Rise of RDP as a target vector
Recent reports of targeted attacks using RDP as an initial entry vector have certainly caused significant headlines in lieu of the impact they have caused. In the midst of …
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99% of misconfiguration incidents in the cloud go unnoticed
IaaS is now the fastest growing area of the cloud due to the speed, cost and reliability with which organizations can create and deploy applications, according to McAfee. …
Older vulnerabilities and those with lower severity scores still being exploited by ransomware
Almost 65% of top vulnerabilities used in enterprise ransomware attacks targeted high-value assets like servers, close to 55% had CVSS v2 scores lower than 8, nearly 35% were …
Security capabilities are lagging behind cloud adoption
Security professionals regard their existing tools inadequate for securing critical cloud data, even as their organizations invest heavily, with increasing speed, in cloud …
Could audio warnings augment your ability to fight off cyber attacks?
The security of your environment shouldn’t depend on whether you’re looking in the right place at the right time. While active visual means such as dashboards, emails, …
CISO role grows in stature, but challenges remain
In order to find out how CISOs perceive the state of their profession, Optiv Security interviewed 200 CISOs or senior security personnel with equivalent responsibilities in …
$5 trillion threat of cyber attacks spurs investments in solutions, talent and tech
IT & Business Services M&A Market’s disclosed deal value reached a whopping $97 billion in 1H 2019 – the highest total on record for a six-month period, …
How data breaches forced Amazon to update S3 bucket security
Amazon launched its Simple Storage Service (better known as S3) back in 2006 as a platform for storing just about any type of data under the sun. Since then, S3 buckets have …
How important is packet capture for cyber defense?
Organizations using full packet capture are better prepared to battle cyber threats, according to an Enterprise Management Associates (EMA) report. Visibility and accuracy of …
Product showcase: NetLib Security Encryptionizer
NetLib Security has spent the past 20+ years developing a powerful, patented solution that starts by setting up a defense for any organization wherever your data resides: …
Researchers analyzed 16.4 billion requests to see how bots affect e-commerce
The sophistication level of bots attacking e-commerce sites is on the rise, with nearly four-fifths (79.2 percent) classified as moderate or sophisticated, up from 75.8 …
Some IT teams move to the cloud without business oversight or direction
27% of IT teams in the financial industry migrated data to the cloud for no specific reason, and none of them received financial support from management for their cloud …