Security

Jack Koziol, Infosec Institute: “cybersecurity knowledge gaps at any level of the organization pose security risks”

Companies are worried about the outsiders infiltrating their spaces. They patch their systems and heavily invest in defenses, often forgetting...
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Jonathan Gill, Panaseer: “organizations have a greater need for automated measurement”

Establishing proper defenses is a crucial move for dealing with cyber threats. But it seems like deploying them effectively is...
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Europol's 2021 cybercrime report: the pandemic accelerated the evolution of cyber threats

On 11 November, Europol published its Internet Organised Crime Threat Assessment (IOCTA) 2021 report, which details the developments and challenges...
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Forget Bruce Willis. AI will protect us from killer asteroids instead

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Far from the nightmarish scenarios of all-consuming artificial intelligence of the Terminator franchise, in reality groups of neural networks are...
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Don’t fall for it: new scam tries to convince your Microsoft password is about to expire

Threat actors fool humans and systems alike. Recently, Microsoft users have been bombarded with password expiration notifications carefully crafted by...
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The AI that can write effective phishing emails

A group of researchers utilized the GPT-3 deep learning language model to create effective and realistic spear phishing email campaigns....
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Nick Palmer, Group-IB: “without fundamental knowledge, it is impossible to stay ahead of bad guys”

From state-orchestrated to group-governed attacks, the world has seen a surge of cybercrime during the pandemic. And it doesn’t seem...
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Rob Palermo, SecureLink: “cybersecurity became an even bigger priority during the pandemic”

As cybercriminals get more creative with their approach to attacks, cyber researchers and white hat hackers also work tirelessly to...
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The Cyber Security Challenges for the Asset Management sector

Financially motivated cybercriminals are attracted to asset and wealth management companies (AWM) for obvious reasons. A recent report highlighted that...
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Seemant Sehgal, Breachlock: “digitization is paramount to business success”

Penetration testing has become a necessity for most comprehensive cybersecurity defenses. And providers are taking the concept even further by...
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Why We Need Hybrid Security for a Hybrid Workforce

2021 will be remembered for being the year we retired the binary choice of working from home or in the...
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Are Organizations Sleepwalking Into A Cybersecurity Crisis?

As consultancy firm Deloitte explains in their latest Future of Cyber survey, the COVID-19 pandemic has heralded a tremendous rise...
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World’s most-visited websites put visitors at risk by exposing leftover files

The CyberNews Investigations team scanned the internet’s 35,000 most-visited websites from the Alexa top one million list for common leftover...
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To ransom-proof healthcare, we need to go on the offensive – interview

Ransomware attacks on healthcare can turn deadly. To avoid further casualties, states might need to go on the offensive. The...
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Why you should stop using SMS for two-factor authentication

In the run-up to Halloween, many will be enjoying their annual pumpkin-spiced lattes. But as we approach the scariest day...
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Jeff Finn, zvelo: “2022 is going to be another banner year for Team Ransomware”

Cybercrime is gaining momentum, costing companies increasingly more time, money, and resources. But cyber threat intelligence providers are also taking...
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New Report Shows That Denial-Of-Service Remains The Most Common Cyberattack

For the last 14 years, Verizon has been releasing its report into the most common forms of cyberattacks. The 2021...
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Preventing IP Theft In 3D Printing

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While it’s perhaps fair to say that 3D printing has not been quite as transformative as was originally predicted, it...
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Ambuj Kumar, Fortanix: if your business is on the internet, it needs data security

Cloud services allow businesses to effectively store and manage customer data and private information across platforms. But the question of...
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Eric Dowsland, Herjavec Group: when it comes to targeting victims, hackers don’t discriminate

Cyber attacks on giant corporations quickly make the news, creating an illusion that only big enterprises get targeted by cybercriminals....
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