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[...]
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[...]
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,[...]
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[...]
Cloud-enabled cyberattacks are ramping up, as indicated in a new Netskope study that found 44% of security threats use cloud services in various stages of the kill chain. Attackers are targeting popular cloud apps and services to exploit the growing trust in commonly used enterprise platforms.[...]
A new report shows the scale of ransomware's harm and the growth of that damage year-over-year -- an average of $141,000 per incident.No one questions that a ransomware attack is a bad thing. But a new report doesn't just confirm that these encryption assaults are bad, it also quantifies the $11.5[...]
44% of malicious threats are cloud enabled, meaning that cybercriminals see the cloud as an effective method for subverting detection, according to Netskope.89% of enterprise users are in the cloud, actively using at least one cloud app every day. Cloud storage, collaboration, and webmail apps are[...]
Business email compromise (BEC) attacks cost organizations an estimated $1.77 billion in losses in 2019, reports the FBI, which received a total of 23,775 complaints related to this threat.The FBI's Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) this week released its "2019 Internet Crime Report," which[...]
