/cyber-hygiene-strengthening-your-digital-immune-system-through-routine-maintenance/
How organizations can secure their AI code

Jan 20, 2025 8:22 AM

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Andy Stern

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Tags: ai, application-security, awareness, backdoor, breach, business, chatgpt, ciso, compliance, control, credentials, crime, cybersecurity, data, data-breach, finance, github, healthcare, LLM, malicious, ml, open-source, organized, programming, risk, risk-management, software, startup, strategy, supply-chain, technology, tool, training, vulnerability

In 2023, the team at data extraction startup Reworkd was under tight deadlines. Investors pressured them to monetize the platform, and they needed to migrate everything from Next.js to Python/FastAPI. To speed things up, the team decided to turn to ChatGPT to do some of the work. The AI-generated code appeared to function, so they…
BSI appelliert an Chefetage – In 8 Schritten zum Security-Awareness-Programm

Jan 15, 2025 5:02 PM

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Andy Stern

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Tags: awareness, bsi

First seen on security-insider.de Jump to article: www.security-insider.de/it-sicherheit-unternehmen-mensch-schluesselfaktor-a-ac22ec45acd47655b9fe7f4555966037/
Schulungen zum Sicherheitsbewusstsein verringern die Zahl der Datenschutzverletzungen deutlich

Jan 15, 2025 3:02 PM

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Andy Stern

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Tags: awareness, privacy, risk-management, training

KnowBe4, die weltweit anerkannte Cybersicherheitsplattform, die sich umfassend mit dem menschlichen Risikomanagement befasst, veröffentlicht ein Whitepaper, das datengestützte Beweise für die Wirksamkeit von Sicherheitsschulungen (Security-Awareness-Training, SAT) bei der Reduzierung von Datenschutzverletzungen liefert. Über 17.500 Datenschutzverletzungen aus der Datenbank des Privacy Rights Clearinghouse wurden zusammen mit den umfangreichen Kundendaten von KnowBe4 analysiert, um die Auswirkungen von…
International effort erases PlugX malware from thousands of Windows computers

Jan 15, 2025 6:07 AM

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Andy Stern

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Tags: access, awareness, botnet, ceo, china, cisco, computer, conference, control, country, crime, crimes, cyber, cybersecurity, data, email, endpoint, espionage, government, group, hacker, hacking, incident response, infection, infrastructure, international, Internet, law, malicious, malware, microsoft, military, network, office, phishing, privacy, router, russia, service, strategy, threat, ukraine, unauthorized, windows

The US has again taken court-approved action to remove malware from privately-held internet-connected computers across the country, part of an effort by a number of countries to combat infections of a version of the PlugX malware from a Chinese-based group that has infected thousands of Windows machines around the world.PlugX is a remote access Trojan…
MSSP Market Update: KnowBe4 Research Says Security Awareness Training Works

Jan 14, 2025 9:04 PM

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Andy Stern

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Tags: awareness, mssp, training, update

First seen on scworld.com Jump to article: www.scworld.com/news/mssp-market-update-knowbe4-research-says-security-awareness-training-works
Fifteen Best Practices to Navigate the Data Sovereignty Waters

Jan 14, 2025 9:46 AM

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Andy Stern

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Tags: access, attack, automation, awareness, backup, best-practice, breach, cloud, compliance, computer, computing, container, control, country, crypto, cybersecurity, data, encryption, governance, iam, identity, international, law, least-privilege, monitoring, network, privacy, ransomware, regulation, resilience, risk, security-incident, service, software, strategy, threat, tool, unauthorized, update, zero-trust

Fifteen Best Practices to Navigate the Data Sovereignty Waters josh.pearson@t“¦ Tue, 01/14/2025 – 08:04 Data sovereignty”, the idea that data is subject to the laws and regulations of the country it is collected or stored in”, is a fundamental consideration for businesses attempting to balance harnessing the power of data analytics, ensuring compliance with increasingly…
âš¡ THN Weekly Recap: Top Cybersecurity Threats, Tools and Tips [13 January]

Jan 13, 2025 2:27 PM

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Andy Stern

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Tags: awareness, cyber, cybersecurity, hacking, risk, software, threat, tool

The cyber world’s been buzzing this week, and it’s all about staying ahead of the bad guys. From sneaky software bugs to advanced hacking tricks, the risks are real, but so are the ways to protect yourself. In this recap, we’ll break down what’s happening, why it matters, and what you can do to stay…
Phishing click rates tripled in 2024 despite user training

Jan 13, 2025 9:26 AM

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Andy Stern

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Tags: adobe, ai, attack, awareness, business, cloud, credentials, cybercrime, data, deep-fake, detection, email, finance, identity, LLM, login, malicious, malware, microsoft, network, office, phishing, scam, service, social-engineering, spam, technology, threat, tool, training

For years organizations have invested in security awareness training programs to teach employees how to spot and report phishing attempts. Despite those efforts, enterprise users were three times as likely in 2024 to land on phishing pages compared to the previous year, according to a report from security vendor Netskope.Based on telemetry collected from its…
Payback-CISO: ‘Vorbereitung ist das A und O”

Jan 13, 2025 5:28 AM

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Andy Stern

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Tags: automation, awareness, ciso, cyberattack, cyersecurity, firewall, germany, hacking, infrastructure, mail, nis-2, phishing, ransomware, risk, security-incident, strategy, tool, training

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Legitimate PoC exploited to spread information stealer

Jan 10, 2025 5:18 AM

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Andy Stern

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Tags: access, awareness, backdoor, ceo, computer, cve, exploit, github, hacker, identity, infosec, Internet, linux, malicious, malware, open-source, RedTeam, social-engineering, software, tactics, threat, tool, training, vulnerability, windows

A recently copied and abused open source proof of concept (PoC) exploit from a reputable security company, aimed at helping threat researchers, is the latest example of the novel tactics hackers will use to spread malware.PoCs for known vulnerabilities are created to be shared by students, researchers, and IT pros to improve software and toughen…
How a Strong Cybersecurity Culture Can Protect Your Organization

Jan 9, 2025 5:18 PM

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Andy Stern

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Tags: awareness, cybersecurity, group, threat, training

We all have a responsibility for security. Regardless of role or rank, everyone has their part to play: Contrary to popular belief, cybersecurity isn’t just a matter for IT. But to ensure that all staff truly take note of security and apply the knowledge gained from any staff awareness training, security should be embedded in…
The top target for phishing campaigns

Jan 8, 2025 6:17 AM

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Andy Stern

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Tags: awareness, phishing, training

Despite organizations’ repeated attempts at security awareness training, with a particular emphasis on how employees can avoid being phished, in 2024 enterprise users … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2025/01/08/genai-apps-phishing/
Agents, Robotics, and Auth Oh My! – Impart Security

Jan 7, 2025 5:18 PM

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Andy Stern

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Tags: access, ai, api, attack, automation, awareness, backdoor, breach, chatgpt, cloud, conference, control, credentials, cyber, cyberattack, cybersecurity, data, data-breach, ddos, deep-fake, defense, detection, email, exploit, finance, firewall, fraud, healthcare, incident response, infrastructure, intelligence, kubernetes, LLM, malicious, malware, mitigation, network, offense, password, phishing, risk, saas, scam, security-incident, service, social-engineering, software, strategy, supply-chain, technology, threat, unauthorized, update, vulnerability, waf

Agents, Robotics, and Auth – Oh My! Introduction 2025 will be the year of the futurist. I never thought that I’d be writing a blog post about AI and robotics at this point in my career, but technology has advanced so much in the lat 12 months setting up 2025 to be a landmark year…
Two Clicks to Chaos: How Double-clickjacking Hands Over Control of Apps without Users Knowing

Jan 7, 2025 9:17 AM

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Andy Stern

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Tags: access, ai, attack, authentication, awareness, control, corporate, credentials, data, detection, email, exploit, identity, malicious, mitigation, phishing, saas, tactics, threat, training, unauthorized, update

In our last blog, we discussed how OAuth-based consent phishing attacks have been used to trick users into giving malicious apps the permission to conduct malicious activities via an employee’s account. This attack has been extremely effective due to the lack of awareness of how attackers can misuse OAuth permissions. Now, let’s say we are…
12 cybersecurity resolutions for 2025

Jan 6, 2025 8:18 AM

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Andy Stern

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Tags: advisory, ai, api, attack, awareness, breach, business, ceo, chatgpt, china, ciso, communications, control, crowdstrike, cyber, cyberattack, cybersecurity, data, data-breach, deep-fake, defense, detection, email, identity, insurance, jobs, law, malicious, phishing, ransomware, risk, risk-assessment, risk-management, strategy, supply-chain, technology, threat, tool, training, vulnerability

As cyber threats continue to evolve, CISOs must prepare for an increasingly complex threat landscape. From dealing with AI-driven attacks to managing changing regulatory requirements, it’s clear that 2025 will be another big year for CISOs.But staying ahead requires more than just implementing the next cutting-edge set of tools or technologies. It demands a shift…
Consent Phishing: The New, Smarter Way to Phish

Jan 3, 2025 2:17 PM

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Andy Stern

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Tags: access, ai, attack, authentication, awareness, best-practice, browser, business, chrome, compliance, control, credentials, data, detection, email, github, google, identity, jobs, malicious, microsoft, mitigation, phishing, risk, saas, software, spam, threat, training, unauthorized, update

What is consent phishing? Most people are familiar with the two most common types of phishing”Š”, “Šcredential phishing and phishing payloads, where attackers trick users into revealing credentials and downloading malicious software respectively. However, there is a third type of phishing on the rise: consent phishing. Consent phishing deceives users into granting a third-party SaaS…
OAuth Identity Attack”Š”, “ŠAre your Extensions Affected?

Dec 31, 2024 5:27 PM

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Andy Stern

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Tags: access, ai, attack, awareness, best-practice, breach, browser, chrome, cloud, cyber, cybersecurity, data, detection, email, exploit, google, group, identity, malicious, malware, microsoft, mitigation, phishing, privacy, risk, saas, software, supply-chain, tactics, threat, tool, unauthorized, update, vulnerability

OAuth Identity Attack”Š”, “ŠAre your Extensions Affected? A malicious variant of Cyberhaven’s browser extension (v24.10.4) was uploaded to the Chrome Store on Christmas Day. According to Cyberhaven, this compromised version can allow “sensitive information, including authenticated sessions and cookies , to be exfiltrated to the attacker’s domain”. The extension remained available for download on the Chrome…
Vielen CISOs droht der Burnout

Dec 31, 2024 6:27 AM

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Andy Stern

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Tags: awareness, ceo, ciso, cyber, cyersecurity, germany, jobs, risk, risk-management

loading=”lazy” width=”400px”>Wer seinen CISO verheizt, dem drohen noch mehr Cyberrisiken. Kaspars Grinvalds shutterstock.comMit der zunehmend komplexer werdenden Cyber-Bedrohungslage wächst der Stress für die Chief Information Security Officers (CISOs). 57 Prozent der Cyber-Sicherheitsprofis in Deutschland, Österreich und der Schweiz geben an, unter Burnout zu leiden. Das geht aus den Zahlen des Human Risk Review 2024 von…
Data protection challenges abound as volumes surge and threats evolve

Dec 27, 2024 7:43 AM

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Andy Stern

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Tags: access, ai, authentication, awareness, ciso, cloud, compliance, control, credentials, cryptography, cybersecurity, data, email, encryption, endpoint, firewall, framework, google, governance, guide, hacker, identity, intelligence, Internet, LLM, mfa, mobile, monitoring, network, office, phishing, phone, risk, risk-assessment, risk-management, saas, strategy, tactics, technology, theft, threat, tool, unauthorized, update, vulnerability

In the global digital economy, data is the most important asset organizations must protect from theft and damage. CISOs are fundamentally guardians of that asset, obligated to keep it secure and available to relevant users when and where they need it.”Every company has become a data company in this day and age; even if you’re…
SecurityTrainings ein Ratgeber

Dec 27, 2024 5:42 AM

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Andy Stern

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Tags: awareness, breach, cyberattack, cybersecurity, cyersecurity, data, data-breach, framework, mail, nis-2, nist, open-source, password, phishing, risk, sans, service, social-engineering, spear-phishing, strategy, tool, training
Italy’s Data Protection Watchdog Issues Euro15m Fine to OpenAI Over ChatGPT Probe

Dec 20, 2024 5:43 PM

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Andy Stern

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Tags: ai, awareness, chatgpt, data, openai, training

OpenAI must also initiate a six-month public awareness campaign across Italian media, explaining how it processes personal data for AI training First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/italy-15m-fine-to-openai-chatgpt/
Security Serious Unsung Heroes 2024 Winner’s Spotlight: Best Security Awareness Campaign

Dec 20, 2024 4:46 PM

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Andy Stern

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Tags: awareness, business, software

This year’s Security Serious Unsung Heroes Awards uncovered and celebrated the individuals and teams that go above and beyond to make the UK a safer place to do business, as well as share and spread their expertise far and wide. The sponsors included KnowBe4, Check Point Software, ThinkCyber, The Zensory, Hornetsecurity and Pulse Conferences. The…
How to Implement Impactful Security Benchmarks for Software Development Teams

Dec 19, 2024 6:42 PM

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Andy Stern

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Tags: awareness, control, programming, skills, software

Benchmarking is all about taking back control you’re measuring to gain complete awareness of your development teams’ security skills and practices. The post How to Implement Impactful Security Benchmarks for Software Development Teams appeared first on SecurityWeek. First seen on securityweek.com Jump to article: www.securityweek.com/how-to-implement-impactful-security-benchmarks-for-software-development-teams/