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22nd January 2025 Issue no. 737

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How to fight security fatigue

by Wendy Zamora

We live in the age of the 24-hour news cycle. Each day, whether it's from TV news, phone notifications, online browsing, social media, or even the good old fashioned paper, we hear stories of the increasing dangers of cybercrime.

Cyberthreats are growing more serious!
Russian hacker starts his own ransomware service!
Experts say tech support scams are picking up!

Feeling overwhelmed yet? You're not alone. A recent study published by the National Institute of Standards in Technology (NIST) says that "security fatigue" is a real phenomenon affecting 63 percent of its participants. So what, exactly, is security fatigue? And why is it a dangerous, though understandable, phenomenon?

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