ThreatSim Releases Version 2.0 of its Proactive Phishing Defense Platform
We’re pleased to officially announce the release of our SaaS-based SpearTraining phishing defense solution. Ask us what sets our approach apart, and we’ll tell you it’s that we tackle the challenge...
View ArticleHacking Humans: We Can Do Better
The Washington Post ran a great story the other day on “hacking humans” in order to gain access to protected systems. They even have a nicely produced video featuring a number of security experts,...
View ArticleIt Happened Again – A Big Data Breach That Could Have Been Prevented
It started because of spearphishing. When the Social Security numbers of close to 4 million South Carolina taxpayers were exposed — along with hacker-cherished credit card and bank account info —...
View ArticleHow do you start 2013 out on a smart, secure path?
2012 was the year phishing hit peak levels — hopefully enough to get more organizations serious about training their employees on how to avoid getting compromised. How many times did we read about...
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What Every Cleared Contractor Needs to Know About The New DoD Breach...
Cleared federal contractors listen up! The National Defense Authorization Act has new breach reporting requirements. Basically if you are a cleared shop and experience a breach, you are required by...
View ArticleNetwork Security Reality Check: Metasploit Will Not Prevent Phishing
In the past week, Metasploit came up twice as a tool that can be used to battle phishing. The first was in an industry article and the second was from a prospective customer. The customer decided...
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Phishland: How will your users survive the Phishpocalypse?
Everyone loves the movie Zombieland. It’s a romantic classic — about surviving the zombie apocalypse: boy meets girl, girl gets bit by zombie and tries to kill boy. Boy meets new girl, and then boy...
View ArticleVerizon Releases 2013 Data Breach Investigations Report
ThreatSim is proud to be featured as one of “19 organizations from around the globe” that lent its expertise to this year’s Verizon 2013 Data Breach Investigations Report. Available for download here,...
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What the 2013 Verizon Data Breach Report tells us about phishing
When I was a kid I’d thumb through my parents’ Newsweek magazines for cool graphics that explained a complex geopolitical or economic issue. If you saw my post about the Phishpocalypse, you might have...
View ArticleEmployee + Mobile Phone = Phisher’s Dream Target
I have seen several articles lately about how mobile phone use dramatically increases the risk of phishing compromise including this one from BankInfoSecurity. This is our own fault. We condition...
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