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Remote work costs companies between $5 and $10 million

The cost of an unsecure remote environment to your organization? $5 to 10M

October 13, 2020

New research, The Cybersecurity in the Remote Work Era: A Global Risk Report, dives into the new challenges that organizations face in preventing, detecting and containing cybersecurity attacks in today’s unpredictable environment.

Thirty-five percent of high-risk security operations incidents happen after most employees are offline for the day

October 6, 2020

A new report, the 2020 Security Operations Report from Arctic Wolf, is pulling back the curtain on some lesser known trends in their new security operations threat report, which details security trends in operations since the start of the pandemic.

Small businesses don't think cyberattacks are a threat

Top targets for cybercriminals do not recognize they are at risk

October 1, 2020

Though nearly half of cyberattacks are aimed at small businesses, only 37% of small business owners reported believing they are at risk to fall victim to a cyberattack.

Conn. public schools forced to close from ransomware attack

Hartford, Connecticut public schools' first day delayed from ransomware attack

September 8, 2020

Hartford, Conn. city officials were forced to postpone the first day of school set for Tuesday, Sept. 8, after a ransomware virus caused an outage of critical systems.

Simulates Attacks on Networks to Test Responses, Security Levels

City of New Orleans Will Take Months to Recover From Cyber Attack

January 21, 2020

The City of New Orleans, La. says the recent cyber attack on its networks will cost more than seven million dollars.

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Texas Agencies Seeing 10,000 Attempted Cyber Attacks per Minute From Iran

January 9, 2020

Texas Governor Greg Abbott says that as many as 10,000 attempted attacks per minute from Iran had been detected over the past two days on state agency networks.

Adaptation Is Key to Determining Network Resilience in Cyberattacks, Study Finds

January 6, 2020

A new study shows that traditional markers of a computer network's resilience are not solely effective in determining its ability to accomplish missions.

Cyberattacks, Application Vulnerabilities Increase by 40 Percent in September 2019

October 23, 2019

In the month of September, there was a 40-percent increase in total cyberattacks compared to August, returning to July levels, according to a Contrast Labs September 2019 AppSec Intelligence Report.

Chicago Brokerage to Pay $1.5 Million Fine for Lack of Cybersecurity

September 16, 2019

A Chicago-based futures brokerage will pay $1.5 million for letting cyber criminals breach the firm’s email systems and withdraw $1 million from a customer’s account.