Phishing attacks at highest level in three years
The number of phishing attacks continued to rise into the autumn of 2019, according to APWG. The total number of phishing sites detected in July through September 2019 was …
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Who is responsible for Active Directory security within your organization?
Over one third (36%) of IT professionals say their organizations are more vulnerable to security threats now than they were five years ago, according to a new Alsid research. …
Europol: Spear phishing the most prevalent cyber threat affecting orgs across the EU
Spear phishing describes the practice of targeting specific individuals within an organisation or business for the purposes of distributing malware or extracting sensitive …
MSPs face increased risks and opportunities to rethink cybersecurity
Managed service providers (MSPs) and their small-and medium-sized business (SMB) customers lack the tools and resources needed to sufficiently defend against rising …
1 in 5 SMBs have fallen victim to a ransomware attack
Ransomware remains the most common cyber threat to SMBs, according to a Datto survey of more than 1,400 MSP decision makers that manage the IT systems for …
How seriously are businesses taking their PKI security?
While most enterprises demonstrate a committed effort towards maintaining a well-rounded PKI setup, they still fall short in several key categories. The post-Black Hat survey …
Researchers may have found a way to trace serial IP hijackers
Hijacking IP addresses is an increasingly popular form of cyberattack. This is done for a range of reasons, from sending spam and malware to stealing Bitcoin. It’s estimated …
Impact and prevalence of cyberattacks that use stolen hashed administrator credentials
There’s a significant prevalence and impact of cyberattacks that use stolen hashed administrator credentials, also referred to as Pass the Hash (PtH) attacks, within …
BEC explodes as attackers exploit email’s identity crisis
850,000 domains worldwide now have DMARC records, a 5x increase since 2016, according to Valimail. However, less than 17% of global DMARC records are at enforcement — meaning …
64% of IT decision makers have reported a breach in their ERP systems in the past 24 months
ERP applications are ‘critical’ to business operations, according to the IDC survey of 430 IT decision makers. ERP-related breach Sixty-four percent of the 191 decision makers …
Enterprises leaving themselves vulnerable to cyberattacks by failing to prioritize PKI security
IoT is one of the fastest growing trends in technology today, yet enterprises are leaving themselves vulnerable to dangerous cyberattacks by failing to prioritize PKI …
49% of infosec pros are awake at night worrying about their organization’s cybersecurity
Six in every ten businesses have experienced a breach in either in the last three years. At least a third of infosec professionals (36%) whose employers had not recently been …