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Managers: poorer cybersecurity awareness
Executives: Awareness of cybersecurity is growing

Over half of German companies have already fallen victim to a cyber attack. According to a survey, senior managers are often more vulnerable to phishing attacks than their employees. The average click rate for managers is 60 percent higher than for other user groups. Although cybersecurity awareness is increasing among managers, they are still more susceptible to false clicks on phishing emails. According to research from SoSafe, Europe's leading platform for security awareness and training, 55 percent of German security managers say their top management's focus on IT security has increased compared to last year...

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Every second company pays ransom
B2B Cyber ​​Security ShortNews

Cybercrime is not only a danger for companies, but also an alarmingly successful business model: a ransomware attack led to a ransom payment for almost every second company in Germany (45%). For smaller companies with up to 1.000 employees, it was even more than half, at 55 percent. This is the result of a SoSafe survey of more than 1.000 safety officers from six European countries, which was published in the Human Risk Review 2023. Ransomware pays off for the attackers Compared to other European companies, companies in Germany pay more often than those…

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Successful phishing thanks to AI
B2B Cyber ​​Security ShortNews

A study shows how successful AI-generated cyber attacks already are. The greatest danger lies in the easy scalability of spear phishing attacks - both in terms of quantity and quality. In addition to a lot of encouragement for the current developments in the field of artificial intelligence (AI), some critical voices have also been raised in recent weeks. Cybersecurity experts, including those at SoSafe, Europe's leading provider of security awareness and training, have long warned of the possibility that generative AI could write better phishing emails than humans can. Initial studies* by SoSafe now show that…

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Mobile working worsens the cyber security situation

Lack of security awareness when working from home: In a survey* by SoSafe, 9 out of 10 respondents said that the cyber security situation had deteriorated. 75 percent of those surveyed name mobile working as a reason for this - and not without good reason: because employees who work from home click on phishing e-mails almost three times as often (30%) as employees who are in the office. According to SoSafe, a lack of communication in the home office, the use of your own technology as work equipment and unsecured work environments are among the greatest security risks of mobile working. While most companies are well aware of this,…

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