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Millions of emails sent in thousands of phishing attack simulations reveal how frequently enterprise employees fall victim to phishing attacks

LONDON, GB: PhishMe® Inc. has released the 2015 Enterprise Phishing Susceptibility report. Data was gathered from 8 million phishing simulation emails sent to 3.5 million enterprise employees to provide analytics showing how susceptible enterprise employees are to falling victim to phishing attacks — the most common cyberattack vector in use today. Additionally, the report demonstrates how effective training can condition employees over time to spot, report and help defend their organisations against phishing.

: The Editorial Team; Industry News; Posted On Tuesday, 22 December 2015 13:21

POINT OF SALE MALWARE...A GROWING RISK FOR RETAILERS

AlienVault Labs has just published a blog post into Point of Sale malware, examining the different families of POS malware and their capabilities. Over the past few years, there has been a steady rise in the number of breaches targeting retailers and point of sale devices, particularly during the holiday season. This is a growing topic for research, making different variants easier to identify and saving valuable time when responding to incident breaches.

: IVA KUOSSEVA; Global Retail; Posted On Tuesday, 22 December 2015 13:18

Organization plans to fight ISIS using big data to develop business and peace technology

PeaceTech Lab’s new ‘groundTruth’ corporate program will offer risk management tools and enhance the peacebuilding field...Chief Data Scientist and Economist Dr. Michel Leonard to lead effort

: LAURA KELLY; Industry News; Posted On Tuesday, 22 December 2015 13:14

Holy book apps dish out malicious code

Proofpoint researchers recently analyzed a wide variety of apps available on iOS and Android app stores and quantified the extent of the risk they pose to their users, as well as their personal and company data. One of the key findings from the study is that clearly, one cannot ‘judge a book by its cover’: from card games to flashlights to holy books, some apps steal data, some track users’ location and message contacts while others make unauthorized calls.