Businesses recognize the need for AI & ML tools in cybersecurity
71 percent of businesses surveyed in the United States plan to use more artificial intelligence and machine learning (AI/ML) in their cybersecurity tools this year, although …
How susceptible are hospital employees to phishing attacks?
Cybersecurity threats are a rising problem in society, especially for healthcare organizations. Successful attacks can jeopardize not only patient data but also patient care, …
IT managers can’t ignore endpoints because most cyberattacks start there
IT managers are more likely to catch cybercriminals on their organization’s servers and networks than anywhere else, according to the 7 Uncomfortable Truths of Endpoint …
Hidden third-party tags could be leaving Fortune 100 companies at risk
Crownpeak found more than 1,700 tag redirectson websites belonging to companies in the Fortune 100. These hidden third-party tags leave the sites open to potential data …
Cybersecurity skills gap worsens, security teams are understaffed
As emerging technology and threat landscapes experience rapid transformation, the skillsets need to change as well. 80 percent of 336 IT security professionals Dimensional …
Growing mobile cybersecurity incidents spur plans for increased security investment
A majority of RSA attendees plan to spend more on mobile security in the coming year, Lookout has discovered. Since critical data has moved to the cloud, employees are able to …
For enterprises, malware is the most expensive type of attack
The cost to companies from malware and “malicious insider”-related cyberattacks jumped 12 percent in 2018 and accounted for one-third of all cyberattack costs, according to …
How are execs tackling cyber risk that comes with digital transformation?
There are notable gaps in organizations’ abilities to meet cybersecurity demands for the future, according to a new Deloitte survey. The report highlights the dissonance …
Organizations still ignoring a large piece of their cybersecurity defense
Organizations have long focused their cybersecurity positioning around prevention; however, with the sophistication and frequency of attacks increasing, more organizations are …
Users are too confident in their protection from threats
Most users care about online privacy and take some steps to make sure their data is protected, a new Malwarebytes survey has revealed. But some protection measures are too …
Attack traffic increased by 32 percent in 2018
Attack traffic observed by F-Secure’s network of decoy honeypots in 2018 increased by 32 percent over the previous year and increased fourfold in the latter half of 2018 …
How malware traverses your network without you knowing about it
A research report has been released which, based on observed attack data over the second half of 2018 (2H 2018), reveals the command-and-control and lateral activities of …
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