Cybersecurity skills shortage: Could training, certifications and diversity be a solution?
Fortinet released a report which reveals that the cybersecurity skills shortage continues to have multiple challenges and repercussions for organizations, including the …
Ransomware is up and victims are paying
Sophos released a survey and review of real-world ransomware experiences in a report which shows that 66% of organizations surveyed were hit with ransomware in 2021, up from …
Post-pandemic priorities for security leaders
Info-Tech Research Group has published its annual report on the priorities for security leaders. The report combines insights from the 2022 security priorities survey and …
Multi-vector DDoS attacks on the rise, attackers indiscriminate and persistent
Comcast Business published results from a report which provides an overview of the distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack landscape, trends experienced by its customers …
Shadow IT is a top concern related to SaaS adoption
Torii announced a report revealing that 69% of tech executives believe shadow IT is a top concern related to SaaS – or cloud application – adoption. The majority of …
Fraudsters answer security questions better than customers
Pindrop released a report uncovering how companies might be accidentally inviting fraud, threat mongers from the dark web and bad actors better prepared to pass …
41% of businesses had an API security incident last year
In the wake of the digital transformation wave, web application program interfaces (APIs) have experienced exponential growth as the rise of integrated web and mobile-based …
Phishing attacks soar, retail and wholesale most targeted
Zscaler released the findings of a report that reviews 12 months of global phishing data from its security cloud to identify key trends, industries and geographies at risk, …
Backup is key for cyber recovery
Granular and air-gapped backup are critical to data recovery, when, not if, a business falls victim to ransomware. Those are among the key takeaways from an Enterprise …
New threat groups and malware families emerging
Mandiant announced the findings of an annual report that provides timely data and insights based on frontline investigations and remediations of high-impact cyber attacks …
How fast do cybercriminals capitalize on new security weaknesses?
Threat intelligence analysts at Skybox Research Lab uncovered a 42% increase in new ransomware programs targeting known vulnerabilities in 2021. The report revealed how …
Financial leaders grappling with more aggressive and sophisticated attack methods
VMware released a report which takes the pulse of the financial industry’s top CISOs and security leaders on the changing behavior of cybercriminal cartels and the defensive …