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49% of all risky online transactions come from mobile devices
About half of all risky online transactions appear to be coming from a mobile device, according to iovation. Specifically, in the first half of 2019 49% of all risky …

Organizations are employing cyber-resilient strategies in new ways
Wipro released its 2019 State of Cybersecurity Report, which highlights the rising importance of cybersecurity defense to global leaders, the emergence of the CISO as a …

Qualys bringing new prescription for security to Black Hat and DEF CON 2019
At this year’s Black Hat, Qualys is bringing a new prescription for security — the company is providing its Global IT Asset Discovery and Inventory application to businesses …

Prevent lateral attacks inside the data center with a defense-in-depth hardware layer
IT departments tend to be concerned primarily with cybersecurity attacks that originate from outside the enterprise, known as a “north-south” attacks. This often leaves them …

Online skimming: An emerging threat that requires urgent awareness and attention
A growing threat that all merchants and service providers should be aware of is web-based or online skimming. These attacks infect e-commerce websites with malicious code, …

Only 32% of government organizations consider a cloud-first strategy
The number of public sector organizations that are ready to implement a cloud-first strategy or move their entire infrastructures to the cloud has decreased by almost 20% …

There is widespread business confusion and ignorance about the upcoming CCPA regulation
ESET polled 625 business owners and company executives to gauge business readiness for the upcoming California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), which goes into effect on January …

Security orchestration and automation checklist: How to choose the right vendor
Faced up against the well-chronicled global skills shortage, the ceaseless bombardment of security alerts and the hodgepodge of security tools unable to communicate with each …

DNS security is no longer optional
Several high-profile DNS security incidents have made headlines recently, a reminder that this integral part of the internet must not be taken for granted. Unlike enterprise …

FSI organizations are failing to assess their software for security vulnerabilities before release
More than half of organizations have experienced theft of sensitive customer data or system failure and downtime because of insecure software or technology, a Synopsys report …

The persistent struggle to improve SOC productivity reveals the need for newer SIEM technologies
On average, security personnel in U.S. enterprises waste approximately 25 percent of their time chasing false positives because security alerts or indicators of compromise …

As attackers get more creative, mobile threats and attacks increase in both quantity and impact
It is no longer a matter of if or when an enterprise’s mobile endpoints will be compromised. They already are and most organizations have little to no knowledge or visibility …
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