John LaCour – Computer Security Articles

Should Failing Phish Tests Be a Fireable Offense?

May 29, 2019 admin A Little Sunshine, Cofense, John LaCour, PhishLabs, phishme, Rohyt Belani

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Wed, 29 May 2019 17:39:26 +0000

Would your average Internet user would be any more vigilant against phishing scams if he or she faced the real possibility of losing their job after falling for one too many of these emails? Recently, I met someone at a conference who said his employer had in fact terminated employees for such repeated infractions. As this was the first time I’d ever heard of an organization actually doing this, I asked some phishing experts what they thought (spoiler alert: they’re not fans of this particular teaching approach).

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Half of all Phishing Sites Now Have the Padlock

November 26, 2018 admin A Little Sunshine, Bibox, IDN, internationalized domain names, John LaCour, Latest Warnings, phishing, PhishLabs, Punycode, SSL

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2018 14:57:53 +0000

Maybe you were once advised to “look for the padlock” as a means of telling legitimate e-commerce sites from phishing or malware traps. Unfortunately, this has never been more useless advice. New research indicates that half of all phishing scams are now hosted on Web sites whose Internet address includes the padlock and begins with “https://”.