On-Demand Webinar: Africa, You've Been Phished! Cybercriminals are quickly shifting their attention to the African continent and other emerging economies. The sharp increase in digitization and mobile financial transactions, as well as a relatively unregulated environment,
Working Remotely & Securely During the Covid-19 Outbreak With the stringent restrictions being implemented to stop the spread of the novel coronavirus we're forced to adapt to working from home or working remotely. This is new territory for
Spot the Catphish Dating apps are great, even my dad met his partner online and I have a lot of friends who found their current spouse online. Unfortunately, dating apps don’t only
Scam Alert Shop Safely this Black Friday and Cyber Monday Shop Cyber Safe this Festive Season Whether you are taking advantage of the crazy Cyber Monday sales or your Christmas planning, one can’t deny the increasing appeal to shop
Media Room Popcorn Training wins ACQ5 award for the second year running. ACQ Annual Award Programs recognize organizations and individuals that have achieved outstanding commercial success in designated areas of expertise. Every year they conduct surveys through their 168 000+ readers in
Media Room Women in IT - Popcorn Training The gender gap in the cyber sector is real in terms of numbers, but it’s nothing to do with women being excluded or discriminated against. This is the view of Popcorn Training CEO and founder Anna Collard.
Scam Alert Scammed out of my Car Here is an example of social engineering at its best, and unfortunately it happened to someone we know! We all know that feeling we get when we experience terrible customer
Cyber Security KnowBe4 expands into South Africa by acquiring Popcorn Training KnowBe4, the world’s largest security awareness training and simulated phishing platform, announced the acquisition of Popcorn Training, a security company based in Johannesburg and Cape Town, South Africa. The
Scam Alert Facebook Ad Scam Alert It may seem hard to believe, here at Popcorn, we keep ourselves up to date on the latest scams so that we can educate and protect you, but sometimes even
Case Study Case Study - City of Santa Cruz The Need The Information Technology manager for the City of Santa Cruz was tasked with implementing a Cyber Security programme across an employee base of 800 staff. The training needed
Scam Alert Bitcoin Scam Alert Don't let buying bitcoin bite you! Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies are quite the buzzwords. As with all things shiny and new, a lack of awareness around threats involved creates a perfect
Scam Alert Bad Rabbit - Scam Alert The latest cyber-attack has seen computers go down all over the world. Dubbed ‘Bad Rabbit’ this ransomware locks users out of their computers and demands a ransom before allowing the
Cyber Security SA Data Leak - Survival Guide The biggest data leak in South African history! That’s what is being published in the media. It sounds scary, and it is. But what does it really mean and
Scam Alert SIM Swap Scam Alert How does it work? Criminals trick you into divulging your online banking login details such as PIN and password via cleverly constructed cyber-attacks such as: Targeted phishing scams Using malicious
Scam Alert Scam Alert - Instagram Data Leak When the media sharing platform, Instagram, was hacked early September this year, initially it was thought only celebrity data was compromised, however, over time it’s emerged that the hack
Awards 2017 ACQ5 Global Award for Popcorn Training London, UK, AUGUST, 2017 – ACQ5 announces the winners of the 2017 ACQ5 Global Awards:Popcorn Training honoured as South Africa’s Cyber Security Awareness Training Provider of the Year. “The
Events Visionary in Gartner Magic Quadrant Gartner positions Popcorn Training in the “Visionary” quadrant of the Magic Quadrant for Security Education Awareness Computer Based Training Vendors for 2016. According to Gartner, “Humans can be either the
Scam Alert Scam Alert – Office 365 Phishing Office 365 users are being targeted with a phishing attack claiming your password has been expired. The email appears to be an automated alert email from “Microsoft Outlook” asking you
Scam Alert WanaCry - Scam Alert WanaCry Ransomware The US National Security Agency, hacking weapons to command computers, espionage bent on bitcoins … you wouldn’t be blamed for thinking that you were reading a Sci-Fi script.
Cyber Security Popcorn Training featured in May issue of "Security Advisor Middle East" Popcorn Training featured in the May issue of the online magazine: “Security Advisor Middle East”. Read the article online at: http://www.tahawultech.com/magazine/securityadvisorme-may-2017/. The Article starts on
Cyber Security New PhishLine-Popcorn partnership elevates Security Awareness Training Milwaukee, WI, USA March 20, 2017 – PhishLine, a leader in empowering decisive action against social engineering and phishing threats for enterprise security teams, has announced a content-provider partnership with Popcorn
Cyber Security Fending off increasingly sophisticated attacks Article: ITWeb Security in Finance 2016 article "It was by chance that founder and manager of Popcorn Training Anna Collard found herself as a woman in the information security
Awards Popcorn Training honoured as Gold winner in 8th Annual 2016 Golden Bridge Awards ® Popcorn Training has earned the prestigious Gold Winner status in the Golden Bridge Awards® in the Winner Category – Information Technology and Security Innovations: Training and Education – Best Product or Service
Awards Popcorn Training wins Gold in Global Excellence Award The Security Awareness programme called ‘Something Phishy’, by South African specialist Cyber Security Awareness Company, Popcorn Training, has won Gold at the Info Security PG’s Global Excellence Awards 2016,
