Blogs & Opinions 11.04.2024
Government Can’t Manage the Deepfake Threat – Execs Need to Shoulder the Responsibility Instead
Any faith in the ability of governments to deal with deepfakes is misplaced
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30 results for "Human Factor Risk"
Features 21.03.2024
Why Professional Services Are Being Singled Out by Cyber Threat Actors
Phil Muncaster investigates why an industry that deals in knowledge is particularly exposed to info theft and extortion
Features 05.03.2024
Business Email Compromise: How Not to Lose $121m Like Google and Facebook
How BEC is becoming a bigger threat and what you can do about it
Features 06.02.2024
ChatGPT: Six Ways Generative AI Will Impact Cybersecurity in 2024
It’s been nearly a year since ChatGPT burst into the mainstream, but what’s the impact on cybersecurity?
Features 02.01.2024
Voice Cloning: The (£27m) Cost of a Stolen Voice
When an AI-enabled voice cloning cyber attack fools a branch manager into transferring £27m out of the business, it’s time to pay attention to the new cyber weapon
Features 21.12.2023
When Cyber Attacks Threaten Lives: A Candid Assessment of The Reality of OT Threats
Assured Intelligence talks to hacktivist group GhostSec to get its perspective on industrial control system threats
Features 19.12.2023
Around the Cybersecurity World in 365 Days
There’s no such thing as a quiet year on planet cybersecurity. This year’s headlines are next year’s lessons
Features 21.11.2023
The 2023 Sony Breaches: 5 Important Takeaways
Sony’s reputation has taken a bashing over the last few months after it was hit by two high-profile breaches.
Features 16.11.2023
Harpooning the Whale: Why BEC is the Scourge of the Time-Poor C-Suite
Fraudsters continue to adapt their business email compromise techniques to make a fortune
Features 07.11.2023
Black Friday: How Retailers Can Get Through the Cyber Turbulence Unscathed
The high-stakes, high-traffic days of Black Friday and Cyber Monday promise skyrocketing sales but also lurking cyber attacks
Blogs & Opinions 03.11.2023
Insider Threats: A Proactive Protection Strategy
Keep your friends close, and your insiders closer…
Features 26.10.2023
Five-Minute Snapshot: What You Need to Know About the SecureWorks State of the Threat Report
Top trends include ransomware, nation-state attacks and business email compromise
Features 19.10.2023
#CybersecurityAwarenessMonth: Cybersecurity Burnout: Cause, Impact and Resolution
A burnt-out sector is an underperforming sector. For Cybersecurity Awareness Month, Assured Intelligence paired up with isms.online to shine a light on a less obvious facet of cyber awareness: industry professional burnout Burnout isn’t selective when it comes to which industry to infiltrate, spreading like a cancer among hardworking professionals. Burnout doesn’t discriminate, but it […]
Features 10.10.2023
Unlocking the Mind: The Psychology of Password Creation
Is a successful password strategy the tech equivalent of the Holy Grail?
Features 05.10.2023
Home-Grown Trouble: Five of the Biggest Insider Threats of 2023
Edward Snowden put the term ‘insider threat’ firmly on the map in 2013. A decade later, insiders are still running amok…
Blogs & Opinions 03.10.2023
Chinese Espionage is Back on Track: What Businesses Need to Know
The stakes just got higher in the world of cyber espionage.
Features 26.09.2023
PSNI Breaches: The Real Cost of Security Failure
Given Northern Ireland’s deeply troubled political climate, the stakes are high in the aftermath of the PSNI breaches
Blogs & Opinions 29.08.2023
Four Ways AI is Being Used to Supercharge Cyber Crime (and How to Use it in Defence)
The AI technology used to execute next-gen social engineering attacks can also be deployed to defend against them. Here’s how to be on the right side of it…
Blogs & Opinions 27.07.2023
Government Departments Haemorrhaging Data and Devices Aren’t Being Held Responsible
Government departments are exploiting loopholes to avoid cybersecurity failure disclosures, and increasingly relaxed regulation means they’re getting away with it, bemoans Jon Fielding After five years of GDPR and three years of hybrid working, you’d expect organisations to have improved their data handling and device security. But in the public sector, losses are still […]
Blogs & Opinions 18.07.2023
Leaked Nudes Threat: The Horrifying New Low of a Data Breach
Data breaches have taken a terrifying turn as cyber criminals stoop to new lows, threatening to expose personal and intimate photos of female data breach victims. Nikki Webb investigates the painful consequences that breach victims face Louise, a resident of South Wales, found herself caught in a web of deceit and fear after her private […]
Features 13.07.2023
Five Cyber Scams That Could Fool Even the Savviest Victim
There are five categories of cyber scams that can fool even the shrewdest of people. Here’s how not to get caught out.
Features 11.07.2023
What You Really Need to Know About Verizon’s 2023 Data Breach Investigations Report: A Five-Minute Read
If you don’t have time to read all 89 pages of the Verizon’s DBIR, Assured Intelligence has pulled out the highlights in a five-minute read
Features 20.06.2023
Cybersecurity Layoffs: Which Jobs Are in the Firing Line?
How brutal are the cybersecurity cuts compared to attrition in the broader tech sector, and how much will the layoffs in cybersecurity jobs metastasise to the broader economy?
Blogs & Opinions 18.05.2023
Easy as 1, 2, 3: How the Education Sector Can Combat Cyber Threats
While cybersecurity is a top concern for education institutions, many face resource limitations when it comes to constructing proper cyber defence strategies due to a lack of budget, staff, and technology.
Features 04.05.2023
The Pentagon Leaks: An Insider Horror Story
Does your organisation have a ‘Pentagon leaker’? It’s time to find out
Blogs & Opinions 19.04.2023
ChatGPT for the Legal Industry: Friend or Foe?
The legal sector has much to gain from using ChatGPT but also much to lose. Lawrence Perret-Hall weighs up the advantages and disadvantages
Features 17.04.2023
Five Reasons CEOs Should Be On TikTok…and Five Reasons Why They Shouldn’t
Should CEOs succumb to addictive and trendy TikTok in the hope of captivating an entirely new potential customer base? Callum Booth looks at the pros and cons of CEOs having a presence on TikTok
Features 13.04.2023
Mindfulness: A Weapon Against Cyber Threats?
The human operating system is flawed and leaves people vulnerable to cyber attack. But mindfulness might be a defence mechanism, finds Etashe Linto
Features 28.03.2023
Lost in Cyber Translation
Gordon Smith challenges the inappropriate rhetoric of the cybersecurity industry
Features 17.03.2023
Banking on Vulnerability: Why Financial Institutions are Facing Increasing Cyber Attacks
Cyber attackers are increasingly banking on poor cybersecurity practices in financial institutions, raking in profits thanks to legacy practices and tech.