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Millions of Email based Cyber Attacks missed by organizations

CyberSecurity Insiders

Barracuda Email Threat Scanner was used to scan the computer networks of 4550 organizations and out 2,600,531 mailboxes, over 2,029,413 were found to be targeted by unique cyber attacks. Spear phishing threats are more severe, as it involves a lot of sophistication by hackers and often go undetected by email gateways.

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2020 Hindsight – Top 10 Highlights from McAfee

McAfee

2020 has been a tumultuous and unpredictable year, where we restructured our lives and redefined how we work and interact with each other. Although 2020 has undoubtedly been a year of trials and tribulations, I wanted to share some of McAfee’s top highlights. New Global Managed Detection and Response Platform. Learn more here.

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No time to dwell

IT Security Guru

But while lowering cyber threat dwell times always help, until you lower them to under a few hours or days, many cyber-attacks will still succeed. Often, successful cyber-attacks happen in minutes or hours. This is good for defenders from a detection standpoint. Succeed in minutes or days . .

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Cybersecurity in 2022, Predictions for digital ecosystem facing more challenges and sophisticated threats

CyberSecurity Insiders

Also, that threat actors, especially state-sponsored, and criminal enterprises would take advantage of the expanding cyber-attack surface by using their resources to employ more sophisticated means for discovering target vulnerabilities, automating phishing, and finding new deceptive paths for infiltrating malware. forbes.com).

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Proactive Intelligence: A Paradigm Shift In Cyber Defense

Security Boulevard

Traditionally, cybersecurity has been a reactive game: We respond to cyber threats as they arise, analyze the incidents, add pertinent information to “deny lists”, and update stakeholders on “what happened.” million — 15% more than it was in 2020. It may sound difficult, but change always sounds hard at first.

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Rising volume of email fatigue opens doors for Cybercriminals

CyberSecurity Insiders

How email-based cyber attacks work. Email-based attacks are not a new problem. For example, some of the most notorious email-related cyber attacks of the 1990s came through the propagation of the Melissa virus. The Revere Health data breach was small scale compared to the 2020 MEDNAX data breach. Conclusion.

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5 holiday Cybersecurity tips retailers need this year

CyberSecurity Insiders

Retailers are becoming more vulnerable to cyber threats, especially as the industry continues to digitize and more e-commerce businesses emerge. More technology being used to increase operational efficiency means retailers face a higher risk of cyber incidents. About 24% of all 2020 breaches were aimed at retailers.

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