Cyber Security Articles & News

Time to Stop Shaming Phishing Victims

It is time to stop the blaming and shaming of phishing victims. Granted, end users should know better than to click on random attachments, but crooks are getting better at crafting clever emails that can fool even experienced professionals. And that’s just half the problem.

NEW BOOK: The Art of Invisibility, Hachette Book Group

The World's Most Famous Hacker Teaches You How to Be Safe in the Age of Big Brother and Big Data
by Kevin Mitnick

BOOK REVIEW: Kevin Mitinick: The Art of Invisibility

A highly useful handbook for how not to be seen—online, anyway.

The Changing Role of the White Hat Hacker

The word “hacker” existed long before it entered the public consciousness as a reason to practice good cybersecurity habits. It goes back to the 1960s, where computer culture was developing at MIT. The Jargon File, a glossary for computer programmers established in 1975, has eight definitions for hacker (or nine, if you include the hat tip to the original meaning of the term as “someone who makes furniture with an axe”).

KnowBe4 Introduces New “Social Engineering Indicators” Training Method

KnowBe4 introduces a new training method that IT managers can use to better manage continually increasing social engineering threats

BEST BOOK OF THE MONTH!!! Amazon Books: The Art of Invisibility: The World’s Most Famous Hacker Teaches you How to be Safe in the Age of Big Brother

Announcement on Kevin's twitter here.

BOOK REVIEW: Phishing in your own Backyard

This week I’ve been reading Kevin Mitnick’s classic book “Ghost in the Wires” on the recommendation of our Senior Director of IT. The book itself is an awesome read, though it’s fair to say the memoirs of Kevin’s social engineering attacks are chilling for anyone tasked with safeguarding patient data.

FREE COPIES: The Art of Invisibility by Kevin Mitnick

The Art of Invisibility: The World's Most Famous Hacker Teaches You How to Be Safe in the Age of Big Brother and Big Data 
by Kevin Mitnick, Robert Vamosi (Co-author) 
Release date: Feb 14, 2017

CISOs should take security training seriously

Security awareness training is pivotal to your organization’s information security posture, and, now, it’s more important than ever before.

In many ways, security awareness training exemplifies the way information security is seen and tackled by senior management.