A study found that phishing tests and other training programs designed to educate employees about online dangers reduced phishing success rates by just 2%
Robert McMillan / Wall Street Journal : X: @argvee . LinkedIn: Matt Linton X: Heather Adkins / @argvee : Learn why those employee phishing tests are causing more embarrassment than education from @Go...
A look at Microsoft Office's Clippy, one of the most annoying assistants ever that has also remained among Microsoft's most recognizable brands over two decades
Robert McMillan / Wall Street Journal : Threads: @robertcmcmillan . X: @garymarcus , @vmochama , and @glenkacher Threads: Robert McMillan / @robertcmcmillan : People hated Clippy; now they love him. ...
Internal docs show how antivax activists flooded vaccine content on Facebook with negative comments, despite Zuckerberg's push to promote COVID-19 vaccines
Internal company documents suggest that the company plays down awareness of its flaws. Kara Swisher / New York Times : The Endless Facebook Apology Katie Canales / Insider : Apple reportedly threatene...
Microsoft says an attacker gained access to one of its customer service agents and launched attacks against customers in a probe of suspected SolarWinds hackers
The Microsoft Threat Intelligence Center is tracking new activity from the NOBELIUM threat actor. Tom Warren / The Verge : Why Windows 11 is forcing everyone to use TPM chips Malcolm Owen / AppleInsid...
A look at the proliferation of fake business listings and con artists on Google Maps, which experts estimate carries ~11M false listings on any given day
Data Sheet Joseph Zappa / Street Fight : Report: Fake Google Maps Listings Ensnare Consumers, Harm Legitimate Businesses Jason England / Android Central : Millions of fake businesses are currently lis...
A look at the proliferation of fake business listings and con artists on Google Maps, which experts estimate carries ~11M false listings on any given day
Data Sheet Joseph Zappa / Street Fight : Report: Fake Google Maps Listings Ensnare Consumers, Harm Legitimate Businesses Luke Stangel / Silicon Valley Business Journal : Are there really millions of f...
Snowden documents shed light on how states can compromise hardware supply chains, a practice undertaken by the US, France, Germany, China, and others
The Intercept : Tweets: @kimzetter and @bobmcmillan Tweets: Kim Zetter / @kimzetter : While Bloomberg's story about China hacking motherboards may well be completely (or partly) wrong, the danger of ...
Inside Google's 27-person in-house counterespionage team, the Threat Analysis Group, which tracks 200+ hacker groups, many of which are linked to US adversaries
Google likely has 'the most useful data set available to any private company for tracking state adversaries and intelligence services,' an expert says Tweets: @shanehuntley , @wsj , @bobmcmillan , and...
A look at Kaspersky Lab's SAS conference, where the company showcases its best research while entertaining competitors and reporters, amid its ongoing crisis
Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai / Motherboard : Tweets: @josephfcox , @zackwhittaker , @jason_koebler , @puppycapitalism , @rhhackett , @lorenzofb , @bobmcmillan , @thegrugq , and @metacurity Tweets: J...
An informal band of researchers is working over Christmas to prevent hackers from disrupting online services, following PlayStation and Xbox incidents in 2014
Robert McMillan / Wall Street Journal : Tweets: @csoandy and @julieiskow Tweets: Andy Ellis / @csoandy : “To my wife's dismay, I'm going to be bringing my laptop to my in-laws' house in Maine,” he sa...