Newk’s Eatery is a leading next generation restaurant chain of fast casual with it’s culinary-driven menu prepared in Newk’s open kitchens. It was founded in 2004 in Oxford, Mississippi by father and son chefs, Don and Chris Newcomb. Today it operates and franchises over 100 stores in 15 different states with revenues of over $140 […]
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Graphus is a simple, powerful, and automated solution to detect and remove email scams, phishing, ransomware, and malware attacks We are pleased to announce that Graphus has joined the Google Cloud Technology Partner Program. Graphus provides immediate protection and peace of mind for cloud application users by automatically eliminating social engineering – phishing, email scams, […]
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A 2016 survey by Information Security Media Group found that 60% of businesses suspected they were targets of social engineering attacks in the previous 12 months. Of those companies, 65% confirmed that employee credentials were compromised as a result of the incidents. Another 61% of companies reported that spear phishing was “one of the most […]
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The FBI believes that the massive Yahoo! breach started with either a social engineering or spear phishing attack on privileged users according to Ars Technica. “Malcom Palmore, the FBI special agent in charge of the bureau’s Silicon Valley office, told Ars in an interview that the initial breach that led to the exposure of a […]
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It’s tax season. That means cyber attacks are in high gear. A trend that started last year and has increased in frequency involves attacks focused on stealing employee W-2 information. The hackers then go on and submit false tax returns, open home equity lines of credit and commit other fraud. No business owner wants to […]
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People are your weakest link. That is what the data tell us about cybersecurity risk today. Every day there are more great tools to protect your network, endpoints and applications. Still others expose threat intelligence, more accurately report intrusion attempts and even identify nefarious behavior by insiders. Cyber criminals know this and are fueling the […]
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There are many differences between phishing, spear phishing and social engineering attacks, but they are often used interchangeably and incorrectly. That creates some confusion when people are describing attacks and planning for defense. Understanding these attack types is important. Download: Spear Phishing White Paper In our review of the 5 Agonies of Cyber Attacks, we […]
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BBC reported recently that Facebook and Google separately wired over $100 million to a single hacker in Lithuania. While these are global corporate giants, there are lessons for everyone about cybersecurity in 2017. Cyber Criminals Posing as a Supplier Facebook and Google really aren’t that special in falling for this type of scam. Not long […]
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Verizon’s analysis of 1600 cybersecurity incidents and 800 breaches found that phishing was involved in 90% of successful attacks. Despite years of phishing awareness training, employees are still getting fooled. Verizon even included a section in this year’s Data Breaches Investigations Report (DBIR) called, “Attack the Humans.” Why? Humans are your weakest link. You can […]
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Trend Micro reported last month that Ransomware attacks increased 752% in 2016. Ransomware families grew to 247 last year from just 29 in 2015. Why the rapid growth? Well, ransomware attacks work and attackers are getting paid. The report suggests that ransomware is now a $1 billion business. The trend has continued into 2017. The […]
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