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Critical security flaws among ICS/OT professionals
Critical security flaws among ICS/OT professionals

A recent OT/IT security study found that over half of ICS/OT professionals are under-experienced. Despite two-thirds of organizations recognizing people as a security risk, they spend only a quarter of their budget on training employees. A provider of cybersecurity for critical infrastructure across IT, OT and ICS, presents recent findings from the SANS 2024 State of ICS/OT Cybersecurity Report. The study uncovers a significant gap in workforce experience and training in industrial control systems (ICS) and operational technology (OT) security teams: With more than…

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Business Email Compromise: Billions in Damage
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Business email compromise has been on the rise for years. Criminals compromise companies' email accounts in order to get their money. The FBI has been recording cases of this type of fraud since 2013. In these ten years, it has caused damage worldwide in the order of around 50,15 billion euros. In business email compromise, also known as email account compromise (EAC), attackers use social engineering and hacking techniques to compromise and take over their victims' email accounts without them noticing. They then try to disguise themselves as...

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AI-supported attacks challenge companies
AI-supported attacks challenge companies

A cybersecurity provider has released the latest results of a survey of IT leaders. The data shows that AI is making it more difficult to detect phishing and smishing attacks. 84 percent of IT leaders acknowledge the increasing challenge. The emergence and continuous development of artificial intelligence (AI) is changing cybersecurity and introducing new complexity in detecting and defending against threats. New research from Keeper Security, a leading provider of zero-trust and zero-knowledge solutions for protecting passwords, passkeys, privileged access and remote connections, shows that while organizations are implementing AI-related policies, they are still failing to…

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SMEs: Four tips for more cybersecurity
SMEs: Four tips for more cybersecurity

More and more SMEs are falling victim to cyber attacks. But it is precisely these companies that often lack the resources to take effective preventive measures and keep their own systems up to date. In the years 2018 to 2020 alone, almost 30 percent of German SMEs fell victim to cybercrime, according to an analysis by KfW. This is therefore a concrete threat that can lead to enormous business damage. At the same time, EU-wide regulations such as NIS-2 and DORA stipulate that managers in certain industries can also be held personally liable for IT security breaches, which...

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