Articles Tagged with ''information security''

ransomware

Cybercriminals exploited pandemic with shift to targeted, sophisticated attacks

Malwarebytes announced the findings of its annual “State of Malware” report. The latest report explores how the global pandemic forced many employees to quickly become a remote workforce and confined consumers to their homes. In the wake of this change, cybercriminals ditched many of their old tactics, placing a new emphasis on gathering intelligence, and exploiting and preying upon fears with targeted and sophisticated attacks. As a result, the State of Malware Report found a notable shift in the devices targeted and strategies deployed by cybercriminals.


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cloud security

How cloud desktops can help your security posture

Jimmy Chang
Jimmy Chang
Risk assessment is a key element of any discussion around security and the cloud. Security is measured in terms of how much risk there is of something happening – and nothing is without risk. So, when it comes to evaluating a move to cloud desktops, companies are really looking at how it will reduce risk.
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Businesses expect more COVID-related phishing attacks in 2021

The top 25 most phished brands

INKY processed 656,954,951 emails in 2020. From this data, they ranked the top 25 most-phished brands during 2020. In round numbers, that’s two-thirds of a billion.
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school safety

CISA and CYBER.ORG partner to deliver cyber safety video series

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and CYBER.ORG jointly announce a cyber safety video series to help those learning or working online take proactive steps to protect themselves and their business. CYBER.ORG is a cybersecurity workforce development organization that targets K-12 students with cyber career awareness, curricular resources, and teacher professional development.
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network security cyber

Enterprise SIEMs unprepared for 84% of MITRE ATT&CK tactics and techniques

Organizations invest more than $3 billion annually on SIEM software and expect this investment to result in comprehensive threat coverage. However, an analysis of live SIEM deployments across select CardinalOps customers in multiple industry verticals, including healthcare and financial services, reveals that the threat coverage remains far below what organizations expect and what SIEM and detection tools can provide. Worse, organizations are often unaware of the gap between the theoretical security they assume they have and the actual security they get in practice, creating a false impression of their security posture.
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data breach

Researchers discover exposed Comcast database containing 1.5 billion records

The WebsitePlanet research team in cooperation with security researcher Jeremiah Fowler discovered a non-password protected database that contained more than 1.5 billion records. The database belonged to American cable and internet giant Comcast, and the  publicly visible records included dashboard permissions, logging, client IPs, @comcast email addresses, and hashed passwords. 
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5 mins with Sarah Tatsis

5 minutes with Sarah Tatsis - Why women are needed in the ongoing fight against cybercriminals

Maria Henriquez

A new study by (ISC)², conducted in 2020, revealed that the cybersecurity profession experienced substantial growth in its global ranks, increasing to 3.5 million individuals currently working in the field, an addition of 700,000 professionals or 25% more than last year’s workforce estimate. The research also indicates a corresponding decrease in the global workforce shortage, now down to 3.12 million from the 4.07 million shortage reported last year. Data suggests that employment in the field now needs to grow by approximately 41% in the U.S. and 89% worldwide in order to fill the talent gap, which remains a top concern of professionals.  Security experts, like Sarah Tatsis, VP of Advanced Technology Development Labs at BlackBerry, believe women can help solve the cybersecurity workforce shortage. Here, we speak to Tatsis about why women are needed and valued in the ongoing fight against cybercriminals.


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cyber love

Tinder achieves certification for its information security management system

Tinder becomes first dating app to be recognized for comprehensive information security practices in accordance with internationally accepted standards
Tinder, the world’s most popular app for meeting new people, has achieved certification for its Information Security Management System (ISMS) under the ISO/IEC 27001:2013 standard following an extensive impartial external audit — becoming the first app in its category to achieve a certification decision for this globally recognized security standard. 
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