Workers in R&D/Engineering are the most heavily targeted group of employees within organizations, a new Proofpoint report says, and lower-level employees are at a higher risk of email-borne cyber threats than higher-level management roles and executives. Who is being attacked? Proofpoint has gathered and analyzed a three-months worth …
Year after year, the list of most often used passwords changes but a little: the latest one, compiled by infosec researcher Troy Hunt and published by the UK National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC), puts “123456”, “123456789”, “qwerty”, “password” and “111111” on the top five spots. The …
When you hear “quantify risk,” you might think it’s the buzz-term du jour. You might be right. Risk quantification is a hot topic right now. It seems everyone who touches security – from the C-suite to the board – has this at the forefront of their mind. As a security leader, you’re likely being asked about quantifying risk, perhaps more …
There’s a new reality to network security, driven by the fact that the perimeter is vanishing. The concept of a network being fully enclosed within a building or virtual organization, and therefore easier to defend, is gone. The concept of a defensible, impermeable perimeter is dead. This is not news to anyone who is in the position to protect …
Year after year, the list of most often used passwords changes but a little: the latest one, …
With cybersecurity one of the nation’s top security concerns and billions of people …
Extortion has become the second most often reported type of cybercrime, but BEC/EAC scams still reign supreme when it comes to monetary loss (or criminals’ earnings), the latest IC3 Internet Crime Report has revealed. BEC/AEC scams are the …
As trusted partners, third-party vendors often become the overlooked or unwitting accomplice in criminal activities. As privacy laws and cybersecurity regulations continue to increase accountability around data confidentiality and protection, …
Taking place across 5 days from the 6th till the 10th of May 2019, HITBSecConf2019 Amsterdam is one of the most prestigious cybersecurity events in Europe. With the event celebrating a decade of excellence, we took this opportunity to sit down …
Workers are comfortable sharing personal, sensitive and confidential information over chat platforms. They practice risky digital habits, and don’t care if their communications are leaked. Symphony Communication Services Workplace Confidential …
Researchers at Independent Security Evaluators (ISE) have discovered 732 actively used private keys on the Ethereum blockchain. In their new study titled Ethercombing, ISE found that poorly implemented private key generation is also facilitating …
Workers in R&D/Engineering are the most heavily targeted group of employees within organizations, a new Proofpoint report says, and lower-level employees are at a higher risk of email-borne cyber threats than higher-level management roles …
There has been a substantial increase of fraudulent PDF files, according to a report by SonicWall Capture Labs threat researchers. This fraud campaign takes advantage of recipients’ trust in PDF files as a “safe” file format that is widely used …
Bandura Cyber and Global Resilience Federation (GRF) announced a partnership to integrate automated intelligence feeds and gateway technology for the perimeter defense of GRF affiliated companies. Bandura Cyber pioneered the Threat Intelligence …
For many, cost-effective scalability usually means outsourcing some or all of your business functions to a complex web of third-party vendors. The Third-Party Risk to the Nth Degree whitepaper provides quantitative and contextual measures by …
