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Qualys VMDR: Discover, prioritize, and patch critical vulnerabilities in real time

April 7, 2020

In this podcast, Prateek Bhajanka, VP of Product Management, Vulnerability Management, Detection and Response at Qualys, discusses how you can significantly accelerate an …

Cybercrime and disinformation during the pandemic

April 6, 2020

Cybercrime is evolving since criminals have been quick to seize opportunities to exploit the pandemic by adapting their tactics and engaging in new criminal activities. …

While nearly 90% of companies are backing up data, only 41% do it daily

April 3, 2020

42% of companies experienced a data loss event that resulted in downtime last year, according to Acronis. That high number is likely caused by the fact that while nearly 90% …

Large number of mobile apps may be vulnerable to hacking

April 2, 2020

A team of cybersecurity researchers has discovered that a large number of mobile apps contain hardcoded secrets allowing others to access private data or block content …

Distributed disruption: Coronavirus multiplies the risk of severe cyberattacks

March 31, 2020

The coronavirus pandemic is upending everything we know. As the tally of infected people grows by the hour, global healthcare, economic, political, and social systems are …

RDP and VPN use soars, increasing enterprise cyber risk

March 30, 2020

As COVID-19 slowly spread across the globe, consumer demand for commercial virtual private network (VPN) services has soared – both for security reasons and for …

Government-backed cyber attackers increasingly targeting journalists

March 27, 2020

Since the start of the year, journalists and news outlets have become preferred targets of government-backed cyber attackers, Google’s Threat Analysis Group (TAG) has noticed. …

Across-the-board increase in DDoS attacks of all sizes

March 27, 2020

There has been a 168% increase in DDoS attacks in Q4 2019, compared with Q4 2018, and a 180% increase overall in 2019 vs. 2018, according to Neustar. The company saw DDoS …

Five steps to maintain business continuity during the coronavirus pandemic

March 25, 2020

A five-phase strategic and systematic approach to strengthen the resilience of organizations’ current business models is key to business continuity during the coronavirus …

Increasing number of false positives causing risk of alert fatigue

March 24, 2020

More than two-fifths (43%) of organizations experience false positive alerts in more than 20% of cases, while 15% reported more than half of their security alerts are false …

The human element in security is still needed to combat application vulnerabilities

March 13, 2020

While over half of organizations use artificial intelligence or machine learning in their security stack, nearly 60 percent are still more confident in cyberthreat findings …

IRS scams during tax season target unsuspecting consumers

March 11, 2020

Scam robocalls and phishing emails disguised as banks continue to trick consumers to put their personal information at risk, and tax season is no exception. Increase in …

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