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Cybercriminals Continue to Evolve the Sophistication of Their Attack Methods

Cybercriminals continue to evolve the sophistication of their attack methods, from tailored ransomware and custom coding for some attacks, to living-off-the-land (LoTL) or sharing infrastructure to maximize their opportunities, according to the Fortinet latest report.

Consumer IoT Devices Are Compromising Enterprise Networks

Consumer-grade Internet of Things (IoT) devices continue to multiply within enterprise networks, according to a new report out today that shows these IoT devices open up organizations to a wide range of attacks.

Ransomware and Malware Attacks Decline, Attackers Adopting Covert Tactics

There has been a major decline in ransomware and malware attacks, with Ireland having some of the lowest rates globally, according to the latest report released by Microsoft.

78% of Consumers Say Online Companies Must Protect Their Info

More than three-quarters of US consumers strongly agree that companies need to protect their information, a 16% increase over last year, according to a comprehensive study of online consumer behavior.

Hackers Still Outpace Breach Detection, Containment Efforts

Research shows time to discovery and containment of breaches slowly shrinking, but attackers don't need a very big window to do a lot of damage.

How the 281 Data Breaches in Q1 2019 Will Impact Companies

High-profile data breaches show no sign of slowing down. In the first quarter of 2019, there were 281 reported data breaches, exposing more than 4.53 billion records.

What Bad Bots Do (and How You Can Stop Them)

Bad bots scrape data from sites without permission in order to reuse it (e.g., pricing, inventory levels) and gain a competitive edge. The truly nefarious ones undertake criminal activities, such as fraud and outright theft.

3 Months, 1900 Reported Breaches, 1.9 Billion Records Exposed

There were 1,903 publicly disclosed data compromise events in the first three months of the year, exposing over 1.9 billion records, according to Risk Based Security.

CloudBees and AWS Enabling Customers to Deploy CloudBees Core in an AWS Environment

CloudBees, the enterprise DevOps leader powering the continuous economy, announced at the AWS Summit in London the availability of the CloudBees AWS Quick Start solution comprised of CloudBees Core and Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) Spot Instances.

Huge DDoS Attacks Shift Tactics in 2019

Analysis of two high-volume DDoS attacks show they're becoming more difficult to remediate with changes to port and address strategies.