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IT, healthcare and manufacturing top targets for cyberattacks
Avanan announced the release of a report which analyzes today’s threat landscape, phishing vectors, and industry-based attacks, exposing healthcare and manufacturing as two of …
Critical infrastructure cyberattacks signaling the importance of prioritizing security
Armis released new data uncovering the lack of knowledge and general awareness of major cyberattacks on critical infrastructure and an understanding of security hygiene. The …
What are the most common cybersecurity challenges SMEs face today?
Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are considered to be the backbone of Europe’s economy. 25 million SMEs are active in the EU, and employ more than 100 million …
Cyber insurance failing to live up to expectations
A RUSI paper finds that the contribution of the insurance sector to improving cyber security practice is ‘more limited than policymakers and businesses might hope’, and …
Bitcoin cyber attacks surge following rising demand and increasing price of bitcoin
Phishing impersonations and business email compromise (BEC) attacks designed to steal victims’ bitcoin surged by 192% between October 2020 and May 2021, closely following the …
Organizations increasingly reluctant to pay ransomware demands
To better understand concerns about recent ransomware attacks, Menlo Security conducted a global poll on responses and reactions to ransomware. attacks. Organizations hit by …
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 …
Zero day malware reached an all-time high of 74% in Q1 2021
74% of threats detected in Q1 2021 were zero day malware – or those for which a signature-based antivirus solution did not detect at the time of the malware release – capable …
Researchers design new techniques to bolster computer security
Because corporations and governments rely on computers and the internet to run everything from the electric grid, healthcare, and water systems, computer security is extremely …
Navigating the complexity of ransomware negotiations
Most ransomware attacks are opportunistic, and at the end of the day, cybercriminals do not discriminate. Nobody plans to fall victim, but the fact is any company with an …
USB threats could critically impact business operations
According to a report released by Honeywell, USB threats that can severely impact business operations increased significantly during a disruptive year when the usage of …
The impact of current and emerging threats on the day-to-day lives of SecOps teams
More than half of IT and cybersecurity professionals noted ransomware or zero-day attacks as the biggest threats to their organization, according to a Deep Instinct survey. …
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