Articles Tagged with ''cyber attacks''

Schools hit hard by ransomware attacks this fall with no end in sight

K-12 schools have been hit hard with cybersecurity breaches this fall with no end in sight

December 4, 2020

The past couple of weeks, K-12 schools were hit hard with ransomware attacks. This week follows a tumultuous fall, full of cyber breaches and ransomware attacks that have hit schools across the U.S. and it has garnered government attention.

The 2020 Cyber-Espionage Report pulls seven years of data to determine threat actors, motives and actions

November 18, 2020

Verizon’s 2020 Cyber-Espionage Report (CER) draws from seven years of Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report (DBIR) content, and more than 14 years of Verizon Threat Research Advisory Center (VTRAC) Cyber-Espionage data breach response expertise. The CER serves as a guide for cybersecurity professionals looking to bolster their organization’s cyber defense and posture and incident response (IR) capabilities against cyberattacks.

social engineering attacks and how to thwart them

Avoid social engineering attacks and protect employees

Adam Jackson

November 11, 2020

One type of social engineering attack is the personalized-message, which often ends up in the hands of the CEO or another executive who would have access to sensitive files and information. Until recently, email was the dominant medium by a wide margin. However, recently, attackers have started to move to social media and text messages. What can you do about it?

Bot attacks cost fraud prevention security professionals a lot of money

One in four enterprises say a single bot attack has cost them $500,000 or more in the past year

November 5, 2020

Estimated at 40% of all internet traffic, bots perform a variety of both critical and criminal operations. The sophistication of emerging bots is creating problems for traditional detection tools.

London experiences spike in cyber crime since COVID

UK sees a 31% increase in cyber crime amid the pandemic

October 23, 2020

U.K. businesses have lost over £6.2 million to cyber scams over the past year - with a 31% increase in cases during the height of the pandemic (May-June), new research shows.

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.

ON DEMAND: Business-impacting events such as severe weather, man-made disasters, and supply chain disruption are increasing in frequency and making impacts around the globe.

Video analytics has come a long way in the past two years. Improvements to edge-based data algorithms have helped companies like Public Storage reduce the number of false alarms and protect properties better than ever before.