SecureList

JULY 21, 2021

As cyberattacks become more sophisticated, and security solutions require more resources to analyze the huge amount of data gathered every day, many organizations feel the need for advanced security services that can deal with this growing complexity in real time, 24/7. Data processing pipeline and security operations.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

February 24, 2021 – Netwrix, a cybersecurity vendor that makes data security easy , today announced findings for the healthcare sector from its global 2021 Netwrix Cloud Data Security Report. . The post 39% of Healthcare Organizations Suffered Ransomware Attacks in the Cloud in 2020 appeared first on Cybersecurity Insiders.

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Cytelligence

JANUARY 14, 2020

While we saw the threat landscape change in 2019 with even more sophisticated attacks, we predict 2020 to be even more extreme. How can I protect my business in 2020? Cyber Security Awareness Training . The post Cybersecurity in 2020 appeared first on Cytelligence. Containment and preservation of evidence.

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Security Boulevard

MARCH 3, 2021

I am not sure if you noticed or not, but 2020 was a strange year. The post Intel Illustrates Its Focus on Transparency in Security with 2020 Product Security Report appeared first on TechSpective. The net result is that there were a variety of repercussions from [.].

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Spinone

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

Perhaps, KnowBe4’s best-known course is Kevin Mitnick’s security awareness training , which helps your colleagues to learn about spam, phishing, ransomware, and ways to protect your data against these threats. Backup Demo The post Phishing Awareness Training: Best Providers 2020 first appeared on SpinOne.

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Veracode Security

MAY 18, 2023

The Slow Burn: From L0pht’s Testimony to Government Action L0pht’s 1998 testimony set the stage for the next 25 years of internet security awareness. Even my 2003 testimony to Congress still proved that we have a long way to go in building secure software. However, it took years for change to start happening.

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Javvad Malik

DECEMBER 4, 2020

Following on from last weeks post in which I summed up my top 5 blogs of the year , the sequel that one person asked me for was, what were the most watched videos of mine during 2020? Nothing to do with security and all to do with staying safe during a pandemic. 2: My 2020 WFH desk setup. Created during cybersec awareness month.

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Dark Reading

DECEMBER 12, 2019

In 2020, expect to hear more about smart building security.

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SecureWorld News

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

Security awareness resilience: click and reporting rates combine forces. Top-performing simulated phishing campaigns from our 2020 State of the Phish report. And we believe it's actually a more important metric to track to gauge security awareness success. There's no better word for the last year. Let me explain.

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SecureWorld News

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

Security Awareness Training Strategist at Proofpoint. Security Awareness Finding #1: training programs need improving. The State of the Phish research found that nearly every organization surveyed has some sort of security awareness training. Security Awareness Finding #2: what phishing attacks lead to.

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CyberSecurity Insiders

APRIL 16, 2021

The kind that could throw off even your most security-aware employees. Carefully crafted emails like these containing a malicious link can fool even the most security-aware of employees. According to the FBI, phishing was the most common type of cybercrime last year—nearly doubling in frequency between 2019 and 2020.

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SecureWorld News

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

Practical advice for using internal data, threat intelligence, and clear communications to improve the effectiveness of your security awareness training program. And sign up for our Remote Sessions webcast featuring Gretel Egan, Senior Security Awareness Training Strategist at Proofpoint, on Wednesday, March 2.

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Webroot

AUGUST 27, 2021

When the Institute for Security & Technology’s Ransomware Task Force published its report on combatting ransomware this spring, the Colonial Pipeline, JBS meatpacking and Kaseya VSA attacks were still around the corner. Nevertheless, the report took the danger presented by ransomware to both businesses and global security for granted.

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Security Boulevard

JANUARY 26, 2023

In July 2022, officials announced the federal court system had experienced a major data breach via its document filing system – back in 2020. The post RIP Perimeter Security: Critical Infrastructure Breaches Demand New Approach appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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Security Boulevard

MARCH 2, 2021

When Christopher Krebs was director of the Department of Homeland Security’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), his job was to make sure he understood the risk management landscape so the agency could fulfill its role as the nation’s risk management advisor.

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Security Boulevard

DECEMBER 2, 2021

Organizations across industries are increasingly concerned about their cybersecurity posture and overall ransomware preparedness – and rightfully so – with the 64% increase in attacks from 2019 to 2020 (304 million attacks worldwide in 2020). The post How to Outplay the Ransomware Playbook appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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Security Boulevard

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

The past few years have seen both an uptick in cyberattacks and a dire shortage of security talent. In fact, a 2017 report predicted that by 2020 businesses will be hit by a threat actor every eleven seconds. The post Safely Test Your Malware, Ransomware and Virus Defenses appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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Security Affairs

DECEMBER 21, 2020

“In July and August 2020, government operatives used NSO Group ’s Pegasus spyware to hack 36 personal phones belonging to journalists, producers, anchors, and executives at Al Jazeera. In July 2020, KISMET was a zero-day against at least iOS 13.5.1 The personal phone of a journalist at London-based Al Araby TV was also hacked.”

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SecureWorld News

JANUARY 19, 2023

That is how James McQuiggan, CISSP, Security Awareness Advocate for KnowBe4, kicked off the recent SecureWorld Remote Sessions webcast titled, "Ransomware, Ransom-war, and Ran-some-where: What We Can Learn When the Hackers Get Hacked." Some scary statistics: Ransomware attacks increased 13% from 2020 to 2021. He ran-some-where.

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Security Boulevard

JANUARY 10, 2022

Think back to the Kaseya attack in July, or, even before that, the SolarWinds attack that came to light in December 2020. For many CEOs, The post Is Your Supply Chain Secure? appeared first on Security Boulevard. In 2021, there were a number of major supply chain attacks that crippled multiple companies.

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Security Boulevard

JANUARY 3, 2022

Cybersecurity vendor SonicWall recorded more than 495 million ransomware attack attempts globally by the end of Q3 2021, a 148% increase from 2020. Despite efforts by enterprises to secure. The post 6 Ways to Minimize Ransomware Damage appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

The security breach took place between August 2020 and May 2021, the intrusion has been attributed to a financially motivated attacker that deployed a custom implant to redirect visitor traffic to an online video platform. It seems that attackers did not exfiltrate sensitive data from the compromised server.

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Security Boulevard

JANUARY 11, 2022

In 2021, malware downloads originating from cloud apps increased to 66% of all malware downloads when compared to traditional websites, up from 46% at the beginning of 2020. These were among the findings of Netskope’s latest cloud security report, which is based on anonymized data collected.

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Webroot

JANUARY 26, 2022

In fact, phishing attacks spiked by 510% from just January – February 2020, according to the 2021 Threat Report. These increases leveled off by the summer, but phishing attacks still increased 34% from September – October 2020. By using security awareness training that offers regular simulations, you can reduce phishing by up to 70%.

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Security Boulevard

AUGUST 23, 2021

Events like the 2020 U.S. Information manipulation has been around since Chinese general Sun Tzu wrote “The Art of War” in 550 BC. The Russians routinely use disinformation tactics to destabilize democracies.

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Security Boulevard

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

Ethical hackers proved their worth over the 14 months that the pandemic ravaged economies and organizations were at their most vulnerable, preventing $27 billion in cybercrime during the time when flaws threatened to overwhelm security teams worldwide. During the period from May 1, 2020 to August 31, 2021, eight in 10 ethical hackers found a.

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Security Boulevard

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

With 2020 YouGov statistics showing that 85% of six-year-olds have access to a tablet at home and, by age 17, only 4% of teenagers said that they don’t have access to a computer, it is. The post The Rise of Script Kiddies: Where Inexperience Meets Opportunity appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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Security Boulevard

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

The advisory noted that between March and July 2020, at least three publicly traded U.S. The post FBI Warns of Ransomware Threats to M&A appeared first on Security Boulevard. companies actively involved in mergers and acquisitions were.

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Security Boulevard

JUNE 16, 2021

The CrowdStrike 2021 Global Threat Report called 2020 one of the most active years in recent memory for those tasked with stopping breaches and protecting organizations against cyberattacks, provided details on trends that emerged throughout the year and called on security teams to become more versatile, proactive and productive to step out in front (..)

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Security Boulevard

JANUARY 19, 2022

2020 and 2021 saw more than their fair share of cybersecurity challenges, largely caused by the mass transition to remote work in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. As individuals and businesses rushed to ensure that work continued remotely during lockdowns, hackers were devising ways to take advantage of the resulting vulnerabilities.

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Security Boulevard

MAY 6, 2021

In fact, even while MDM adoption rose 50%, quarterly exposure to phishing between 2019 and 2020 jumped by 125%, according to the Lookout Financial Services Threat Report. The post Despite MDM, Financial Services Plagued by Phishing, Malware appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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Security Boulevard

APRIL 21, 2021

According to a recent Crunchbase report, 2020 was a record year for cybersecurity investments, with more than $7.8 billion invested in the industry globally. This, in turn, has created a.

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Security Boulevard

OCTOBER 19, 2021

However, some of the biggest and best-known cybersecurity incidents of 2020-2021 were attacks against. The post The Challenge of Regulatory Compliance for Critical Infrastructure appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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Security Boulevard

AUGUST 26, 2021

As the COVID-19 pandemic swept the world in 2020 and upended the way businesses operated, another threat was also emerging: The ShinyHunters group has been both bothersome and threatening to security teams as the cybercriminal group tries to amass legitimate credentials, primarily for organizations’ cloud services.

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Security Boulevard

JANUARY 31, 2021

government was focused on election security last year, unbeknownst to senior American officials a secret cyber espionage campaign by a major nation-state adversary of unprecedented magnitude was already underway – lethal, stealthy and undetected. In early December 2020, the U.S. appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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Security Boulevard

APRIL 19, 2021

Since March of 2020, we have converted kitchens, spare bedrooms and garages into office spaces. Here at Tripwire, we, like many others, recently surpassed the one-year anniversary of working from home due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Security Boulevard

OCTOBER 11, 2021

Palo Alto Networks’ Unit 42 security group also found payments have risen more than 80% since 2020, reaching a record $570,000 average in the first half of 2021. The post Staying Ahead of Ransomware With the Cloud appeared first on Security Boulevard.

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