Business-related applications such as Zoom, Microsoft and DocuSign, now account for 45 percent of impersonation-related phishing attacks as cybercriminals seek to cash in on the vulnerabilities of remote work.
Demand for business intelligence solutions increases by 41 percent
A survey of over 120 developers and IT leaders from Reveal shows a 41 percent increase in demand for business intelligence solutions last year and 38 percent seeing increased revenue as the tech market shifted.
But while many took advantage of opportunities, 50 percent reported having to make do with less in 2020. Of those, 23 percent saw projects canceled or postponed, with some respondents indicating lost funding (14 percent) and staff reductions (14 percent).
More than a third of respondents (39 percent) say they increased their investment in data analytics tools and technology, and 41 percent have seen an increase in customer requests for access to data and analytics.
Microsoft, Facebook and PayPal are the most phished brands
During 2020 Microsoft maintained its position as the brand most often found in phishing emails, followed by Facebook and PayPal.
Email defense specialist Vade Secure has released its 2020 Phishers Favorites report which also shows that cloud services overtook financial services to become the most impersonated industry, whilst cynical hackers have been quick to exploit the COVID-19 pandemic.
Adrien Gendre, chief product and services officer at Vade Secure, says: Advertisement
Organizations need to be aware that phishers and other threat actors are always looking out for new ways to target them.
Phishing is just one tactic used by hackers and the ever-changing popularity of well-known brands shows how cybercriminals tactics are constantly evolving.
Two veteran school bus drivers from a West Virginia school district have filed a civil lawsuit for suspensions related to their attendance at the January 6 Washington, DC protest.
Tina Renner and Pamela McDonald were suspended by Jefferson County Schools Superintendent Bondy Shay Gibson after receiving word the drivers had “posted threatening and inflammatory posts on their Facebook pages, had been present at the Electoral protest march on Wednesday that erupted in violence, and had violated […] leave policy.”
Renner and McDonald filed a federal Section 1983 civil rights lawsuit on January 11,
The Journal reports, claiming a violation of First Amendment rights.
According to the suit, Renner and McDonald “did not witness, nor […] participate in, the lawless actions which occurred that day closer to, and within the Capitol building.”
IBM helps businesses prepare for next generation encryption
IBM Security is launching a new service that allows companies to experiment with fully homomorphic encryption (FHE) an emerging technology that allows data to remain encrypted while being processed or analyzed in cloud or third-party environments.
IBM Security Homomorphic Encryption Services provide companies with education, expert support, and a testing environment to develop prototype applications that can take advantage of FHE.
While current encryption techniques allow data to be protected in storage and in transit, data must be decrypted while it is being processed or analyzed, exposing it to greater security and privacy risks. FHE allows data to remain encrypted even while being processed, closing the gap in conventional encryption models and opening up new avenues for sensitive data to be shared and processed by third parties and in the cloud.