As more people are vaccinated and free to live a more normal life again, vacation plans, trip pictures and conference hashtags will flood social media sites. Phone calls and emails…
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‘Inbox Zero’ Your Threat Reports: How to Combat Security Alert Fatigue
At best, a new cybersecurity alert should trigger immediate action. But we all know in practice that work is not always clear cut. A new alert can find itself as…
Questions to Ask When Conducting Single Sign-On Enrollment
Instead of asking employees to input passwords every day, single sign-on (SSO) offers a simplified but secure authentication process. SSO authentication gives a user the option of choosing a single…
New Research Exposes Iranian Threat Group’s Operations
IBM X-Force Incident Response Intelligence Services (IRIS) has uncovered rare details on the operations of the suspected Iranian threat group ITG18, which overlaps with Charming Kitten and Phosphorous. In the…
Why Zero-Click Cyberthreats Should Be on Your Radar
For years, the statistics have told us that human error is the greatest contributor to cyberattacks. We’ve stressed the importance of training, training and more training to prevent the almost…
Should Organizations Be Operating Outside of Their Risk Appetite?
Business opportunities around the world have increased significantly as the online presence of individuals and businesses has increased during lockdowns enforced due to the novel coronavirus pandemic. But with added…
SBA Spoofed in COVID-19 Spam to Deliver Remcos RAT
Between late March and mid-April 2020, IBM X-Force Incident Response and Intelligence Services (IRIS) uncovered a phishing campaign targeting small businesses that appears to originate from the U.S. Government Small…
New Study Shows Consumers Could Be Vulnerable to COVID-19 Spam
Since the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the COVID-19 outbreak a pandemic on March 11, IBM X-Force has observed a more than 6,000 percent increase in COVID-19-related spam, with lures…
7 Spring Cleaning Tasks to Improve Data Security
This year, March 19 ushered in spring in the Northern Hemisphere — the first time since 1896 that the season has started so early. So why not take advantage of…
2020 Tax Fraud Trends: How to Protect Yourself at Home and Work
The tax season deadline in the U.S. is April 15, 2020, and that means scammers are officially on the prowl for unsuspecting tax fraud victims. Attackers are utilizing both time-tested…