
COVID test related scam emails still highly popular among cybercriminals
The Omicron variant has contributed to a 521 per cent rise in COVID test related scam emails between October 2021 and January 2022, according to Barracuda Networks. …

Spike in brand abuse attacks, 3-D Secure transaction volume rising
Outseer has published its latest quarterly Fraud & Payments report, confirming a troubling and massive spike in worldwide brand abuse attacks. The Q4 installment of the …

What is challenging multicloud adoption?
Nutanix announced the findings of its Enterprise Cloud Index (ECI) survey and research report, which measures enterprise progress with cloud adoption. The research showed that …

Digital transformation leaders reaping the fruits of their investments
Financial services firms who invested in next-gen technologies and continued their digital transformation push in 2021 are already experiencing the positive effects of these …

IoT data management market to grow steadily by 2026
35% of the growth will originate from North America for the IoT data management market. The US is the key market for IoT data management in North America. Market growth in …

Week in review: Finding stolen credentials on VirusTotal, BNPL attracting fraudsters
Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, articles and interviews: Google Drive starts warning users about suspicious files Google has …

Stealthy firmware bootkit leveraged by APT in targeted attacks
Kaspersky researchers have uncovered the third known case of a firmware bootkit in the wild. Dubbed MoonBounce, this malicious implant is hidden within Unified Extensible …

Google Drive starts warning users about suspicious files
Google has announced on Thursday that it has started warning users when they open potentially suspicious or dangerous files hosted on Google Drive. “We will display a …

New infosec products of the week: January 21, 2022
Here’s a look at the most interesting products from the past week, featuring releases from Axonius, GrammaTech, Kovrr, SpyCloud, and TAC Security. Kovrr Quantum enables …

How do IT leaders plan to overcome remote work security challenges?
Two years ago, IT leaders were forced into remote work. Many viewed it as a temporary experiment. Today, they see it for what it is: the future of work. And they’ve made it …

Cybersecurity industry trends from 2021 bound to shape this year’s threat landscape
Bugcrowd released its report to spotlight the key cybersecurity trends from 2021, including the rise in the adoption of crowdsourced security due to the global shift to hybrid …

Exposed records exceeded 40 billion in 2021
According to a research by Tenable, at least 40,417,167,937 records were exposed worldwide in 2021, calculated by the analysis of 1,825 breach data incidents publicly …