61% of organizations impacted by ransomware in 2020
Enterprises faced unprecedented cybersecurity risk in 2020 from increasing attack volume, the pandemic-driven digital transformation of work, and generally deficient cyber …
FBI removes web shells from hacked Microsoft Exchange servers
Authorities have executed a court-authorized operation to copy and remove malicious web shells from hundreds of vulnerable on-premises versions of Microsoft Exchange Server …
Tackling cross-site request forgery (CSRF) on company websites
Everyone with half a mind for security will tell you not to click on links in emails, but few people can explain exactly why you shouldn’t do that (they will usually offer a …
Only 14% of domains worldwide truly protected from spoofing with DMARC enforcement
While the DMARC enforcement rate increases, 3 billion messages per day are still spoofing the sender’s identity, Valimail reveals. Email continues to be an effective way to …
Years-old MS Office, Word flaws most exploited to deliver malware
29% of malware captured was previously unknown – due to the widespread use of packers and obfuscation techniques by attackers seeking to evade detection, according to a HP …
Data is most at risk on email, with 83% of organizations experiencing email data breaches
95% of IT leaders say that client and company data is at risk on email, an Egress report reveals. Additionally, an overwhelming 83% of organizations have suffered data …
The rise of non-English language spear phishing emails
Business email compromise (BEC) threats are one of the many tried-and-tested tactics cybercriminals use to target their victims. These tend to be brief messages with only a …
One in four people use work passwords for consumer websites
Employees working from home on a company-provided computer are demonstrating a clear lack of cybersecurity knowledge through high-risk behavior, according to a report released …
Business email compromise is a top concern for banks
Bottomline and Strategic Treasurer released the results of a survey that gathered details about corporate and banking experiences, actions and plans regarding fraud. Results …
Why contextual machine learning is the fix that zero-trust email security needs
Email data breaches are on the rise. Our recent research found that 93% of organizations have experienced an email data breach in the last 12 months, at an average rate of one …
Researchers spot massive increase in RDP attack attempts
The COVID-19 pandemic continued to influence the cybercrime landscape in 2020, ESET reveals. Most notably, the new attack surface created by the shift to work from home …
Only 30% prepared to secure a complete shift to remote work
The biggest security concerns facing businesses are data leaking through endpoints (27%), loss of visibility of user activity (25%) and maintaining compliance with regulatory …