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16 Nov 2018

3 Key Cyber Trends that the Healthcare Industry Should Avoid to Combat Cyberattacks

In January 2018, a regional hospital in Indiana was forced to pay $55,000 after their records were infected by the SamSam ransomware. The attackers targeted more than 1400 patients’ data...

15 Nov 2018

100 Prize Winners Receive Voucher for the Certified Network Defender (C|ND) Credential from EC-Council at the Born to Protect Program

Of the 10,000 participants at the ‘Born to Protect’ program, held in Indonesia, 1,000 participants walked away with vouchers for the Certified Secure Computer User (C|SCU) program and the top...

10 Nov 2018

Social Engineering – What Makes You Human?

You are at the office and you come across a lady trying to open the door but she is not able to reach her identity card as she is carrying...

09 Nov 2018

Your Password Has Been Hacked! Do You Know How It Happened?

In June 2018 Reddit admitted they suffered a massive security breach which exposed some of their user’s account information and data, including email addresses and an old 2007 database backup...

05 Nov 2018

Can You Spot the Hacker

Can you spot the hacker? What do you think that means, “hacker?” Were you thinking of a good guy or a bad guy? The term “hacker” tends to be used...

29 Oct 2018

EC-Council Gears Up for the Oman CyberSec Summit 2018 with the goal of Creating a Resilient and Cyber Secure Nation

Summary: The Oman CyberSec Summit 2018, part of the GCC Cyber series, aims to bring high-level information security professionals under one roof to address new cybersecurity initiatives in Oman on...

29 Oct 2018

6 Ways to Be a Better Pen Tester – Part 1

Penetration testing is a vital component of a Threat Management Solution and is now used widely as an effective method of detecting vulnerabilities in an organization’s systems, applications, and infrastructures....

15 Oct 2018

EC-Council and Extant Group Work Toward Reducing the Huge Talent Gap in the Kenyan Cybersecurity Industry, Which Threatens To Exceed 40,000 Professionals

Extant Group has entered into a collaboration with EC-Council with the aim of creating more cybersecurity ready professionals – a resolution to move closer to a common vision of bridging...

05 Oct 2018

EC-Council Announces 2018 Academia Partner Award Winners at Black Tie Gala

The finalists for four award categories in the EC-Council Academia Partner awards program attended a black-tie gala in their honor in Atlanta, GA on September 13th prior to the annual...

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