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[The Ashimmy Blog] The Ashimmy Blog: Wombat, Putting the Fun in Security Education: wombat screen. Remember not everyone is so enamored with computer security. Sure no one wants to be breached, but for most employees cyber security training ranks just ahead of a trip to the dentist. Wombat takes a different tack. They make security training a game, literally. Right now there training is ... That is exactly what Wombat is all about. Using games to educate. They are already talking about branching out beyond the anti-Phishing education they do now. ...

[Hot Otc Stock Tips] Why Email Warnings Don't Cut It and How Epsilon Customers Can Help ...: “Data collected over the years with a large number of Wombat customers has shown that, without proper training, 25 to 40% of users fall for a well-crafted spear phishing email,” said Wombat Security Technologies, Co-Founder and CEO, .With millions of users across North America, Europe, and Asia, Wombat Security Technologies is a global leader in cyber security awareness and training.

[Thewisdumb.org] The War Zone: Strategies for Combating Phishing for the Enterprise |: are increasing in frequency and are highly effective due to the nature of targeted information associated with the victim. These attack techniques truly test the strength of the human factor when it comes to defending data, and for most enterprises, this is the weakest link in their security model.

[sobeq.org] sobeq.org: Internet Security Alliance chief attacks Obama ...:  “NetWars provides a forum for security professionals to test and perfect their cyber security skills in a manner that is legal and ethical, facing challenges derived from real-world environments and actual attacks that businesses, 

[Polar Heart Rate Monitors HQ] Cybercrime Prevention Expert Stu Sjouwerman Alerts Businesses to ...: And while our preliminary phishing study findings justifiably raised concerns about the potential for Internet security breaches, the problem is far bigger than most people realize. Sjouwermans company conducted a two-phase .

[Krebs on Security] After Epsilon: Avoiding Phishing Scams & Malware — Krebs on ...: I’m old, on SS, have lousy credit, not much cash and I know that the barrister who keeps emailing me to call him about my inheritance in whatever country he’s supposedly in is obviously not worth replying to. I also never open the emails from the young, hot blondes who are all tied up in some secret place waiting for me to come over and bail them out or whatever they want.

[The Absolute Software Blog] Anti-Phishing Phil: Wombat Security Technologies has put together a fun interactive game that teaches people how to identify phishing URLs – it's great for consumers, employees – just about anyone. It's a quick game that you can incorporate .

[Articles from Spamming] Anti Phishing - Spam Filters: Leading consumer, industry and trade organizations supporting the initiative include the Anti-Phishing Working Group, Center for Democracy & Technology, Identity Theft Council, National Cyber Forensics Training Alliance, National Cyber Security .

[CyBlog: Security, Privacy and Mobility in the Information Age] CyBlog: Security, Privacy and Mobility in the Information Age: A ...: Moving on from the mid-2000s, Pethia pointed to a "growing electronic crime infrastructure."(Shadowcrew, e.g., had 4,000 members, buying and selling credit card numbers, e-mail accounts and other personal ID documents.) He also touched on cyber-extortion and the growth in identity theft (he skipped over phishing, since another panelist, Jason Hong, would be addressing it specifically) and links to terrorist activities. And concluded, by highlighting some significant attacks on U.S. Defense Department (DoD) computers in 2007, as well as attacks against the Defense industrial base (e.g., the breaching of a U.S. fighter jet project) in 2009.

[Krebs on Security] LastPass Forces Users to Pick Another Password — Krebs on Security: But there appears to be a slight glitch with this step: The comments on the LastPass blog suggests that many users are currently locked out of their accounts, and now unable to access their email accounts in order to validate their addresses. LastPass Premium users can access their passwords via mobile devices such as the iPhone and Blackberry, but a number of users —

[Crikey » Business] Your say: Have you been affected by the NetBank's outage ...: Most of the transactions in my netbank account in early June have simply "disappeared" , I have traced the contra transactions to other accounts so they were processed.I cannot reconcile my account,so I don't know whether I am overdrawn or not.CBA is unable to tell me what the status of my account is at present or whether the security of my private information and financial position has been compromised by a hacker.I am seriously considering closing this account which I have had for more than 20 years.

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