You’ve got all the bells and whistles when it comes to network firewalls and your building’s security has a state-of-the-art access system. You’ve invested in the technology. But what about the staff?

Regardless of the sophistication of security systems, human beings are still considered the most unreliable element. It is possible to repair or improve ...

In 2018, Dmitri Alperovitch, co-founder and at that time CTO at CrowdStrike, warned that the U.S. government was “exceptionally vulnerable” to cyberattacks. Key vulnerabilities he highlighted included ...

eWEEK content and product recommendations are editorially independent. We may make money when you click on links to our partners. Learn More. One of today’s most challenging security issues for the ...

Social engineers know your company's executive team has access to the most important information about the firm, and they also know they are some of the least secure employees Security managers are ...

A full three-quarters of data breaches in the last year (74%) involved the human element, mainly caused by employees either falling for social engineering attacks or making errors, with some misusing ...

At least three groups split from the Conti ransomware operation have adopted BazarCall phishing tactics as the primary method to gain initial access to a victim’s network. This allows the threat ...

Help desk staffers, by the very nature of the position's title and name, are too helpful; and that makes them a perfect target for a social engineering criminal A new report from the SANS Institute ...