[ad_1] MicroStockHub/iStock/Getty Images Plus Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET’s key takeaways Phishing is a major and growing threat to businesses.But phishing awareness training has a minimal success rate.Researchers urge organizations to invest in countermeasures. A new study has confirmed what many of us suspected — employee phishing training is simply not…
[ad_1] rob dobi/Getty Images When you think of phishing emails, you probably think of the crude, grammatically flawed, easy-to-spot samples that go straight to your junk folder. I regret to inform you that those weak “spray and pray” campaigns are yesterday’s news. The crooks haven’t gotten smarter, but their tools have. Also: I clicked on…
[ad_1] Facepalm: Even the best of us can fall for scams. Just look at Troy Hunt, the security expert and creator of the HaveIBeenPwned.com website, who was tricked by a phishing email. The attackers managed to steal his mailing list for his personal blog, compromising roughly 16,000 emails, around half of which belong to people…
