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Collection #1 data breach sees 773 million email IDs, 21 million passwords visible in massive data dump
GDPR.Report
Cognitive processing of phishing emails
Phishing, the process of tricking people using emails and imitation of websites, has been studied from different points of views (computer sciences, engineering, economy, security and sociology) while the matter largely involves social cognition. This scoping review...
Remote Working Leading To More Data breaches
The Cloud Consultancy
Firms failing to train staff on remote working cyber security
HR Magazine
Remote working poses significant security risk to UK’s businesses
Digitalisation World
Research on countermeasures of strengthening information security education of college students
This paper aims to study the countermeasures of strengthening information security education of college students, improve college students' awareness of personal information protection, and effectively protect college students' personal information security. By means...
Investigating the impact of cyber security policy awareness on employees’ cyber security behavior
As internet technology and mobile applications increase in volume and complexity, malicious cyber-attacks are evolving, and as a result, society is facing greater security risks in cyberspace more than ever before. This study has extended the published literature on...
Towards a method for examining the effects of cognitive load on the performance of cyber first responders
In this study we investigated the behaviour and physiological responding of trainee cyber security workers while undertaking a Capture-the-Flag (CTF) task. Participants were equipped with armbands that recorded two measures of cognitive load, including; heat flux and...
The awareness behaviour of students on cyber security awareness by using social media platforms: A case study at Central University of Technology
The unawareness of users about threats that can face them in cyberspace, can cause the successful execution of such threats. Users should establish a culture of awareness before entering the workforce. This study found that there is a lack among students to engage...
High-profile data breaches: Designing the right data protection architecture based on the law, ethics and trust
Although cyber attacks have tremendous financial and reputational ramifications for organisations, the number of high-profile data breaches continues to grow. Oftentimes, these data losses can be attributed to companies leaving themselves vulnerable through poor cyber...
Las fuerzas de trabajo remotas, un vector de ciberincidentes a tener en cuenta
TICbeat
Working Remotely Could Compromise Cyber Security
Todays Wills and Probate
Legal Firms Vulnerable To Cyber Attacks When Working Remotely
Today's Conveyancer
A third of cyber attacks exploit unsecure remote working
IT Pro
Remote working poses significant security risk to UK’s businesses, new research reveals
GDPR Report
Remote working is leading to a rise in data breaches
TechRadar
Remote working poses significant security risk to UK’s SME businesses, new research reveals
A third of small and medium-sized UK businesses have suffered a data breach because of remote working in the last 12 months, CybSafe study reveals CybSafe, London, 19 December 2018 - A third of the UK’s micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) have...
How to identify a phishing email
You’ve received an email. As no phishing filter can keep out 100% of all phishing attacks, there’s a chance the email could be a phishing scam – no matter what it looks like. How do you check whether or not the email is a phishing attack? How to identify phishing...
Botching human factors in cyber security in business organizations
Human factors remained unexplored and underappreciated in information security. The mounting cyber-attacks, data breaches, and ransomware attacks are a result of human-enabled errors. Research indicates that existing information security plans do not account for human...
5 ways to get more from cyber security awareness campaigns
Incredibly, traditional cyber security awareness training may actually decrease security awareness. Here’s how to ensure your security awareness campaigns increase resilience. Last year, researchers looking into the security of mobile devices inadvertently uncovered...
Why are phishing attacks successful?
Phishing attacks often seem rudimentary. With their spelling and grammar errors, blurry replicas of company logos and conspicuous twists on sender names, they should be easy to spot, shouldn’t they? So why is it, instead of dying down, phishing attacks are on the...