And, because of the magic of time differences and the international date line Australia was the first IDG Security Day event running. As it's the sumer solstice in the Northern hemisphere, it's also the longest day so it makes sense to fill it with as much infosec goodness as we possibly can.
23 Jun | View galleries
Whether it is on the phone, online or in person, here are ten lies hackers, phishers and social engineers will tell you to get what they want
19 Mar | View galleries
Over the years I have heard of some really well-crafted social engineering attacks, it is a really great way for malicious actors and Pentester's alike to get past well-trodden security measures.
Craig Ford | 13 May | Read more
Social media, where do I start. Social media has taken over our lives especially with the millennials and all of the following generations, we live and breath it.
Craig Ford | 16 Apr | Read more
Cybercrime costs the Australian economy $1 billion per year. In 2019 alone, the ACCC has already received 2,229 phishing scam reports, with women losing more money than men to phishing scams, and Victorians losing more money than their compatriots north of the border.
Nathan Boddam-Whetham, Avanade Australia | 01 Mar | Read more
Contextualise education campaigns to convince employees why they should care
David Braue | 31 Oct | Read more
Penetration testing often uncovers the same vulnerabilities over and over again while leaving other avenues of compromise wide open, a ‘red-team’ hacker has warned while reporting that his firm is still seeing “great success” using malware techniques and social engineering to compromise “complacent” firms that would seem to be following security best practices on paper.
David Braue | 20 Sep | Read more
How do you know your employees retain what you teach them in company-required security awareness training? You don't -- unless you regularly test their security savvy and effectively address their mistakes during post-test follow-up sessions.
Kim Lindros and Ed Tittel | 24 Feb | Read more
What do Shakespearean tragedies and security issues have in common? Both are overwhelmingly the result of human error. Othello is one Shakespeare greatest plays, and Iago is one of literature's first social engineers.
Kacy Zurkus | 20 May | Read more
When it comes to cybersecurity, people are the biggest problem. Or, you could make that "problems."
Taylor Armerding | 17 Mar | Read more
It's always amazing how little attention social engineering attacks get when discussing enterprise information security risks. After all, it's usually easier to get an unsuspecting employee to click on a link than it is to find an exploitable vulnerability on a reasonably hardened webserver. Social engineering attacks come from many different angles: from targeted e-mails, phone call pretexting, or acting like a service technician or other innocuous person to obtain access to the IT resources and data they seek.
George V. Hulme | 30 Jan | Read more
CSO Online recently spoke to a person working in the security field with a rather unique job. He's paid to break into places, such as banks and research facilities (both private and government), in order to test their resistance to social engineering and physical attacks.
Steve Ragan | 06 Jan | Read more
In an age where data security defenses are getting more and more sophisticated, there will be increased pressure for malicious parties to glean information from within the organization's walls or public places.
Larry Ponemon | 17 Dec | Read more
More than 12 million people in the US were victims of identity fraud in the past 12 months, with many breaches coming from social engineering attacks. Download this infographic to find out how these 300 IT professionals deal with social media in the workplace and what they are doing to keep their network safe.
