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[From the desk of Paul Davis – his opinions and no-one else’s] Apart from the reporter’s opinions 😉 So onto the news: KnowBe4 Phishing Research Shows Men 225% More Prone to Give up the Goods In an analysis done by KnowBe4 of 201,755 phishing emails sent over the past 30…

[From the desk of Paul Davis – his opinions and no-one else’s] Apart from the reporter’s opinions 😉 So onto the news: Cost? Here’s why many companies not using threat intelligence portals A new survey conducted by Osterman Research on behalf of DomainTools found that only 50 percent of companies…

[From the desk of Paul Davis – his opinions and no-one else’s] Apart from the reporter’s opinions 😉 So onto the news: Dutch Data Protection Authority publishes consultation version of guidelines on breach notice law On the heels of the enactment of the Dutch breach notice law, the Dutch Data…

[From the desk of Paul Davis – his opinions and no-one else’s] Apart from the reporter’s opinions 😉 So onto the news: BitSight report: half of entities susceptible to SSL vulnerabilities The BitSight Insights Industry Benchmark report found that energy/utility and healthcare companies are among the most vulnerable industries surveyed…

[From the desk of Paul Davis – his opinions and no-one else’s] Apart from the reporter’s opinions 😉 So onto the news: Security spending will reach $75.4b worldwide: Gartner Worldwide security spending will reach $75.4 billion this year, a 4.7 percent increase over last year, according to the latest forecast…

[From the desk of Paul Davis – his opinions and no-one else’s] Apart from the reporter’s opinions 😉 So onto the news: Who you gonna call? Ghost Push Android virus infects 600,000 people a day Researchers at Cheetah Mobile’s CM Security Research Lab have discovered that the source of these…