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The history of ransomware spans over 30 years. The first specimen, known as the AIDS Trojan, was delivered via physical media using the postal system, and, upon its discovery, was quickly remediated by the security industry. More recent examples have proven comparatively more devastating, most notably the Colonial Pipeline incident, which caused fuel shortages and widespread disruption to much of the US East Coast.

Abnormal Security’s CISO, Mike Britton consolidates some of the best advice from a three-part webinar series on the current state of risk found in email-based cyberattacks

A study by researchers at Lookout has found that credential-harvesting phishing attacks against US government employees rose by 30% last year. The researchers also found that nearly 50% of US government employees are running older, unpatched versions of iOS and Android operating systems.

October is Cybersecurity Awareness Month, and you are undoubtedly being bombarded with some fantastic advice on how to stay cyber safe. 

For those of us non-cybersecurity experts, “phishing” refers to the fraudulent practice of tricking people into giving sensitive information by posing as someone else. You’re probably not a stranger to phishing schemes—it’s the most common type of cyber crime with over 52 thousand cases reported to the U.S. Internet Crime Complaint Center in 2021.