A recent U.S. Government interagency report indicates that, on average, there have been 4,000 daily ransomware attacks since early 2016 - a 300% increase over the 1,000 daily ransomware attacks reported in 2015.
What does this mean for small to medium-sized businesses? In order to protect your organisation, you...
The ransomware epidemic can be compared to the earlier heyday of viruses, albeit it is costing enterprises and individuals serious money. Charanjit Sodhi of Nomura Services takes a deep dive into the tactics used today and how enterprises can effectively counter them.
You know the risk of a cyber incident when it comes to finances or operations. But what happens if your company's reputation suffers?
In today's cyber risk environment-especially with the rapid spread of information over social media-companies are becoming more and more concerned about how a cyber incident could...
Biometric adoption and demand by consumers is increasing rapidly. Next-gen solutions now exist for organizations to bring secure, frictionless authentication to their consumers using biometric solutions. Michael Lynch of InAuth shares insights.
To shift from reactive to active defense mode, organizations need to get better at both threat-hunting and incident response. Tim Bandos of Digital Guardian discusses the tools and skills that are needed.
Ransomware is the largest underground cybercriminal business. And like any business, entrepreneurs continue to find new ways to innovate. A Russian hacker has cobbled together a low-end ransomware kit costing just $175, aimed at anyone who seeks a file-encrypting payday.
It used to be that cybercriminals would blindly cast a wide net, sending millions of fraudulent emails in the hope that a few people would be tricked into handing over their personal or financial information. Today, targeted attacks are the weapon of choice: a far more lucrative tactic that uses malware purpose-built...
Too many businesses assume that the internet will be around forever, but that's faulty thinking and an impractical business practice, says Information Security Forum's Steve Durbin, a featured speaker at Information Security Media Group's Fraud and Breach Prevention Summit in Atlanta this month.
The first quarter of 2017 brought with it some significant changes to the threat landscape, and we aren't talking about heavy ransomware distribution either. New threats and infection techniques have forced the security community to reconsider collection and analysis efforts.
This report takes a deep look at which...
This eBook introduces the advanced cybersecurity practice of threat hunting and the role it plays in protecting your organization. Find out how security experts always stay one step ahead of even the most sophisticated attackers.
Learn how threat hunting works, why it's an essential component in an organization's...
Non-malware attacks, artificial intelligence (AI), and machine learning (ML) have emerged as the topics du jour in cybersecurity. AI and ML's roles in preventing cyberattacks have been met with both hope and skepticism. They have been marketed as game-changing technologies though doubts still persist, especially when...
In 2016, there were two contenders for king of ransomware: Locky and Cerber. So far in 2017, we've seen a massive shift in the battle between these two families, with Locky basically dropping out entirely and Cerber expanding its market share by a significant amount. New families such as Spora are emerging as well,...
March saw the arrival of a new, so-called "Fappening/ Celebgate" scandal, where leaked images and videos of naked celebrities found their way onto the web...prime real estate for scammers who started peddling numerous links across sites like Reddit and all social networks. Likewise in February, Fortune reported a tech...
When she first joined the Los Angeles County district attorney's office, Maria Ramirez prosecuted street gangs. Now she's cracking down on cyber gangs and is opening her case file to share lessons learned from cases involving business email compromise and ransomware.
If you do not have a complete picture of your organization's security performance compared to your peers, you are flying blind. Lacking a way to identify security issues right when they happen, reduce risk immediately and communicate performance puts CIOs and CISOs at a disadvantage.
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