According to Kaspersky Lab’s Spam and Phishing Q2 2018 report, over one third (35.7%) of all phishing attacks targeted financial services organizations – and the Fortune 500 aren’t the only targets. As we’ve written about before, small to medium sized financial service organizations are hit the hardest. The FBI recently shared a private alert with […]
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The manufacturing industry has invested heavily in cybersecurity the last few years, however, manufacturers still seem to be unsure how well they are protected, according to Deloitte’s Center for Industry Insights. This is likely due to the fact that manufacturers are hit hard with cyber attacks on a daily basis and in many cases don’t […]
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As we previously discussed, attacks against manufacturers are on the rise and not showing any signs of slowing down. The 2018 Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report found that social engineering attacks are the preferred method for these cybercriminals as 93% of all reported security breaches are a result from some form of phishing. So why […]
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Last week Graphus hosted a webinar about how to protect your employees from spear phishing attacks. During the 20-minute webinar, Scott Raspa discusses how spear phishing and social engineering circumvent traditional cyber defenses by targeting every company’s weakest security link: employees. He also gives a quick demo of the Graphus software that demonstrates how the […]
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No one is safe from spear phishing attacks. Not even the highest-ranking government officials. CNN reported recently that a self-described email prankster successfully spear phished several members of the White House staff and First Family posing as the President’s son-in-law and advisor, Jared Kushner. One victim was Homeland Security Adviser Tom Bossert: “Tom, we are […]
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According to Wikipedia, Phishing is the attempt to obtain sensitive information such as usernames, passwords, and credit card details (and, indirectly, money), often for malicious reasons, by disguising as a trustworthy entity in an electronic communication. Phishing attacks are typically delivered via email and often direct recipients to enter personal information at a fake website. […]
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We’ve recently read several articles about the the U.S. Government turning to Domain-based Message Authentication, Reporting and Conformance (DMARC) to improve their email security. This has been led, largely in part, by the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) binding operational directive that was issued in October 2017 to enhance email and web security for federal […]
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Here at Graphus, we see a variety of different email configurations – almost every organization is setup differently. We are regularly asked for advice on improving email security so we decided to put together our top recommendations. (1) Use a reliable email service provider – like G Suite or Office 365 If you aren’t currently […]
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New cyber statistics seems to come out daily, and most of the numbers are increasing in favor of the attackers. Below is a list of some of these insane stats. 7 billion records exposed in the first three quarters of 2017 This is a 305% increase compared to the same period in 2016. And 2016 […]
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A group of U.S. defense contractors have been targeted by a hacking group known as Fancy Bear, which is believed to be a cyber espionage group associated with the Russian military intelligence agency GRU. These defense contractors are both small and large and the individuals targeted work on classified programs for militarized drones, missiles, rockets, […]
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