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The travel and retail sectors are the top targets for credential stuffing attacks, according to Auth0’s State of Secure Identity report.

A 2017 report from Cybersecurity Ventures predicted ransomware damages would cost the world $5 billion (USD) in 2017, up from $325 million in 2015 — a 15X increase in just two years.

Amazon Prime Day is upon us with special promotions. This also mean cybercriminals are ready to strike with leveraging 'special deals' on the online days that they will utilize to create scams.

This post originally appeared on KnowBe4, May 24, 2021. The “business” of BEC is becoming increasingly more lucrative for cybercriminals, as they develop new ways to defraud individuals and organizations of their money. Modern BEC attacks leverage some really good social engineering that security defenses aren’t able to detect or prevent because there is nothing…

With 81% of organizations believing ransomware attacks will become more prevalent in the second half of 2021, nearly everyone is preparing for the worst to come.

This post originally appeared on KnowBe4. With average payments rising to over $220K, organizations scramble to stop ransomware attacks as gangs begin taking more advantage of software vulnerabilities as their attack vector. If there were stock in ransomware companies, someone would be making a fortune. The latest data from ransomware incident response company Coveware shows the folks…