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60% of Businesses Have Experienced a Serious Security Breach in the Last Two Years

There is an increase in security breaches and businesses still face challenges surrounding cyberattacks due to lack of IT security and operations basics.

AWS Unveils Amazon Managed Blockchain to Easily Create, Manage, and Scale Blockchain Networks

Amazon Web Services, an Amazon.com company, announced the general availability of Amazon Managed Blockchain, a fully managed service that makes it easy to create and manage scalable blockchain networks.

Industry Report: Bad Bot Landscape 2019 - The Bot Arms Race Continues

GlobalDots’ Bad Bot Landscape 2019 report investigates the daily attacks that sneak past sensors and wreak havoc on websites. It’s based on 2018 data collected from GlobalDots’ global network and includes hundreds of billions of bad bot requests anonymized over thousands of domains. Our goal is to[...]

Docker Hub Suffers a Data Breach, Asks Users to Reset Password

Docker Hub, one of the largest cloud-based libraries of Docker container images, has suffered a data breach after an unknown attacker gained access to the company's single Hub database.

Researchers Develop New Technique to Identify Malware in Embedded Systems

A technique for detecting types of malware that use a system’s architecture to thwart traditional security measures has been developed by researchers from North Carolina State University and the University of Texas at Austin. The new detection approach works by tracking power fluctuations in[...]

Global Spending on Digital Transformation to Reach $1.18 Trillion in 2019

Enterprises around the world are making significant investments in the technologies and services that enable the digital transformation (DX) of their business models, products and services, and organizations.

Cybercriminals are Becoming More Methodical and Adaptive

Cybercriminals are deviating towards a more focused approach against targets by using better obfuscation techniques and improved social engineering skills as organizations improve in areas such as time to detection and response to threats, according to Trustwave.

Serverless Computing vs Containers: Which Should You Use?

Both serverless computing and containers enable developers to build applications with far less overhead and more flexibility than applications hosted on traditional servers or virtual machines. Which style of architecture a developer should use depends on the needs of the application, but[...]

Attackers are Weaponizing More Vulnerabilities Than Ever Before

2018 had the most weaponized vulnerabilities ever (177), which represents a 139% increase compared to 2017, according to the RiskSense latest report.

6 Takeaways from Ransomware Attacks in Q1

Ransomware attacks may be declining in number but almost every other metric related to the threat is trending upward: higher ransom payments, more downtime loss, and longer recovery time.