Pulse Secure VPN servers are being targeted by cybercriminals who use the REvil (Sodinokibi) ransomware to extort large organizations.

The Air Force is looking for industry help in securing security and industrial control systems networks on its bases.

The pace of change in cybersecurity is quickening as technologies like 5G and artificial intelligence enable new services, products and modes of communication.

The Information Security Forum (ISF) has announced the organization’s outlook for the top global security threats that businesses will face in 2020.

The Internet of Things (IoT) is living up to the hype. There are more than 20 billion end devices already networked through the Internet, with this number increasing more than three times by the year. In the process, end devices are becoming increasingly more intelligent and efficient, fueled by progress being made in artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning and even 5G, the new mobile phone technology, which creates the required bandwidths for data transfer in the IoT.

The Information Security Forum (ISF) announced the release of Securing the IoT: Taming the Connected World, a report that helps security professionals better understand the security implications of the Internet of Things.

Only 17 percent of banks have succeeded in digitally transforming at scale, according to the 2019 Innovation in Retail Banking report. 

In the first three quarters of 2019, 7.2 billion malware attacks were launched, as well as 151.9 million ransomware attacks, marking 15 percent and five percent year-over-year declines, respectively.