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WATCH: Here’s how to protect yourself against ransomware attacks
by Mitnick Security | 03.21.2017 | 1 min

WATCH: Here’s how to protect yourself against ransomware attacks

With just one wrong click, your entire digital life can be put up for ransom. One of the most famous hackers in the United States, and author of the book "The Art of Invisibility," explains how you ca...

Speaking Engagements, The Art of Invisibility, suspicious links, encryption, locked files, malware, computer backup, phishing, pop-ups, ransomware, Kevin Mitnick, malicious emails
Explosive Growth Rocket’s KnowBe4 Up the Cybersecurity 500
by Mitnick Security | 03.08.2017 | 3 min

Explosive Growth Rocket’s KnowBe4 Up the Cybersecurity 500

KnowBe4, provider of the most popular integrated platform for security awareness training and simulated phishing, announced it has climbed up the Cybersecurity 500 to claim a top spot at #38) on the d...

Speaking Engagements, Steve Morgan, Stu Sjouwerman, technology, CEO fraud, Chief Hacking Officer, Cybersecurity 500, Cybersecurity Ventures, inside security threats, IT Defense, security awareness training, KnowBe4, simulated phishing, cyber attack, Data Breach, phishing, ransomware, Kevin Mitnick
HIMSS 2017: Big Data, Healthcare IT and the Future of Patient Care
by Mitnick Security | 03.06.2017 | 6 min

HIMSS 2017: Big Data, Healthcare IT and the Future of Patient Care

When it’s big enough, an event itself can be Big Data. Bring together over 40,000 attendees and over 1,200 leading vendors and the topics presented and discussed serve to spell out the current trends ...

Speaking Engagements, patient engagement, secure texting, communication, congnitive computing, cyber security, Ginni Rometty, Healthcare Information, HIMSS, patient/digital engagement, interoperability, SMART, Value Based Care, API, artificial intelligence, CHIME CIO forum, Orlando, precision medicine, ransomware, FHIR applications, Kevin Mitnick
HIT Think Why your data security plan deserves a close, critical look
by Mitnick Security | 02.22.2017 | 5 min

HIT Think Why your data security plan deserves a close, critical look

“Gasp” is rarely a word associated with a presentation during the week of the HIMSS conference. Keynotes and presentations can be informative, enlightening or surprising. Shock and awe are not descrip...

Social Engineering, Speaking Engagements, VPN, phone gambits, Two-Factor Authentication, computer hijacking, HIMSS, IP address, IT security, Password Management, peer file sharing, security consultant, innocuous email, malware, USB, ransomware, information leaks, Kevin Mitnick
Global Spending on Security Awareness Training Predicted to Reach $10 Billion by 2027
by Mitnick Security | 02.21.2017 | 3 min

Global Spending on Security Awareness Training Predicted to Reach $10 Billion by 2027

Research from Cybersecurity Ventures and KnowBe4 Shows Security Awareness Training Will Be a Fundamental Part of Cyber-Defense Strategies by 2021

security training growth, Speaking Engagements, Steve Morgan, Stu Sjouwerman, human firewall, Chief Hacking Officer, Cybersecurity Ventures, security awareness training, KnowBe4, marketing intelligence, simulated phishing, ransomware, research, Kevin Mitnick, malicious cyberattacks
Live from the CHIME-HIMSS Forum: A Sobering Dive into the Horrors of Hacking
by Mitnick Security | 02.19.2017 | 10 min

Live from the CHIME-HIMSS Forum: A Sobering Dive into the Horrors of Hacking

Kevin Mitnick, a leading white-hate hacking consultant, live-demonstrated how easy hacking can be for skilled hackers, at the CHIME-HIMSS Forum

Social Engineering, SalesForce.com, Security UK Conference, Speaking Engagements, The Art of Deception, HIPAA data, identity theft, penetration testing, firewall rules, hackers, healthcare IT, pen tests, LinkedIn, malware, Russell Branzell, technical exploitation, CHIME Himss Forum, Orlando, ransomware, Kevin Mitnick
KnowBe4 Introduces New “Social Engineering Indicators” Training Method
by Mitnick Security | 02.07.2017 | 3 min

KnowBe4 Introduces New “Social Engineering Indicators” Training Method

KnowBe4 introduces a new training method that IT managers can use to better manage continually increasing social engineering threats

security red flags, spam-sending botnets, Speaking Engagements, Stu Sjouwerman, Global Ghost Team, Social Engineering Indicators, CEO fraud, proactive antivirus detection, security awareness training, IT, KnowBe4, SEI, simulated phishing email, simulated phishing platform, Virus Bulletin, ransomware, Kevin Mitnick
Hackers Aren’t Trying to Hack Your Systems, They’re Doing this Instead…
by Mitnick Security | 01.31.2017 | 10 min

Hackers Aren’t Trying to Hack Your Systems, They’re Doing this Instead…

t’s easy to assume your company will be safe with security systems in place but this view just won’t cut it against the latest breed of hackers.

Social Engineering, Speaking Engagements, vishing, human error, penetration testing, water holing, encryption, GDPR, general data protection regulation, Password Management, security awareness training, tailgating, antisocial media, Botnet attack, phishing, ransomware, Kevin Mitnick
KnowBe4 Warns Organizations of Antivirus Giving False Sense of Security
by Mitnick Security | 01.20.2017 | 6 min

KnowBe4 Warns Organizations of Antivirus Giving False Sense of Security

Nearly every organization has some type of concern about ransomware as it continues to hit epic proportions of infections. Profits are soaring for the authors and those spreading it as costs reach $1 ...

Social Engineering, Speaking Engagements, DMR, Global Ghost Team, CEO fraud, Chief Hacking Officer, email security solutions, end point detection software, IT Defense, IT managers, malicious email, security consultant, KnowBe4, Martijn Grooten, Spam, antivirus & spam filters, ransomware, Kevin Mitnick
American View: The Spyware Who Loved Me
by Mitnick Security | 01.09.2017 | 14 min

American View: The Spyware Who Loved Me

Social engineering awareness training is great, but it isn’t enough. Business Reporter's resident U.S. blogger Keil Hubert argues that dedicated cyber criminals are changing their tactics to take adva...

Social Engineering, Speaking Engagements, The Art of Deception, encrypt hard drive, organizational penetration and infiltration, strong HR team, employees, IT, malware, trusted insider, company's weakest element, cyber crime, bitcoin, ransomware, Kevin Mitnick, malicious emails
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