Golf and Cybersecurity Today marks a special day in history—Cybersecurity Awareness Month! But instead of diving straight into the world of phishing, malware, and data breaches, let’s take a detour down memory lane to a time of…golf? Yep, you read that right. On this day in 1860, the first British Open was played. Now, before […]
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SEGs: Are They Worth The Money? It’s 2024, and yet here we are, still obsessing over Secure Email Gateways (SEGs) like they’re the ultimate savior of our cybersecurity woes. Every big-name cybersecurity company is still pushing them like it’s the only thing standing between us and total data disaster. Meanwhile, the hackers? They’ve moved on
Is Cybersecurity Progressing? Ah, Cybersecurity Month. 🎉 That time of year where we all get to feel a little more paranoid and a little more annoyed by those endless email reminders to “update your password.” But you know what? This day isn’t just about trying to stop bad actors from stealing your data. Today also
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Old Habits, New Threats Phishing has been around for over 20 years now. Unfortunately, companies are using the same old habits they’ve been using year after year, and it just NOT working anymore. Case in point: 91% of cybersecurity leaders are frustrated with their SEGs, and 87% are considering a replacement. Why? With the growing sophistication of attacks, SEG’s are becoming more porous.
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The Invasion of the TOADs TOADs are an increasingly common threat to businesses worldwide, and it’s not the kind that hop. Are you aware that there is an average of 10 million TOAD messages sent every month? As a matter of fact, there have been as many as 13 million TOAD messaging in one month!
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Digital Versus Physical Security It’s frustrating when people treat digital security like it’s something completely different from physical security. More and more, the digital world is mimicking the real world—hell, we have augmented reality just around the corner. Maybe when you’re wearing those goofy glasses, you’ll finally be able to tell the difference between the
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109 Seconds to Disaster Phishing attacks show no signs of abating, and while email is still the main vector of these attacks, only 65% of phishing attacks are now in email. Social media, browser and search engine, and messaging application attacks are on the rise, using malicious links to dupe employees and steal corporate assets. Training and simulations are NOT working.
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The Ludicrous Pace of Cybersecurity Progress “The only thing we learn from history is that we learn nothing from history.” – Friedrich Hegel In the symphony of history, there are moments when a quiet murmur of innovation steadily crescendos into a triumphant roar, signaling a pivotal shift in the paradigm. In this digital era, we find
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A Tragicomedy of Cyberspace “If I had asked people what they wanted, they would have said faster horses.” – Henry Ford In a world enraptured by the furious pace of technological advancements, one can’t help but feel caught in a relentless cycle of déjà vu. Our lives are increasingly permeated by a sensation akin to racing
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The Myth of Cybersecurity Awareness In the expansive and often overly dramatized theater of ‘Security Awareness,’ the narrative tends to replay like a scratched DVD stuck on loop. It’s a tale woven with the same enchanting threads that tell of unicorns prancing in moonlit meadows, magic carpets defying the very laws of physics, and, of
