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How proactive are companies when managing data?

33 percent of U.S. companies are not proactively putting in place systems to monitor, warehouse and protect their internal data, despite growing international regulations …

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Despite large investments in security tools, organizations are not confident they can stop data exfiltration

An Osterman Research survey of 255 cybersecurity professionals (CIOs, IT managers, CISOs and security managers), exploring attitudes and perceptions surrounding data …

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Healthcare cybersecurity: How to prevent the compromise of patient records?

Year after year, the number of data breaches affecting entities in the healthcare industry rises, and 2020 was no exception. The 616 data breaches reported this past year to …

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Ransomware attacks: The power of adaptation

The pandemic has had a major impact on almost every aspect of our society and left many organizations susceptible to increasingly sophisticated ransomware attacks. In this …

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Enterprising criminals are selling direct access to cloud accounts

Lacework released its cloud threat report, unveiling the new techniques and avenues cybercriminals are infiltrating to profit from businesses. The rapid shift of applications …

Kubernetes
How to harden Kubernetes systems and minimize risk

The National Security Agency (NSA) and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) released a report which details threats to Kubernetes environments and …

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Industrial facilities progressively at risk of data theft and ransomware attacks

Trend Micro released a new report highlighting the growing risk of downtime and sensitive data theft from ransomware attacks aimed at industrial facilities. “Industrial …

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Effects of the pandemic on consumer security behaviors

IBM announced the results of a global survey examining consumers’ digital behaviors during the pandemic, as well as their potential long-term impact on cybersecurity. …

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Consumers ID theft concerns only growing

A Benenson Strategy Group study surveyed over 700 adults on their concerns about ID theft and cybercrime, the type of help they feel they would need to address those concerns, …

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Q1 2021 ransomware trends: Most attacks involved threat to leak stolen data

The vast majority of ransomware attacks now include the theft of corporate data, Coveware says, but victims of data exfiltration extortion have very little to gain by paying a …

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330 million people across 10 countries were victims of cybercrime in 2020

Over the past year, 65% of people around the world report spending more time online than ever before, likely a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. As we connected to the internet …

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Cybercriminals are using Telegram bots, Google Forms to gather stolen user data

Cybercriminals are increasingly using legitimate services such as Google Forms and Telegram to gather user data stolen on phishing websites. Alternative ways to collect data …

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