The Last Watchdog

AUGUST 16, 2024

However, the effectiveness of this sophisticated technology heavily relies on the skilled deployment by IT and Information Security (IS) teams, emphasizing the critical importance of specialized training in this high-tech environment. Securing business continuity The role of IT/IS training extends beyond mere operational competence.

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Data Breach Today

JUNE 6, 2024

Austrian Privacy Group Lodges Complaints With 11 European Regulators Against Meta Meta's plan to train artificial intelligence with data generated by Facebook and Instagram users faces friction in Europe after a rights group alleged it violates continental privacy law.

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Data Breach Today

APRIL 24, 2024

KnowBe4's First Deal Since 2021 Brings AI-Based Email Protection, Training Together KnowBe4 purchased an email security provider founded by a Check Point veteran to offer AI-based email protection and training that's automatically tailored relative to risk.

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Data Breach Today

MAY 21, 2024

Few Restrictions Appear to Exist, Provided Companies Behave Transparently Can individuals' personal data and content be used by artificial intelligence firms to train their large language models, without requiring users to opt in?

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

Researchers warn of a new IoT botnet called Raptor Train that already compromised over 200,000 devices worldwide. Cybersecurity researchers from Lumen’s Black Lotus Labs discovered a new botnet, named Raptor Train, composed of small office/home office (SOHO) and IoT devices. “This botnet has targeted entities in the U.S.

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Schneier on Security

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

The NSA’s “ National Cryptographic School Television Catalogue ” from 1991 lists about 600 COMSEC and SIGINT training videos. There are a bunch explaining the operations of various cryptographic equipment, and a few code words I have never heard of before.

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The Last Watchdog

JULY 13, 2023

Pittsburgh, PA – July 13, 2023 – Security Journey, a best-in-class application security education company, has today announced an acceleration of its secure coding training platform enhancements. Additional Pre-built and Customizable Learning Paths – including multiple training formats to drive engagement.

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KnowBe4

MARCH 21, 2024

In an age when 70% - 90% of successful data breaches involve social engineering (which gets past all other defenses), sufficient training is needed to best reduce human-side cybersecurity risk. Everyone should be trained in how to recognize social engineering attempts, how to mitigate (i.e., delete, ignore, etc.)

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Elie

JUNE 5, 2024

This case-study explores the effectiveness of virtual reality (VR) for diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) training through the lens of a custom VR application developped to train Google employees."

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Data Breach Today

JULY 21, 2022

Huntress evaluated seven companies with security training tools and chose Curricula for its ease of use, manageability for smaller customers and enjoyable online learning experience.

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The Last Watchdog

JANUARY 9, 2024

Augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) technologies provide intriguing opportunities for immersive and interactive experiences in cybersecurity training. Related: GenAI’ impact on DevSecOps Here’s how these technologies can bridge learning gaps in cybersecurity awareness and enhance the overall training experience.

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Schneier on Security

OCTOBER 10, 2024

An Australian news agency is reporting that robot vacuum cleaners from the Chinese company Deebot are surreptitiously taking photos and recording audio, and sending that data back to the vendor to train their AIs. No word on whether the recorded audio is being used to train the vacuum in some way, or whether it is being used to train a LLM.

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 28, 2024

Cary, NC, May 28, 2024, CyberNewsWire — If there is a single theme circulating among Chief Information Security Officers (CISOs) right now, it is the question of how to get stakeholders on board with more robust cybersecurity training protocols. The human factor Cybersecurity is not just about technology; it’s about people.

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Schneier on Security

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

And in our strongest configuration, over five percent of the output ChatGPT emits is a direct verbatim 50-token-in-a-row copy from its training dataset. This happens rather often when running our attack. Lots of details at the link and in the paper.

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KnowBe4

JUNE 6, 2024

More than a quarter (26%) of organizations around the world provide no security awareness training for their employees, according to a survey by Hornetsecurity. The researchers found that smaller companies in particular tend to lack security training programs.

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KnowBe4

OCTOBER 15, 2024

We are thrilled to announce that KnowBe4 has been named a leader in the latest G2 Grid Report that compares security awareness training (SAT) vendors based on user reviews, customer satisfaction, popularity and market presence.

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Data Breach Today

JUNE 13, 2022

Oz Alashe, CEO of CybSafe, Discusses New Approaches to Changing User Behavior A great deal of awareness training has been offered to users - including phishing simulations - but none of it seems to have led to a significant change in their poor security behaviors and decision-making skills, says Oz Alashe, CEO of CybSafe.

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Data Breach Today

JULY 18, 2020

IBM: Videos Detail Attacks on US Navy and State Department Personnel An Iranian-backed hacking group appears to have accidentally left over 40 GB of training videos and other material exposed online, according to researchers with IBM who found the unprotected server. The material includes videos detailing attacks aimed at U.S.

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KnowBe4

OCTOBER 1, 2024

Yubico has published a survey of 20,000 people from 10 countries around the world, finding that 40% of respondents have never received cybersecurity training from their employer.

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The Last Watchdog

OCTOBER 25, 2022

We discussed advances in cybersecurity training that combine timely content and targeted training to combat the latest phishing campaigns. Timely, effective security training of all employees clearly must continue to be part of the regimen of defending modern business networks, even more so as cloud migration accelerates.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 2, 2023

Researchers devised an attack technique that could have been used to trick ChatGPT into disclosing training data. A team of researchers from several universities and Google have demonstrated an attack technique against ChetGPT that allowed them to extract several megabytes of ChatGPT’s training data. ” continues the analysis.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 6, 2022

At the end of October, a cyber attack caused the trains to stop in Denmark, the attack hit a third-party IT service provider. A cyber attack caused training the trains operated by DSB to stop in Denmark the last weekend, threat actors hit a third-party IT service provider. DSB is the largest train operating company in Denmark.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 18, 2024

Meta announced it is postponing the training of its large language models using public content from adult Facebook and Instagram users in the EU. “The DPC welcomes the decision by Meta to pause its plans to train its large language model using public content shared by adults on Facebook and Instagram across the EU/EEA.

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Data Breach Today

AUGUST 21, 2024

Why the Benefits Far Outweigh the Risks Today's workforce is increasingly insisting on having employer-provided education and development opportunities. Learn why offering employees opportunities for education and development is both a retention strategy and a key component of a successful business strategy.

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The Last Watchdog

OCTOBER 24, 2022

With proper training, employees can prevent these attacks before they happen. While the protection of the company’s assets can never be completely guaranteed, security awareness training should be a top priority for business owners. Provide frequent training about the risks of cyberattacks. Change passwords regularly.

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Data Breach Today

JANUARY 12, 2023

Startup Wants to Add More Cloud, Defender-Related Material to Its Training Platform Hack The Box has completed a Series B funding round to add more cloud security and a gamification approach to its cybersecurity training platform.

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KnowBe4

JANUARY 2, 2024

But every person and organization can benefit by more frequent security awareness training (SAT). Every person and organization is different and requires slightly different methods and ways of learning.

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KnowBe4

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Surveys, unfortunately, show that the vast majority of organizations do little to no security awareness training. The average organization, if it does security awareness training, does it once annually, likely as part of a compliance program.

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Dark Reading

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

With a two-pronged approach, the group trains its hackers in penetration testing, only to set them free to build a marketplace for pen-testing services.

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Schneier on Security

AUGUST 28, 2023

Turns out that it’s easy to broadcast radio commands that force Polish trains to stop: …the saboteurs appear to have sent simple so-called “radio-stop” commands via radio frequency to the trains they targeted. “It is three tonal messages sent consecutively. “Everybody could do this.

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KnowBe4

JULY 9, 2024

Old-school awareness training does not hack it anymore. Your email filters have an average 7-10% failure rate; you need a strong human firewall as your last line of defense.

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KnowBe4

DECEMBER 4, 2023

When you think of KnowBe4, you probably think of phishing training, good password hygiene modules, security awareness, or maybe even data protection compliance such as GDPR.

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WIRED Threat Level

JULY 2, 2024

The US State Department is training diplomats in cybersecurity, privacy, telecommunications, and other technology issues, allowing them to advance US policy abroad.

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IT Governance

JULY 25, 2024

The Standard also has a requirement for security awareness training. This blog explains what the PCI DSS requirements are for staff awareness training, to whom they apply and how to prove compliance. What are the PCI DSS requirements for security awareness training? The Standard specifically mentions in sub-requirement 12.6.3.1

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Security Affairs

JULY 4, 2024

Brazil’s data protection authority temporarily banned Meta from using data originating in the country to train its artificial intelligence. Human Rights Watch recently published a report revealing that LAION-5B, a major image-text dataset used for training AI models, includes identifiable photos of Brazilian children.

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Schneier on Security

DECEMBER 19, 2023

There’s a rumor flying around the Internet that OpenAI is training foundation models on your Dropbox documents. If OpenAI are training on data that they said they wouldn’t train on, or if Facebook are spying on us through our phone’s microphones, they should be hauled in front of regulators and/or sued into the ground.

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KnowBe4

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Security awareness training (SAT) works! A well-designed security awareness training campaign will significantly reduce cybersecurity risk.

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