

Tim Sadler
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Tessian
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January 11, 2021
Educating people will help but advanced attacks like this require advanced security solutions.
Although it's unclear how this particular group delivers its ransomware payload, it's likely that phishing has played a role. Figures from last year show that distributing ransomware attacks via email is quickly coming "back into fashion", while our own research found that a third of IT leaders have experienced a rise in ransomware delivered by phishing messages since companies started working fully remotely last year.
As hackers continually look for ways to hack humans in order to hack
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November 23, 2020
Hacking humans on email is still the easiest way for cybercriminals to hack into organisations and institutions.
These findings highlight the sheer scale of the threat that all businesses are facing. With millions of malicious emails being sent, the odds that one might work are high - especially if they are carefully crafted to evade detection. It just takes one busy and stressed employee to miss the cues or one very convincing message for cybercriminals to breach an organisation's security and access highly sensitive information.
Hacking humans on email is still the easiest way for cybercriminals to.....Read More

September 18, 2020
While DMARC is a necessary first step to preventing domain impersonation, it has its downfalls and hackers will find ways around it.
It’s important to remember ransomware attacks are often delivered via phishing emails, so it’s concerning to see that nearly all of the top 20 UK universities do not have DMARC policies in place to protect their domains from being spoofed by scammers. We have seen hackers capitalise on key moments throughout the pandemic using phishing attacks, so it’s likely they will use this ‘back to school’ momentum to their advantage too, impersonating trusted universities to try and steal.....Read More

July 20, 2020
They know people are struggling financially during this pandemic, so the offer of a free TV could be very attractive.
As the lines between people in our 'known' network and our 'unknown' networks blur on social media feeds and in our inboxes, it becomes incredibly difficult to know who you can and can't trust. Hackers prey on this, impersonating a trusted brand or person to convince you into complying with their malicious request and they will also prey on people's vulnerabilities. They know people are struggling financially during this pandemic, so the offer of a free TV could be very attractive. But as the.....Read More

May 28, 2020
The Covid-19 crisis has triggered a tidal wave of challenges for businesses.
The Covid-19 crisis has triggered a tidal wave of challenges for businesses. Whilst they adapted fast to the abrupt shift towards remote working, the challenge businesses now face is keeping data secure from risky employee behaviour as working from home becomes the norm.
Our research shows that people will cut corners on security best practices when working remotely and find workarounds if security policies disrupt their productivity in these new working conditions. But, all it takes is one.....Read More

April 03, 2020
Contact the hotel directly to verify whether the request is legitimate.
Marriott customers should now be alert to the fact that they could receive targeted phishing scams from hackers impersonating the hotel group, leveraging the information they have stolen to steal payment details or account passwords. If you receive a suspicious email that asks you to carry out an urgent action, do not comply with the request, click the link or download any attachments. Contact the hotel directly to verify whether the request is legitimate.
