Microsoft announced that it has successfully disrupted the botnet network of the Necurs malware, which has infected more than 9 million computers globally, and also hijacked the majority of its infrastructure.The latest botnet takedown was the result of a coordinated operation involving[...]
More than 20% of the sites used for phishing are not detected by current blacklists as malicious, even days after the start of an attack, according to new research published by internet-services firm Akamai.The result is that at least 2.4 million visitors to those websites have encountered a[...]
Historically, the leading way to isolate and organize applications and their dependencies has been to place each application in its own virtual machine (VM). VMs make it possible to run multiple applications on the same physical hardware while keeping conflicts among software components and[...]
Passwords remain the dominant method of authentication and top cause of data breaches, according to MobileIron. A new report also highlighted the importance of a zero trust security strategy that provides context-aware, conditional access to a device or user.EMA surveyed 200 IT and security[...]
UK-based telecommunication provider Virgin Media announced that it has suffered a data leak incident exposing the personal information of roughly 900,000 customers.Virgin Media said the incident was neither a cyber attack nor the company's database was hacked.Rather the personal details of around[...]
Mobile has taken over the web and will continue to push desktop browsing into history. This means that if web businesses don't adapt soon, they'll get pushed out too. The consumerization of technology and rise of mobile adoption in emerging and established markets have driven companies to invest[...]
An alarming number of SMBs (small to medium businesses) in the US and UK are not prepared for a potential cyber attack or breach, BullGuard warns.One-third of companies with 50 or fewer employees report using free, consumer-grade cybersecurity, and one in five companies use no endpoint security[...]
Modern malware is increasingly leveraging evasive behaviors, a new report by VMware Carbon Black released at RSA Conference 2020 has revealed. The report uncovers the top attack tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) seen over the last year and provides specific guidance on ransomware,[...]
New business initiatives and processes have created broader attack surfaces. Applications, users, and devices are moving outside of the traditional corporate zone of control, dissolving what was once the trusted perimeter, and enterprise security and networks must evolve to protect the business.
A staggering 97% of IT leaders say insider breach risk is a significant concern, according to a survey by Egress.78% think employees have put data at risk accidentally in the past 12 months and 75% think employees have put data at risk intentionally. When asked about the implications of these[...]
