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Why Most Security Awareness Training Fails (And What To Do About It)
Arun Vishwanath discusses why awareness training shouldn't apply the same cure to every ailment then blame the patient when the treatment doesn't work.
Phish Bait: DMARC Adoption Failures Leave Companies Exposed
More than 90% of Fortune 500 companies leave customers and brand names vulnerable to domain name spoofing as a result of not fully implementing DMARC.
Why You Need to Study Nation-State Attacks
Want to know what attacks against businesses will look like soon? Examine nation-state attacks now.
How to Hack a Robot
Forget 'killer robots:' researchers demonstrate how collaborative robots, or 'cobots,' can be hacked and dangerous.
Microsoft Report: User Account Attacks Jumped 300% Since 2016
Most of these Microsoft user account compromises can be attributed to weak, guessable passwords and poor password management, researchers found.
The Benefits of Exploiting Attackers' Favorite Tools
Symantec senior threat researcher Waylon Grange explains that attackers write vulnerable code, too.
The Pitfalls of Cyber Insurance
Cyber insurance is 'promising' but it won't totally protect your company against hacks.
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50% of Ex-Employees Can Still Access Corporate Apps
Businesses drive the risk for data breaches when they fail to terminate employees' access to corporate apps after they leave.

ROPEMAKER Attack Turns Benign Emails Hostile Post-Delivery
The intersection of email and Web technologies has given attackers a way to mess with your email after it has been delivered to your inbox, Mimecast says.

'Pulse Wave' DDoS Attacks Emerge As New Threat
DDoS botnets are launching short but successive bursts of attack traffic to pin down multiple targets, Imperva says.

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