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smartphone isolation
Researchers were able to detect what is typed using just a smartphone

You likely know to avoid suspicious emails to keep hackers from gleaning personal information from your computer. But a new study from SMU (Southern Methodist University) …

eye
Deception technology shifts power back to the defender

Users of deception technology reported a 12X improvement in the average number of days it takes to detect attackers operating within an enterprise network when compared to …

hidden attacker
Attackers’ growing use of anti-analysis, evasion tactics pose a challenge to enterprises

Cybercriminals continue to look for new attack opportunities throughout the digital attack surface and are leveraging evasion as well as anti-analysis techniques as they …

online shop owned
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, …

mobile
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 …

IoT
Many companies don’t know the depth of their IoT-related risk exposure

In the digital age, cyber is everywhere. Cyber risk now permeates nearly every aspect of how we live and work. Organizations should better understand how to manage the risks …

contactless payment
Flaws allow attackers to bypass payment limits on Visa contactless cards

Flaws that allow attackers to bypass the payment limits on Visa contactless cards have been discovered by researchers Leigh-Anne Galloway and Tim Yunusov at Positive …

ransomware
Ransomware attack leaves Johannesburg residents without electricity

A ransomware attack aimed at City Power, the electricity provider for Johannesburg (aka Joburg), South Africa, has resulted in some residents temporarily without power. While …

person
Damaging insider threats rise to new highs in the past year

70 percent of organizations are more frequently seeing insider attacks, with 60 percent experiencing one or more within the last 12 months, and 68 percent feeling “extremely …

bomb
50% of organizations believe attackers can infiltrate their networks each time they try

As organizations increase investments in automation and agility, a general lack of awareness about the existence of privileged credentials – across DevOps, robotic process …

money
Every minute, $2.9 million is lost to cybercrime

Cybercriminals cost the global economy $2.9 million every minute last year, a total of $1.5 trillion, according to RiskIQ. Top companies pay $25 per minute due to security …

email
Employees overestimate the efficacy of their workplace’s email security strategy

22 percent of businesses have experienced a data breach – defined as loss of confidential data or credentials, compromised account loss, or fraudulent financial transactions – …

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