Short-staffed SOCs struggle to gain visibility into cloud activities
Enterprises have a limited number of analysts running their security operations centers (SOCs) and are deploying multiple tools in an attempt to address their cloud security …
The next cyber threat may come from within
71% of business executives worry about accidental internal staff error as one of the top threats facing their companies, almost on par with concern about outside attackers …
As the anti-money laundering perimeter expands, who needs to be compliant, and how?
Anti-money laundering (AML) policies are getting stronger as countries crack down on any opportunity criminals might have to take advantage of services and resources to …
Mix of legacy OT and connected technologies creates security gaps
Rising threats to vehicles and industrial operational technology (OT) have led a growing number of enterprises worldwide to invest in advanced technologies and services to …
Insider attacks becoming more frequent, more difficult to detect
Insider threats are a top concern at organizations of all kinds; only 3% of respondents surveyed are not concerned with insider risk, according to Gurucul. With responses from …
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 …
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