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Credential exposure report: Poor password habits still pose a serious threat
9,050,064,764 credentials have been recovered throughout 2019 which came from a total of 640 unique data breaches and include email addresses connected to plaintext passwords …

Mac threats are growing faster than their Windows counterparts
Mac threats growing faster than their Windows counterparts for the first time ever, with nearly twice as many Mac threats detected per endpoint as Windows threats, according …

The rise of human-driven fraud attacks
There has been a major spike in human-driven attacks – which rose 90% compared to six months previously, according to Arkose Labs. Changing attack patterns were felt across …

Download: IR Management and Reporting PowerPoint template
While the IR process is mostly technical, reporting to the organization’s management should take place on a much higher-level in order for the non-security savvy executives to …

The 25 most impersonated brands in phishing attacks
PayPal remains the top brand impersonated in phishing attacks for the second quarter in a row, with Facebook taking the #2 spot and Microsoft coming in third, according to …

Cybersecurity is a board level issue: 3 CISOs tell why
As a venture capital investor who was previously a Chief Information Security Officer, I have noticed an interesting phenomenon: although cybersecurity makes the news often …

In 2019, a total of 7,098 reported breaches exposed 15.1 billion records
In 2019 the total number of records exposed increased by 284% compared to 2018, according to Risk Based Security. 2019 saw an increase in reported breaches In total, there …

Organizations struggling to find skilled security staff, leaving 82% of security teams understaffed
83% of IT security professionals feel more overworked going into 2020 than they were at the beginning of 2019, and 82% said their teams were understaffed, according to a …

eBook: 8 Real World Use Cases for SOAR
Download this 11-page e-book with eight real-world use cases to see how security orchestration, automation and response (SOAR) can improve your team’s productivity and …

The frequency of DDoS attacks depends on the day and time
Multivector and cloud computing attacks have been rising over the last twelve months, according to Link11. The share of multivector attacks – which target and misuse several …

5 tips for acquiring cyber talent in 2020
Cybersecurity is facing a recruitment crisis. There are currently 2.8 million professionals working in the field – far from sufficient given the ever-expanding cyber threat …

What the government infosec landscape will look this year
The information security landscape seems to evolve at a faster clip each year. The deluge of ever-changing threats, attack techniques and new breaches making headlines can be …
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