What makes small and medium-sized businesses vulnerable to BEC attacks
According to the FBI’s 2021 Internet Crime Report, business email compromise (BEC) accounted for almost a third of the country’s $6.9 billion in cyber losses that year – …
Google ads increasingly pointing to malware
The FBI has recently warned the public about search engine ads pushing malware diguised as legitimate software – an old tactic that has lately resulted in too many …
Threats that will dominate headlines in 2023
In this Help Net Security video, MacKenzie Jackson, Developer Advocate at GitGuardian, offers his cybersecurity predictions for 2023. These include: Developers will be a …
The most significant DDoS attacks in the past year
DDoS attacks are getting larger and more complex moving towards mobile networks and IoT, which are now used in cyberwarfare. In this Help Net Security video, Steve Winterfeld, …
Reported phishing attacks have quintupled
The third quarter of 2022, APWG observed 1,270,883 total phishing attacks — is the worst quarter for phishing that APWG has ever observed. The total for August 2022 was …
Threat predictions for 2023: From hacktivism to cyberwar
When it comes to 2023 threat predictions, Trellix anticipates spikes in geopolitically motivated attacks across Asia and Europe, hacktivism fueled by tensions from opposing …
Ransomware predictions for 2023
In this Help Net Security video, Dave Trader, Field CISO at Presidio, talks about the evolution of ransomware attacks and outlines what we can expect in 2023. The lack of …
Executives take more cybersecurity risks than office workers
Ivanti worked with cybersecurity experts and surveyed 6,500 executive leaders, cybersecurity professionals, and office workers to understand the perception of today’s …
3 major threat detection methods explained
The importance of threat detection cannot be overstated. A recent Verizon study revealed that the top discovery method (more than 50%) for breaches is in fact disclosure by …
33% of attacks in the cloud leverage credential access
Elastic released the 2022 Elastic Global Threat Report, detailing the evolving nature of cybersecurity threats, as well as the increased sophistication of cloud and …
Cybercriminals are cashing in on FIFA World Cup-themed cyberattacks
The hype and popularity of the FIFA World Cup has attracted audiences from across the globe. And this, in turn attracts a variety of cybercriminals, who want to exploit the …
The emergence of zero trust consumers
A survey report from Daon shows 92% of consumers believe that cybersecurity threats will continue to outpace cybersecurity technology, with 91% willing to take extra security …