Cybercriminals have added a devious weapon to their attack arsenals - malicious browser notifications. And the worst part is they’re not blocked by any current cyber defense. These innocuous looking pop ups can wreak havoc on your network while remaining completely undetected. They look more realistic than...
Ransomware: The news isn't all bad. In fact, Derek Manky of Fortinet's FortiGuard Labs argues that recent takedowns and innovations have led to significant strides in defending against today's most crippling malware attacks.
Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) can be a highly effective way to safeguard your organization’s data, but that doesn’t mean it’s unhackable. And nobody knows that better than award-winning author and Data-Driven Defense Evangelist at KnowBe4, Roger Grimes. While researching his most recent book Hacking...
Criminals love to amass and sell vast quantities of user data, but not all data leaks necessarily pose a risk to users. Even so, the ease with which would-be attackers can amass user data is a reminder to organizations to lock down inappropriate access as much as possible.
Email security provider Cofense and data security firm StrikeForce Technologies both have announced acquisitions. Meanwhile, data protection firm OneTrust received additional funding.
Microsoft 365 is a powerful business productivity and collaboration suite used by over 258 million users worldwide.
Download this eBook which discusses the security implications to be aware of when using Microsoft 365 and key strategies to prevent unauthorized access, protect sensitive data and files, stop malicious...
The Ponemon Institute found that today 75 percent of all organizations in the United States are not prepared to respond to an attack. Is yours among them? Maybe.
By leveraging a highly effective combination of human and machine power, SOAR stacks can improve the efficiency of your incident response activities,...
There is a reason more than half of today’s ransomware victims end up paying the ransom. Cyber-criminals have become thoughtful; taking time to maximize your organisation’s potential damage and their payoff. After achieving root access, the bad guys explore your network reading email, finding data troves and once...
Threat actors are masquerading as business tools and communication platforms to slip past perimeter controls that are programmed to block known threats. Once they make it through, human detection and threat analysis become an integral part of the process to thwart an attack.
When technologies aren’t programmed to...
Threat actors are masquerading as business tools and communication platforms to slip past perimeter controls that are programmed to block known threats. Once they make it through, human detection and threat analysis become an integral part of the process to thwart an attack.
When technologies aren’t programmed to...
French authorities are warning the country's healthcare sector of the discovery of a glut of stolen credentials, apparently belonging to hospital workers, that were found for sale on the dark web. The alert comes amid a recent rise in ransomware attacks on hospitals and other healthcare entities.
Venture capital firm Sequoia Capital confirmed it was recently involved in a "cybersecurity incident," but offered no details on exactly what may have transpired. Cybersecurity teams and law enforcement agencies have been notified.
Since SEGs are missing so many phish, there’s a good chance other technologies - firewalls, anti-virus, and EDR - also aren’t spotting these threats. Such gaps can leave you vulnerable for hours or even days.
Bottom line: you can’t rely on SEGs alone. They’re the first line of defense, not the last...
Why are polymorphic attacks more successful? A campaign that lacks uniformity doesn’t look like a campaign and makes it difficult for security operators to keep rules up to date at the gateway. For many cybersecurity teams who lack bandwidth, finding the full scope of a polymorphic attack to quarantine is...
This case study details how analyst teams at leading financial institutions are using Team Cymru’s Pure Signal™ threat reconnaissance solution and what State and Federal agencies can learn from these banks’ game-changing approach to security. The following explores the recon methodology necessary to get ahead of...
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