Friday, 10 October 2025

Scott Greaux, VP of PhishMe, discusses holiday phishing scams:

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The holidays are a busy time for everyone… especially for hackers trying to phish your employees. Phishing is most effective when it exploits human emotions—fear, greed, anxiousness, curiosity, compassion, getting a good deal—and the holidays tend to bring these emotions out more than other times of the year. This gives adversaries a bevy of relevant topics to use to build phishing campaigns. However, which tactics should you train your employees look out for?

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London, UK: Companies seeking to improve information security without incurring significant expense are increasingly turning to the cloud for security as a service (SecaaS), which promises low costs and high flexibility. But when cloud security is already a concern, outsourcing security services themselves to the cloud poses a significant set of risks to address.  A new free, downloadable white paper from global IT association ISACA evaluates the impact of SecaaS on an enterprise and outlines 10 key questions to ask—and answer—before deploying it.

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The term “Internet of Things” refers to the use of the Internet for monitoring, tracking, controlling, and interconnecting everyday objects. For example, home appliances can be connected to the Internet to facilitate household activities. In this context, it is worth mentioning that refrigerators that allow the users to access the Internet are already commercially available.

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Simon King, renowned wildlife photographer and producer, has revealed that he uses VIVOTEK cameras to capture footage of animals in various locations around the UK. Having created, filmed, directed and presented many award winning TV programmes and films, including Springwatch, Big Cat Diary and Planet Earth, Simon knows a thing or two about the importance of capturing the moment... perfectly.

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