Five social engineering scams employees still fall for

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CSO Security Awareness Weekly Sep 26, 2016 Five social engineering scams employees still fall for You've trained them. You've deployed simulated phishing tests. You've reminded your employees countless times with posters and games and emails about avoiding phishing scams. Still, they keep falling for the same ploys they've been warned about for years. It's enough to drive security teams to madness. Read More ▶ Your Must-Read Stories • The speed of ransomware: 3 seconds to encryption [Infographic] • Here's what you should know, and do, about the Yahoo breach • Investigating Cybersecurity Incidents — a free course • Ransomware from Stoned to pwned Research/Infographic: HPE and Microsoft 4 Steps to a Modernized & Optimized IT Infrastructure Today's technology innovations-mobile, social, cloud, and big data-are changing the value and role of IT. At the same time, market inflections and events are driving the need for software and hardware modernization. View this infographic for 4 steps to a modernized and optimized IT Infrastructure. Read More ▶ The speed of ransomware: 3 seconds to encryption [Infographic] Once you've clicked the phishing email, it's too late. Read More ▶ Here's what you should know, and do, about the Yahoo breach Yahoo's announcement that state-sponsored hackers have stolen the details of at least 500 million accounts shocks both through scale -- it's the largest data breach ever -- and the potential security implications for users. Read More ▶ Investigating Cybersecurity Incidents — a free course Training provider Logical Operations offers a free online course on how to collect, preserve and analyze evidence from cybersecurity incidents — and prepare for the court case. Read More ▶ Ransomware from Stoned to pwned Read More ▶ White Paper: Trend Micro Incorporated 4 Countermeasures to Protect Against Ransomware By now, not only security professionals, but also many knowledge workers and consumers are well aware of the insidious nature of ransomware. As its name implies, ransomware is malicious software that holds data files hostage pending the payment of a ransom, typically with untraceable bitcoin as the currency of choice. Read More ▶ Top 5 Stories 1. Five social engineering scams employees still fall for 2. How to spot a phishing email 3. Zero-percent cybersecurity unemployment, 1 million jobs unfilled 4. Investment fund loses $6 million in BEC scam, suspends operations 5. Security is no fiction: Infosec on TV, film—and in space Editor's Picks 1. 15 hot, new security and privacy apps for Android and iOS 2. How to get creative with your penetration testing 3. 5 security bolstering strategies that won't break the bank 4. What's wrong with this picture? The NEW clean desk test 5. Inside an attack by the Syrian Electronic Army

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