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Fatal: Managing directors consider awareness training to be unnecessary
1 May 2024
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A representative survey shows that almost half of German management consider important security awareness training to be unnecessary. This evaluation reveals one of the major gaps in the IT security strategies of German companies. The need to sensitize employees to the topic of IT security is more acute than ever. However, there is still an urgent need for action in many companies. According to the current study “Cybersecurity in Numbers” by G DATA CyberDefense AG, Statista and brand eins, around 46 percent of those surveyed find that technical security solutions alone are sufficient to ward off cyber threats. Almost every second managing director ignores awareness training...

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Security awareness against phishing attacks
22 January 2024
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The increasing spread of deepfake and AI technologies poses a serious threat, particularly in the area of ​​phishing attacks. These technologies allow attackers to create increasingly realistic and sophisticated deceptions that render traditional detection methods, such as spelling and language errors, obsolete. This significantly exacerbates an already existing problem and requires increased awareness of security issues. The era in which phishing attacks could be identified based on obvious linguistic discrepancies is coming to an end. Phishing is becoming more and more linguistically perfect. Therefore, the need for comprehensive security awareness training is becoming increasingly urgent in order to develop effective countermeasures. Despite…

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Cyber ​​criminals impersonate internet presences
July 11, 2023
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Impersonating real websites is a popular method used by threat actors to trick victims into clicking and thereby obtain sensitive data. In a campaign uncovered by Check Point security researchers, the attackers spoofed the website of an entire trade show. Anga Com is Europe's leading trade fair in the broadband and media distribution industry. More than 22.000 people from 470 companies take part in the international fair. Network operators, outfitters and content providers meet on site to exchange views on all broadband and media distribution issues. This year's event…

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Computer game: it's so easy for employees to fall into the social engineering trap
6 November 2022
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G Data News

The G DATA academy is expanding its portfolio with an interactive game on the topics of social engineering traps, ransomware and phishing. With this, G DATA is reacting to the increasing need for accompanying measures in security awareness training courses in order to increase the completion rates for e-learning courses. More and more companies are using security awareness training to arm their staff for phishing attempts or a social engineering trap. However, employees often lack the motivation to complete the courses. An interactive game from the G DATA academy provides the right incentive to learn. Computer game as awareness training The computer game is available…

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Employee test with phishing simulation
8 December 2020
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Spam phishing simulator

With the G DATA phishing simulation, employees can be made aware of dangerous emails. Phishing emails such as fake applications or invoices are still one of the greatest threats to IT security. Attackers consistently exploit human behavior to copy critical data or infiltrate networks. So that companies can measure the IT security status of their employees, G DATA CyberDefense is now expanding its current security awareness training to include a phishing simulation. G DATA CyberDefense is now providing a phishing simulation. With this, companies can sensitize their employees to dangerous phishing emails ...

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