CSO Magazine

MARCH 22, 2023

The average enterprise storage and backup device has 14 vulnerabilities, three of which are high or critical risk that could present a significant compromise if exploited.

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CSO Magazine

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

The evolution of cybercrime is weighing heavily on digital forensics and incident response (DFIR) teams, leading to significant burnout and potential regulatory risk. That’s according to the 2023 State of Enterprise DFIR survey by Magnet Forensics , a developer of digital investigation solutions.

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CSO Magazine

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

It’s a risk for a company to commit to a startup’s product or platform, and it requires a different kind of customer/vendor relationship. They can move faster than most established companies to fill gaps or emerging needs. Startups can often innovative faster because they are unfettered by an installed base.

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CSO Magazine

DECEMBER 6, 2022

Some companies see it as essential to their risk management strategy,” says Heather Engel, managing partner at advisory firm Strategic Cyber Partners. billion in direct written premiums were recorded in 2021, a 61% increase over the prior year, according to an October 2022 memorandum from the National Association of Insurance Commissioners.

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Duo's Security Blog

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

“It took nearly 11 months (328 days) to identity and contain data breaches resulting from stolen or compromised credentials.” – IBM’s Cost of Data Breach Report 2023 I recently came across a 2012 article from CSO Online , and realized that it has been more than 11 years since the phrase “Identity is the new perimeter” was coined!

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CSO Magazine

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

Cybersecurity insurance firm Coalition has predicted that there will be 1,900 average monthly critical Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures ( CVEs ) in 2023, a 13% increase over 2022. billion IP addresses.

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SecureWorld News

DECEMBER 11, 2023

December 15, 2023, marks a significant shift in the cybersecurity landscape for publicly traded companies. The SEC announced its new cyber incident disclosure rules on July 26, 2023, when it appeared the rules were effective immediately. The threat of cyber disruption is material and represents a risk to businesses.

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CSO Magazine

MAY 4, 2022

The world’s leading development platform said it will require all code-contributing users to enroll in 2FA by the end of 2023 to enhance the security of developer accounts and bolster security within the software supply chain.

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Authentication Software Accountability Risk 74

SecureWorld News

MAY 23, 2024

Companies should consider qualitative factors beyond just financial impacts when assessing an incident's materiality, such as reputational harm, litigation risks, and regulatory scrutiny. And the recent clarifications—focusing on material cybersecurity incidents—is a step in the right direction," said Glenn Kapetansky , CSO, Trexin Group. "In

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CSO Magazine

JUNE 6, 2023

Meanwhile, the 2023 shadow IT and project management survey from technology review platform Capterra, found that 57% of small and midsize businesses have had high-impact shadow IT efforts occurring outside the purview of their IT departments.

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SecureWorld News

APRIL 6, 2023

Genova Burns shared in a letter to affected drivers some information about the breach: "On January 31, 2023, Genova Burns became aware of suspicious activity relating to our internal information systems. In response, we engaged outside forensic and data security specialists to investigate the nature and scope of the activity.

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CSO Magazine

MAY 10, 2023

compound annual growth rate from 2023 to 2030 to eventually hit $155.83 Their uses are multifold and can be incredibly helpful, providing real-time models of physical assets or even people or biological systems that can help identify problems as or even before they occur. billion in 2022, will grow at a 37.5%

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eSecurity Planet

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

Organizations and end users need prompt patching and thorough security policies to protect systems and data from high-risk vulnerabilities. Sevco’s CSO Brian Contos states, “6% of all IT assets have reached EOL, and known but unpatched vulnerabilities are a favorite target for attackers.”

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Firmware Backups Firewall Risk 107

eSecurity Planet

JANUARY 29, 2024

The most significant risk for enterprises isn’t the speed at which they are applying critical patches; it comes from not applying the patches on every asset,” noted Brian Contos, CSO of Sevco Security. The fix: Deploy the Apache security upgrades available since November 2023.

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CSO Magazine

OCTOBER 18, 2022

The firm said the new feature will help security and development teams write, maintain, and run secure code, protecting the software development lifecycle (SDLC) against risks like tampering, code leakage and hardcoded credentials.

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BH Consulting

OCTOBER 15, 2023

A companion to Europol’s IOCTA 2023 report , it digs deeper into malware – ransomware in particular – and DDoS attacks. MORE Cybersecurity and risk spending look set to increase in 2024, Gartner forecasts. MORE Joe Sullivan, Uber’s CSO during its data breach, shares his perspective.

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CSO Magazine

MARCH 8, 2023

That’s according to GitGuardian’s State of Secrets Sprawl 2023 report. Hard-coded secrets pose significant security risks because they are often stored in plain text, making it easier for attackers to extract them from source code.

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CSO Magazine

JUNE 14, 2023

billion in 2023 to $84.62 North America is projected to dominate the market due to increasing cyberattacks, particularly ransomware, and a high risk of data loss, while Europe will also gain a prominent market share, in part because “digitalization among organizations remains vulnerable to malicious cyberattacks.” billion by 2030.

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CSO Magazine

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

In addition, 48% of all code bases analyzed by Synopsys researchers contained high-risk vulnerabilities, which are those that have been actively exploited, already have documented proof-of-concept exploits, or are classified as remote code execution vulnerabilities.

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CSO Magazine

JANUARY 26, 2023

Speaking at Shmoocon 2023 , Geiger pointed to three changes in hacker law in 2021 and 2022 that minimize security researchers' risks. To read this article in full, please click here

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CSO Magazine

MARCH 16, 2023

New cybersecurity reporting requirements for publicly traded companies are expected to be enacted in the spring of 2023, with proposed rules from the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) looking for more information and transparency from those hit with security incidents.

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CSO Magazine

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Nearly half of CISOs will change jobs by 2025 due to stress caused by the risk of being breached while trying to retain staff, according to the Gartner report, Predicts 2023: Cybersecurity Industry Focuses on the Human Deal.

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SecureWorld News

MAY 9, 2023

Proofpoint today released its annual report titled, "2023 Voice of the CISO: Global insights into CISO challenges, expectations and priorities," in which it surveyed 1,600 CISOs sharing their experiences over the past year and their outlook for what is to come for the cybersecurity industry. That's changing.

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CSO Magazine

APRIL 25, 2023

Moreover, with the COVID-19 pandemic leading to a surge in remote work over the past several years, the risk of phishing attacks has only increased. NETSCOUT The 2023 Zscaler ThreatLabz Phishing Report reveals that phishing attacks are still on the rise, detailing a 47.2%

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Phishing Retail Education Risk 88

CSO Magazine

MARCH 15, 2023

On 15 March 2023, CloudSek’s contextual AI digital risk platform XVigil discovered a threat actor group claiming to have targeted an Indian government website,” cybersecurity firm CloudSek said in a post. “An

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CSO Magazine

AUGUST 22, 2022

Insurance marketplace Lloyd’s of London is set to introduce cyber insurance exclusions to coverage for “catastrophic” state-backed attacks from 2023. Nation-state attacks pose systemic risk to insurers. The damage that these attacks can cause and their ability to spread creates a similar systemic risk to insurers.”

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Cyber Insurance Insurance Marketing Risk 72

CSO Magazine

MAY 16, 2023

The new offering will be available from Q3 2023 as an add-on to Vantage, Nozomi Networks’ SaaS-based security management platform. It is built to enhance threat detection and remediation with AI-assisted data analysis to help security teams reduce cyber risk and response times, the firm said.

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Cyber Risk Threat Detection Engineering Government 69

CSO Magazine

MARCH 22, 2023

As a result, the CISO is no longer a technical subject matter expert but an executive risk manager who shares a responsibility matrix with the board of directors, CEOs, and other executives to make informed risk decisions.

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eSecurity Planet

JUNE 21, 2022

My advice for anybody that asks me which certifications they should get is this: find a certification in a subject that you wish to learn about,” Palo Alto Networks CSO Rick Howard said. “If If you are going to study the subject anyway, you might as well get a certification out of it.”. Also read: How to Get Started in a Cybersecurity Career.

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SecureWorld News

JUNE 20, 2024

More recently, a 2023 report by Splunk and Enterprise Strategy Group revealed that 79% of cybersecurity professionals experienced burnout in the past year. At the CISO level, politics and limited budget often prevent proper risk reduction, with the CISO standing alone to shoulder the blame for a breach.

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Security Boulevard

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

Unraveling the True Security Risks ” (SecurityWeek) “ How deepfakes threaten biometric security controls ” (TechTarget) “ Deepfakes break through as business threat ” (CSO) 3 - Fake update variants dominate list of top malware in Q3 Hackers are doubling down on fake software-update attacks.

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The Last Watchdog

DECEMBER 14, 2023

We asked two questions: •What should be my biggest takeaway from 2023, with respect to mitigating cyber risks at my organization? Or Shoshani , CEO and founder, Stream Security Shoshani As 2023 ends, we’re already seeing businesses adopting technology to diagnose and detect threats to their cloud infrastructure before they occur.

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The Last Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

The glue of hyper connectivity; yet also the wellspring of risk. Related: The true scale of API breaches I had an enlightening discussion at Black Hat USA 2023 with Traceable.ai Guest expert: Richard Bird, CSO, Traceable.ai Please give the accompanying podcast a listen.

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