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Phishing simulations: employees not vigilant enough

July 27, 2022

Employees are not vigilant enough when receiving emails. A current Kaspersky analysis of phishing simulations in companies shows that many employees usually do not notice hidden pitfalls in company matters and notifications about alleged delivery problems in e-mails. Almost one in five clicked on the link in the email templates that imitated this type of phishing attack. Other common phishing e-mails, which announce that one's own computer has been hacked or promise a profit, are hardly successful with a click conversion of one to two percent. According to estimates, 9 out of 10 attacks start via phishing…

Security Warnings: 70 percent of businesses are overwhelmed

July 22, 2022

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Nearly three in four organizations (70 percent) are struggling to keep up with the volume of alerts generated by their security analysis tools. This translates into a lack of resources for key strategic tasks, leading organizations to turn to process automation and outsourcing, as shown in the recent ESG study, SOC Modernization and the Role of XDR, commissioned by Kaspersky . In addition to the volume of alerts, however, the variety of alerts is also a concern for more than two-thirds (67 percent) of those in a security operations center...

E-learning for employees: learn the tricks of the phisher

June 28, 2022

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New e-learning courses from G DATA: learn the tricks of the phisher in story mode. Seven-part learning series from the cyber defense company ensures better learning success for company employees. A single inattentive employee, a single click - that's all it takes for cybercriminals to successfully hijack a network with a phishing email. In order to better prepare future employees for dangerous phishing emails, G DATA CyberDefense is offering a new e-learning training series as part of the G DATA academy. The special feature: through storytelling and gamification, the learning content is particularly well remembered by the employees. Employee training against phishing To raise awareness of…

Employees want an alternative to the password

June 15, 2022

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A survey of 1.010 employees reveals common mistakes and problems related to passwords. 45 percent of employees in German companies would like an alternative to the password. Almost every fifth German uses the names of pets, children or their favorite football team as passwords. This is according to a study by Beyond Identity, the invisible multi-factor authentication (MFA) provider. More than 1.000 German employees were asked about password hygiene and the most common mistakes made when using passwords were made visible. The most important results at a glance 42 percent of those surveyed already have more…

Webinar May 06, 2022: Employees - from security risk to security factor

29 April 2022

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The experts from Kaspersky invite you to a free webinar on May 06, 2022 from 10 a.m. on the subject of "Weak points in employees: From security risk to security factor". IT managers around the world agree: Employees are still the biggest risk factor in the company. Even a brief moment of inattention can have far-reaching consequences. Attack vectors are diverse, ranging from phishing emails to ransomware attacks to malicious links. Webinar on May 06, 2022 from 10:00 a.m. - Weak point employees Every single employee can contribute to more security in the company. Therefore…

Employee stress influences the security risk

14 May 2021

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Cyber Psychology: Security incidents are a question of character. Stress and individual behavior on the part of employees influence the security risk. For an analysis, ESET surveyed over 100 IT security officers during the Covid-19 pandemic. People are considered to be the greatest security risk in a company. But why do some employees click on links, download data or use personal equipment, even though compliance and training prohibit this? The IT security manufacturer ESET and the company for business psychology, Myers-Briggs, have investigated these and other questions from a behavioral psychological point of view. For the analysis, more than 100 IT security officers were interviewed during the Covid-19 pandemic and their attitudes ...

Untrained employees increase IT risk

12 May 2021

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Untrained employees repeatedly put IT security to the test in German medium-sized companies. A G DATA survey sheds light on the problems and shows how effective security awareness is. Every second company in German medium-sized companies knows the situation if a cyber attack was successful. Untrained employees often play an important role in this. E-mails are the number one attack route in IT systems because employees can quickly fall for fake invoices or applications. A current survey by G DATA CyberDefense shows the pitfalls in security awareness. Employees are not IT security specialists IT security is for most employees ...

G DATA: Cyber attacks are becoming more aggressive and targeted

7 January 2021

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Cyber criminals also work from the home office - in any case, the attacks are not decreasing, but are even increasing. Companies have to adapt to increasingly sophisticated cyber attacks. G DATA CyberDefense explains the IT security trends for 2021. What is the difference between Corona and IT security in 2021? While the number of sick people is falling and normality is returning due to effective vaccines, the number of cyber attacks will continue to rise in the coming year. Various reasons are responsible for this development. "The Corona crisis made it clear to us that a secure IT infrastructure is as vital as the supply of ...

4,5 million phishing attacks via Facebook

10 November 2020

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Phishing in companies: 4,5 million registered attacks via Facebook. A Kaspersky analysis shows that social networks, messengers and external cloud services are used by both employees and cyber criminals. Current Kaspersky research shows that employees of small and medium-sized businesses most frequently access YouTube, Facebook, Google services and WhatsApp during their working hours. Some of these services are used by cyber criminals to sniff out data. Employees also access the company Popular cloud services are popular with employees as well as cyber criminals. The latter can use phishing as a gateway into the company. For example, the app ...

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Phishing simulations: employees not vigilant enough

Security Warnings: 70 percent of businesses are overwhelmed

E-learning for employees: learn the tricks of the phisher

Employees want an alternative to the password

Webinar May 06, 2022: Employees - from security risk to security factor

Employee stress influences the security risk

Untrained employees increase IT risk

G DATA: Cyber attacks are becoming more aggressive and targeted

4,5 million phishing attacks via Facebook

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