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GUEST ESSAY: Essential cyber hygiene practices all charities must embrace to protect their donors

The Last Watchdog

In a 2023 survey, 30% of CISOs named insider threats one of the biggest cybersecurity threats for the year. Ransomware: This attack involves criminals holding a network and its precious data hostage until the enterprise pays the demanded amount. The hackers then sell the information or use it themselves for financial gain.

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LW ROUNDTABLE: Cybersecurity takeaways of 2023 — and what’s ahead in 2024 ( part 3)

The Last Watchdog

CISOs will have to get quantum resilient encryption on their cyber roadmap. Nick Mistry , SVP, CISO, Lineaje Mistry The software landscape is poised for significant changes, with a growing emphasis on Software Bill of Materials (SBOM.) As concerns about supply chain attacks continue to escalate, compliance measures will tighten.

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Australia Recorded the Highest Rate of iOS & Android App Threats

Appknox

More threats were detected on iOS than Android devices; 68% of Australian CISOs expect their organization to suffer a material cyber-attack within the next year. is responsible for 95.14% of all Android attacks in Australia. There is an increase in attacks on users who subscribe to Fintech services.

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‘The people’ of cybersecurity are its greatest strength and weakness

SC Magazine

Conducted in North America in February 2021, the survey focused on three key corporate vulnerabilities: the constant cybersecurity risk, both accidental and deliberate, from employees; supply chain and third-party risks; and the risks posed by the cyber attackers themselves. .

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Red Team vs Blue Team vs Purple Team: Differences Explained

eSecurity Planet

Blue team members might be led by a chief information security officer (CISO) or director of security operations, making this team the largest among the three. Blue teams tend to be larger because they must prevent all attacks, while red teams may simply select a few specific attacks to pursue.

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Cost-Effective Steps the Healthcare Industry Can Take To Mitigate Damaging Ransomware Attacks

CyberSecurity Insiders

Phishing is the most formidable social engineering tactic that cybercriminals use to persuade employees to disclose sensitive information, whether it be clicking a suspicious link, downloading an attachment or visiting a malicious website – not to mention simply providing credential information outright.

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Security Researchers Find Nearly 400,000 Exposed Databases

eSecurity Planet

The semi-annual report’s findings quantify the gap between respondents’ readiness for attacks and their probability of being breached. The CRI report surveyed over 3,500 chief information security officers (CISOs), IT professionals and managers from Asia-Pacific, North America, Europe, and South America in the latter part of 2021.