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The $5 Million Threat: AI Is Supercharging Phishing Attacks
By Graham Cluley on Thu, 07/30/2026
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NIST SP 800-171 Revision 3: What Changed, What CMMC Contractors Need to Know, and How to Prepare
By Drew Ellis on Wed, 07/29/2026
Individual Display Name Impersonation (IDNI) Model
By Diego Andres Barbosa Trujillo on Wed, 07/15/2026

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Friday Five: A Major Microsoft Outage, Spiking Breach Victim Numbers, & More
By Robbie Araiza on Fri, 07/19/2024
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Friday Five: The War Against Cybercrime Platforms, Healthcare Security Improvements, & More
By Robbie Araiza on Fri, 05/31/2024
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Friday Five: Controversial Data Privacy Legislation, Protecting Critical Infrastructure, & More
By Friday Five: Controversial Data Privacy Legislation, Protecting Critical Infrastructure, & More on Fri, 04/26/2024
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Friday Five: Critical Infrastructure Put to the Test, Cybercrime Efforts Thwarted, & More
By Robbie Araiza on Fri, 02/02/2024
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Friday Five: Threats to Critical Infrastructure, New Actively Exploited Bugs, & More
By Robbie Araiza on Fri, 11/17/2023
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Friday Five: Ransomware Gangs Taken Down, a Rise in Zero-Day Exploitation, & More
By Robbie Araiza on Fri, 11/10/2023
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Friday Five: Vulnerability Disclosure, Malicious QR Codes, Social Media Giants Challenged, & More
By Robbie Araiza on Fri, 08/25/2023
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Friday Five: Concerns Over UK Online Safety Bill, Mobile Cyberattacks Increasing, & More
By Robbie Araiza on Fri, 07/07/2023
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Friday Five: FCC Cracks Down on Privacy, a Massive Phishing Campaign, & More
By Robbie Araiza on Fri, 06/16/2023
50 Examples of Ransomware Attacks and Their Impacts
By 50 Examples of Ransomware Attacks and Their Impacts on Thu, 01/12/2023
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How to Prevent Ransomware: 7 Tips to Avoid a Ransomware Attack
By How to Prevent Ransomware: 7 Tips to Avoid a Ransomware Attack on Mon, 08/08/2022
HHS Warns of 'Exceptionally Aggressive' Hive Ransomware
By HHS Warns of 'Exceptionally Aggressive' Hive Ransomware on Thu, 04/21/2022
CISA Shares New Ransomware Self-Assessment Tool
By CISA Shares New Ransomware Self-Assessment Tool on Thu, 07/01/2021
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Ransomware Reportedly Behind Nationwide UHS Hospital Outage
By Ransomware Reportedly Behind Nationwide UHS Hospital Outage on Mon, 09/28/2020
GandCrab Ransomware Gang Calling It Quits
By GandCrab Ransomware Gang Calling It Quits on Mon, 06/03/2019
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The History of Data Breaches
By Juliana de Groot on Mon, 11/12/2018
Following Ransomware Attack Indiana Hospital Pays $55K to Unlock Data
By Cybersecurity Experts at Fortra on Wed, 01/17/2018
U.S. Government Officially Blames North Korea for WannaCry Attack
By Cybersecurity Experts at Fortra on Tue, 12/19/2017