Physical threats increase as employees return to the office
As COVID-19 vaccinations continue, companies embrace hybrid work, employees return to the office and the U.S. opens up, violence and physical threats to businesses are …
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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 …
XDR: Security’s new frontier
As enterprises transform their IT environment and workforce, finding the right security approach is critical for success. Without the proper protective measures in place, …
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 …
New tool allows organizations to customize their ATT&CK database
MITRE Engenuity has released ATT&CK Workbench, an open source tool that allows organizations to customize their local instance of the MITRE ATT&CK database of cyber …
Digital criminals turn toward vaccines to capitalize on COVID-19
Cybercriminals continue to capitalize on the hysteria and worry caused by COVID-19, both in the physical sphere and digital ecosystem, exploiting the significant global unmet …
Guidance to help cyber threat intelligence analysts apply MITRE ATT&CK
CISA has partnered with the Homeland Security Systems Engineering and Development Institute (HSSEDI), which worked with the MITRE ATT&CK team, to issue guidance to help …
What happens after a malicious email reaches employees’ inboxes?
On average, it takes three and half days (83 hours) from the moment a malicious email attack lands in an employees inbox, to when it is discovered by a security team or …
Threat intelligence: The biggest blind spot for CISOs
More than 90 percent of CISOs rely on outdated, report-based threat intelligence that is often too old to inform decisions, according to Cybersixgill. The survey also found …
3.4 billion credential stuffing attacks hit financial services organizations
Akamai published a report that provides an analysis of both global and financial services-specific web application and credential stuffing attack traffic, revealing …
How prepared is the intelligence community to tackle possible threats?
Human psychology is complex. It’s a dynamic and sometimes contradictory system. Compounding this problem is the rapid progress of technology and social media, toppling …
The benefits of cyber threat intelligence
In this Help Net Security podcast, Maurits Lucas, Director of Intelligence Solutions at Intel 471, discusses the benefits of cyber threat intelligence. He also talks about how …
