A phishing attack is a form of social engineering where cybercriminals attempt to steal user data including login credentials and credit card numbers. This occurs when an attacker, masquerading as a trusted source, such as a vendor or colleague, dupes a victim into responding to a malicious email or text message.

Cybercrime threatens to do more than $5 trillion in economic damage worldwide in the next five years, according to the ninth annual "Cost of Cybercrime" report. But that's a projection, not a prediction.

You've probably heard a lot of talk lately about how valuable artificial intelligence and machine learning will be in the cybersecurity industry. We just want to caution you not to think that AI is a silver bullet.

Once again, SplashData has evaluated millions of leaked passwords and generated a list of the 100 most common passwords. And once again, "123456" and "password" top the list.

SOC is short for "security operations center." If you have a team responsible for monitoring and analyzing your information security, that's where it works—ideally 24/7/365—to detect, analyze, and respond to cybersecurity incidents.

SamSam ransomware attacks hit almost 60 organizations across the US in the last year. The total cost and the extent of the damage is still unknown.

Companies with fewer than 1,000 employees are far more likely than larger organizations to be a target of cyber crime, and far less likely to bounce back from a data breach.

​February 15 is a critical deadline for organizations covered by New York State's Cybersecurity Regulation for Financial Services Companies.

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