An employee who used an app to escalate privileges in a bid to download a torrent client onto a work computer. A programmer who ran code from GitHub and ransomed his own machine. An internal user who tried to troubleshoot a Linux host machine rather than going to IT – and used a local privilege […]
Cyber-risk levels have improved from “elevated” to “moderate” for the first time, but insiders represent a persistent threat for global organizations, according to Trend Micro. Jon Clay, VP of threat intelligence at Trend Micro: “For the first time since we’ve been running these surveys, we saw the global cyber risk index not only improve but […]
User risk management watches where people can’t. If you polled a random sampling of employees at various organizations, most would probably consider themselves security-minded. They would argue that they are not actively sending sensitive data to malicious recipients, clicking strange links or downloading attachments from unknown senders. This mindset is a good attribute, and should […]
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