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Inspired eLearning announced today that the company has been named a winner of two 2021 Cybersecurity Excellence Awards. PhishProof™ Advanced Phishing Simulation earned one gold award in the Anti Phishing category, and one silver in the Best Cybersecurity Education Provider category. Inspired eLearning designs its training content with the end-user in mind to help reinforce learnings from the training, increase retention, and promote positive behavior that ultimately reduces your company’s overall risk to today’s most threatening cyberattacks. The 2021 Cybersecurity Excellence Awards honor individuals, products, and companies that demonstrate excellence, innovation, and leadership in information security.

IBM X-Force identified ransomware groups creating ransomware-as-a-service cartels helped this attack type maintain its top slot year over year. Coming in third place was server access attacks, an attack vector where an attacker gains unauthorized access to the victim’s server. Phishing were the top 2 Initial Attack Vectors Cybercriminals can infiltrate their victim’s systems to perpetuate their attacks by using some form of initial attack vector. X-Force identified Google as the most spoofed brand in 2020, making up 35% of all attacks.

Ransomware is malicious software that prevents or restricts users from accessing computer systems or files until a ransom is paid. Computers typically become infected by ransomware when the user clicks on a malicious link or opens an infected attachment in an email. ’s information for ransom, but now they’re being paired with extortion threats based on releasing the captured confidential information to the public unless the victim pays a ransom. This has even led to cybercriminals targeting organizations who have cyber insurance and specifically requesting the amount they know the insurance company is willing to payout.

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