SecureList

OCTOBER 20, 2021

Back in 2016, the primary focus of our expert was on major cybergangs that targeted financial institutions, banks in particular. This browser attack chain, popular in 2016, is no longer possible. Then and now: a comparison of how cybercrime groups looked in 2016 vs 2021. Change of targets.

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Joseph Steinberg

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

While it has long been believed that quantum computers could potentially undermine the integrity of various forms of encryption, in 1994, an American mathematician by the name of Peter Shor showed how a quantum algorithm could quickly solve integer factorization problems – transforming a theoretical risk into a time bomb.

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The Last Watchdog

MARCH 14, 2019

So they began inundating their third-party suppliers with “bespoke assessments” – customized cyber risk audits that were time consuming and redundant. Kneip also painted the wider context about why effective third-party cyber risk management is an essential ingredient to baking-in security at a foundational level.

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eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 27, 2021

In a developing market, third-party risk management (TPRM) software and tools could be the answer to helping organizations fill the gap. This article looks at the top third-party risk management vendors and tools and offers a look into TPRM solutions and what buyers should consider before purchasing. Aravo TPRM.

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Security Boulevard

DECEMBER 6, 2023

SALT LAKE CITY, — Ostrich Cyber-Risk (Ostrich) , a pioneer and prestigious provider of cyber-risk management solutions, is excited to announce a partnership with C-Risk , a leading service provider of cyber risk management in Europe. Learn more here.

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Malwarebytes

APRIL 16, 2025

This is the same technology that now flirts with people online for you and automatically writes heartfelt consolatory emails on behalf of heartless administrators. We dont just report on threatswe remove them Cybersecurity risks should never spread beyond a headline. Good bots accounted for just 14% of the internet’s traffic.

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The Last Watchdog

JUNE 2, 2022

Third-Party Risk Management ( TPRM ) has been around since the mid-1990s – and has become something of an auditing nightmare. Related: A call to share risk assessments. This is because third-party risk has become a huge problem for enterprises in the digital age. Cyber risks profiling. This alone was a huge improvement.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 11, 2021

Fitch Ratings is warning that cyberattacks could pose a risk to water and sewer utilities potentially impacting their ability to repay debt. Fitch Ratings published an alert last week to warn of the “material risk” to water and sewer utilities caused by cyber attacks that could also impact their ability to repay debt.

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Security Affairs

MARCH 1, 2019

Canadian media revealed that in November 2016, the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) was a hit by a large-scale cyberattack. Anthony Philbin, ICAO’s chief of communications, attempted to reassure the community following the disclosure of the attack that has happened in 2016. James Wan. “The Pierluigi Paganini.

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The Last Watchdog

JANUARY 30, 2019

Related: Atrium Health breach highlights third-party risks. Third-party cyber risks are likely to persist at the current scale for a while longer. According to a recent Ponemon Institute study , some 59% of companies experienced a third-party data breach in 2018, yet only 16% believe they are effectively mitigating third-party risk.

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Cisco Security

APRIL 11, 2022

Kenna Security maps out the vulnerabilities in your environment and prioritizes the order in which you should address them based on a risk score. With this initial integration, Secure Endpoint customers can now perform risk-based endpoint security. Figure 1: Kenna Risk Score in the Secure Endpoint console.

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The Last Watchdog

AUGUST 18, 2021

billion in 2016, for instance. There are simple steps consumers can take today, for free, to lower their overall risk of a cyber attack, including using multi-factor authentication for their accounts and using strong passwords. A lot of water has flowed under the bridge since then. billion in 2017; Avast acquired AVG for $1.3

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Schneier on Security

JUNE 14, 2023

But do we really want to entrust this revolutionary technology solely to a small group of US tech companies? Facebook lied about how it enabled Russian interference in the 2016 US presidential election and paid a public relations firm to blame Google and George Soros instead.

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Schneier on Security

JANUARY 13, 2020

Presidential campaign season is officially, officially , upon us now, which means it's time to confront the weird and insidious ways in which technology is warping politics. The risk arises from two separate threads coming together: artificial intelligence-driven text generation and social media chatbots.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

The issue is that these tens of billions of new devices will likely amplify the inherent security risks of IoT. That’s precisely what happened in the case of Dyn back in October 2016. Invest in the right technology. billion in number and generate 79.4 zettabytes (ZB) of data by 2025.

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SecureWorld News

JANUARY 12, 2025

A 2022 PwC study found that 59% of directors admitted their board is not very effective in understanding the drivers and impacts of cyber risks for their organization, emphasizing the critical role of board members in these moments. For example, consider whether the risk committee or an ad hoc task force is best suited to manage the incident.

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Adam Levin

JULY 24, 2020

A similar campaign in 2016 was used to spread malware to anyone who had the bad luck of typing Netflix.om The risk posed by this sort of hack on a business’s reputation is also worth noting. As in virtually every cyber risk, one path to risk mitigation here is education and training. and Citibank.om (.om

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Krebs on Security

JANUARY 22, 2019

But as he began digging deeper, Guilmette came to the conclusion that the spammers were exploiting an obscure — albeit widespread — weakness among hosting companies, cloud providers and domain registrars that was first publicly detailed in 2016. EARLY WARNING SIGNS. National Association ; Viacom International ; and Walgreens. .

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The Last Watchdog

AUGUST 22, 2019

Shifting requirements One way to understand the security hazards is to think about the radical changes being imposed on the traditional enterprise technology stack. The massive transformation that’s happening right now introduces a lot of risk. it’s almost a perfect storm.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

NOVEMBER 22, 2017

In 2016, 108.5 In addition, the increasing speed of technology innovation has lead to a broader diversity of payment methods in recent years with new platforms for mobile payments continuing to be deployed. The post ‘Tis the season for proliferating payment options…and risk appeared first on Data Security Blog | Thales e-Security.

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 14, 2019

Founded in 2016 by cryptography experts from the Israeli Intelligence Corps’ elite 8200 cyber unit, Silverfort is backed by leading investors in cybersecurity technologies. If it is low risk, it will let the user through. I had the chance to catch up with Dana Tamir, Silverfort’s vice president of market strategy, at RSA 2019.

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 7, 2022

Vaibhav Narayanam, who is the Director of Corporate Development & Venture Investments at ServiceNow, invests in a variety of technologies. We continue to look for technologies that foster secure and compliant use of data at the operational speed today’s businesses require.”. GRC and risk measurement. Ransomware.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 29, 2020

The campaign is active since at least April 2020, but experts found some samples that suggest the attacks begun at least December 2016. In October 2016, Chenkuo Technology announced a partnership with Aisino for “big data cooperation. ” The backdoor is digitally signed by a company named Chenkuo Network Technology.

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The Last Watchdog

MARCH 1, 2019

This, in short, is the multi-headed hydra enterprises must tame in order to mitigate rising cyber risks. Demisto launched in May 2016. Its backers include the Maryland Technology Development Corporation (TEDCO,) and Kluz Ventures. Smart money. Enter SOAR, the acronym for “security operations, analytics and reporting.”

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Malwarebytes

MARCH 28, 2024

The document mentions Facebook’s so-called In-App Action Panel (IAAP) program, which existed between June 2016 and approximately May 2019. Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) is a standard security technology for establishing an encrypted link between a server and a client. We’ll keep you updated on how this develops.

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SecureList

JULY 14, 2021

We have witnessed Grandoreiro’s campaigns since at least 2016, with the attackers regularly improving techniques, striving to stay undetected and active for longer periods of time. Kaspersky technologies detect both families as Trojan-Banker.Win32.Grandoreiro Grandoreiro and Trojan-Banker.Win32.Melcoz.

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Security Affairs

JULY 28, 2020

The FBI has issued an alert to warn US organizations of the risk associated with the use of Chinese tax software that could be infected with malware. The Federal Bureau of Investigation has issued an alert to inform organizations in the United States of the risk associated with the use of Chinese tax software. ” reads the alert.

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Security Boulevard

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

One of the least technologically sophisticated cyberattacks, business email compromise (BEC), is also one of the most damaging. According to the FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3), there were 241,206 business email compromise incidents between 2016 and 2021, with combined global business losses of $43,312,749,946.

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Adam Levin

OCTOBER 2, 2020

Ads with false or conflicted claims about health risks associated with in-person voting. Facebook came under heavy scrutiny and criticism both as a company and as a platform during the 2016 U.S. Ads prematurely claiming victory for political candidates. Ads announcing changes to voting dates or mechanisms not permitted by federal law.

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eSecurity Planet

DECEMBER 17, 2021

API-based inline deployment for fast risk scoring, behavioral analysis , and detection. Risk assessment, rating, and categorization for cloud applications. Forcepoint has added to its CASB offerings with technology acquisitions from Imperva and Bitglass. Discovery, risking scoring, and usage data for cloud applications.

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Security Affairs

JANUARY 21, 2020

What the NSA states is real: CVE-2020-0601 exposes companies to high risks. In fact, CurveBall enables attackers to trick Windows 10, Windows Server 2016 and Windows Server 2019, to impersonate other trusted parties such as Microsoft itself, resulting in being successfully cryptographically verified by the vulnerable hosts.

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The Last Watchdog

APRIL 18, 2019

Imposing just the right touch of policies and procedures towards mitigating cyber risks is a core challenge facing any company caught up in digital transformation. Brinqa was founded in 2009 by Amad Fida and Hilda Perez, industry veterans seeking to leverage their collective expertise in risk management and identity and access management.

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eSecurity Planet

APRIL 26, 2022

Company Sector Year Status Vicarius Vulnerability management 2022 Private Dragos ICS and OT security 2021 Private Safeguard Cyber Risk management 2021 Private CyberGRX Risk management 2019 Private Signifyd Fraud protection 2018 Private RedOwl Security analytics 2015 Acquired: Forcepoint. AllegisCyber Investments. EEP Investments.

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Duo's Security Blog

OCTOBER 11, 2023

billion credentials were leaked between 2016 and 2020? When connected to an SSO solution, passwordless technology removes credentials from the login process altogether. Managing third-party risk is tricky, but not impossible. .* And be sure to catch all the action in Marvel Studios’ The Marvels , only in theaters November 10th!

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Schneier on Security

APRIL 20, 2018

They're computers -- often ancient computers running operating systems no longer supported by the manufacturers -- and they don't have any magical security technology that the rest of the industry isn't privy to. In 2016, someone changed the party affiliation of hundreds of voters before the Republican primary.

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eSecurity Planet

JULY 8, 2022

Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology. The NIST contest began in 2016, with the goal of improving general encryption and digital signatures. Quantum technology is accelerating—and with it, the quantum threat. Technological acceleration can happen in the blink of an eye.

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 24, 2022

The company develops software that helps organizations of any size get an accurate security exposure risk assessment. This is done by using native security technology and analytics that allow for attack surface management, continuous red teaming, breach & attack simulation and advanced purple teaming. What is being protected?

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