Marika Samarati Archive

Phishing scams are among the most common and dangerous type of attack that organisations face. Indeed, Verizon’s Data Breach Digest found that 90% of all data breaches involve phishing. But what makes these attacks so successful? An Osterman Research report …

You probably know what phishing is. It’s been around almost as long as the Internet, and everyone from your employer to Facebook provides warnings about how to identify and report such scams. But are you aware of how extensive phishing …

On Wednesday last week, a ransomware attack hit the University College London (UCL). The university released a statement shortly after the attack: “Currently it appears that the initial attack was through a phishing email although this needs to be confirmed. …

Even the best technological security measures can be subverted by end users, which is why cyber criminals tend to exploit the weakest link of the security chain: humans. In fact, according to The Human Factor, a June 2017 report by …

A series of Freedom of Information (FoI) requests filed with universities by Duo Security has revealed that 72% of the universities that responded have fallen victim to phishing attacks in the last 12 months – 7 of these have been …

In 2016, companies in the financial services sector were attacked 65% more often than those in any other industry, as reported by IBM X-Force Research. Over 200 million records were breached – a 937% increase compared to 2015. Source of …

More than a quarter of SMEs in the United Kingdom are not educating and training their staff to reduce cyber security threats – as reported by cyber-insurance provider CDC Underwriting. Despite the surge in cyber threats and attacks targeting companies …