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A massive increase in eCrime behavior can easily disrupt business operations
During 2019, financially motivated cybercrime activity occurred on a nearly continuous basis, according to a CrowdStrike report. There was an increase in incidents of …
Online payment fraud attempts see 73% increase
Online payment fraud attempts increased by 73 percent in 2019, according to a report from Sift. Additional findings in the report reveal that cybercriminals are using mobile …
Social engineering: Mind the identity verification gap
Billions of personal data records are up for sale on the Dark Web as data breaches continue to occur at an alarming rate. According to Risk Based Security’s 2019 Midyear Data …
Soon, your password will expire permanently
Passwords have been around since ancient times and they now serve as the primary method for authenticating a user during the login process. Individuals are expected to use …
Security operations and the evolving landscape of threat intelligence
In this podcast recorded at RSA Conference 2020, we’re joined by the ThreatQuotient team talking about a threat-centric approach to security operations, the evolution of …
Do you have a data breach response plan?
While corporations today are more knowledgeable about security threats and prepared to respond to data breaches, there are key areas in which progress declined in 2019, …
Researchers use ultrasound waves vibrating through tables to access cellphones
Ultrasonic waves don’t make a sound, but they can still activate Siri on your cellphone and have it make calls, take images or read the contents of a text to a stranger. …
Download guide: Advanced Threat Protection Beyond the AV
At a certain point, almost every organization reaches the conclusion that there is a need to move past the standard AV and firewall stack in order to protect their …
5 considerations for building a zero trust IT environment
Zero trust isn’t a product or service, and it’s certainly not just a buzzword. Rather, it’s a particular approach to cybersecurity. It means exactly what it says – not …
You are focusing too much on vulnerabilities that pose little danger
Only half of the vulnerabilities in cloud containers ever posed a threat, according to a Rezilion study. The top 20 most popular container images on DockerHub were analyzed to …
Exploring the impact that hybrid cloud is having on enterprise security and IT teams
While enterprises rapidly transition to the public cloud, complexity is increasing, but visibility and team sizes are decreasing while security budgets remain flat to pose a …
Week in review: Attackers probing for vulnerable Exchange servers, RSA Conference 2020 coverage
Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news and articles: RSA Conference 2020 coverage Check out our microsite for related news, photos, …
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