How micro-segmentation creates an uphill battle for intruders
The past few years have seen a major shift in security strategies from looking outward for external threats to detecting and defending against adversaries that have already …
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Outgunned CISOs navigate complex obstacles to keep rising attacks from turning into breaches
CISOs face a rising ‘security debt’ to secure their organizations against an increasing volume of attacks by well-armed criminals. Yet, despite going up against a criminal …
Payment transaction volume using 3-D Secure protocol grows globally
RSA has published its latest quarterly fraud report, reinforcing the migration to more precise payment authentication methods and showing a notable spike in brand abuse …
Office 365 phishing campaign uses publicly hosted JavaScript code
A new phishing campaign targeting Office 365 users cleverly tries to bypass email security protections by combining chunks of HTML code delivered via publicly hosted …
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 …
Financial organizations struggling to secure data in the cloud
In 2020, the most common incidents that financial organizations suffered regarding data in the cloud were phishing attacks (reported by 26%), targeted attacks on cloud …
People are the weakest link in data breaches, but can they be held accountable?
In the people-process-technology triad, human error is the top reason for breaches, accounting for 70% of successful attacks, a Cyberinc survey reveals. The next biggest cause …
IT security budgets to increase over the next 12 months
IT security budgets are spiralling out of control as organizations adapt to the everywhere workplace, an Ivanti survey reveals. 92% of CISOs highlighted the need to deploy …
Death, taxes, and hacks: How to prevent cyberattacks during tax season
Remember how folks did taxes in the olden days? They’d collect large piles of paper documents, fill out endless pages of forms, stuff a bunch of receipts in a shoebox and – …
The importance of a zero trust-based approach to identity security
97 percent of senior security executives say attackers are increasingly trying to steal one or more types of credentials, a CyberArk survey reveals. As organizations move …
The war against the virus also fueling a war against digital fraud
TransUnion’s latest analysis of global online fraud trends found that since the COVID-19 pandemic began, fraudsters are increasing their rate of digital schemes against …
Hidden areas of security and the future of hybrid working
The pandemic has changed how many companies operate in a short period of time. Over the last year we’ve witnessed most organizations with office-based workforces having to …
