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Preventing top executives from becoming BEC victims requires a different approach. Putting the risk in business terms is key.

Vade Secure and Chief Technology Officer Olivier Lemarie owe email security competitor Proofpoint $14 million for stealing trade secrets, a federal jury ruled Friday.

A Nigeria-based ransomware gang is conducting a campaign that dangles a $1 million bribe - or a portion of any ransom collected - to employees of targeted

/PRNewswire/ -- Terzo, an enterprise SaaS platform for Vendor Relationship Management (VRM), is announcing its launch from stealth mode today following its...

The title chief security officer (CSO) was first used principally inside the information technology function to designate the person responsible for IT security. At many companies, the term CSO is still used in this way. Chief information security officer (CISO) is perhaps a more accurate description of this position, and today the CISO title is becoming more prevalent for leaders with an exclusive information security focus. But the distinction is not necessarily clean cut, as we’ll see in a...

Security Trends to Follow at RSA Conference 2021 Here are three key categories of sessions that provide an inside look at some of todays most interesting cybersecurity trends. RSA Conference 2021, appropriately themed "Resilience" in this post-pandemic year, is upon us as an immersive virtual event. As an American-Israeli VC firm exclusively focused on early-stage cybersecurity investments in Israeli startups, we are on top of industry trends, and each year we compile a list of must-attend sess...

Published: May 12th, 2021 Fight hate on private messaging apps, how Zix is used for scams, a warning on QR codes and more. Welcome to Cyber Security Today. It’s Wednesday, May 12th. I’m Howard Solomon, contributing reporter on cybersecurity for ITWorldCanada.com.   The government of Canada should do more to stop disinformation on private internet messaging platforms like WhatsApp, Telegram, WeChat, Facebook Messenger and Snapchat. That’s the recommendation of the cybersecurity policy ex...

Fight hate on private messaging apps, how Zix is used for scams, a warning on QR codes and more. Welcome to Cyber Security Today. It’s Wednesday, May 12th. I’m Howard Solomon, contributing reporter on cybersecurity for ITWorldCanada.com. The government of Canada should do more to stop disinformation on private internet messaging platforms like WhatsApp, Telegram, WeChat, Facebook Messenger and Snapchat. That’s the recommendation of the cybersecurity policy exchange at Toronto’s Ryerson ...

An Office 365 retail pack. (Raysonho @ Open Grid Scheduler / Grid Engine, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons) Researchers last week spotted a phishing campaign that they say was designed to exploit users’ trust in Zix’s online email authentication solution, in hopes that potential victims would be lulled into a false sense of security. The attack reached 5,000 to 10,000 mailboxes, targeting Office365 users with the goal of stealing their credentials, according to a new blog post today from Abnormal...

8 cyber security start-ups to watch Security start-ups are often innovation leaders that attempt to solve critical and persistent problems. These are some of the most interesting ones to watch as they tackle issues around multicloud security, identity management, zero-trust, and more. Credit: Dreamstime If you want to know what’s new in cyber security, watch what the start-up vendors are doing. They typically begin with an innovative idea and are unfettered by an installed base ...