The psychology of influencing individuals to feel compelled to do specific behaviours- also known as social engineering is one of the most used cyberattack strategies. In the world of cybersecurity, social engineering is nefarious — and the realm of phishing attack perpetrators. Bad actors utilize a variety of psychological tacticsRead More…

Fortinet, a global leader in broad, integrated, and automated cybersecurity solutions, announced the latest semiannual FortiGuard Labs Global Threat Landscape Report. Threat intelligence from the first half of 2021 demonstrates a significant increase in the volume and sophistication of attacks targeting individuals, organizations, and increasingly critical infrastructure.Read More…

Derek Manky, Chief of Security Insights and Global Threat Alliances at FortiGuard Labs, elaborates on how to use AI to beat cybercriminals. Artificial intelligence (AI) technology is a powerful technology, and because of this, it holds great potential for exploitation by cybercriminals. Considering this, the only way that security leadersRead More…

Three years on from one of the worst ransomware attacks, Derek Manky, Chief -Security Insights and Global Threat Alliances, Fortinet, takes a look at how ransomware continues to pose a significant threat and suggests what organizations should do about it now, while their networks are still in a state ofRead More…