Ransomware attacks continue, with the city of Del Rio, Texas, saying its operations have been disrupted by crypto-locking malware. Meanwhile, CryptoMix ransomware urges victims to pay ransoms, claiming it will fund treatments for seriously ill children, while GandCrab gets distributed via malvertising attacks.
Data integrity issues can arise in the wake of a ransomware attack. Case in point: A California podiatrist practice hit by ransomware reports that patient files were possibly "altered" or "corrupted." Security specialists weigh in on what might have happened and offer prevention and detection insights.
As a general rule, negligent incidents are far more common than malicious ones. Negligent insiders are employees that unintentionally jeopardize security, often through well-intentioned ignorance, laziness, or simple human error.
While many security teams make the mistake of focusing exclusively on would-be malicious...
The vast majority of new devices joining your networks aren't designed to support management agents - creating a serious visibility and risk gap. And this gap further widens as cloud computing extends to the furthest corners of the distributed network.
Closing this visibility gap is the most effective way to...
In this report, we provide an overview of current vulnerability disclosure trends and insights into real-world vulnerability demographics in enterprise environments. We analyze vulnerability prevalence in the wild,
based on the number of affected enterprises, to highlight vulnerabilities that security practitioners...
A vulnerability is only as bad as the threat exploiting it and the impact on the organization. Security and risk management leaders should rate vulnerabilities on the basis of risk in order to improve vulnerability management program effectiveness.
Gartner receives frequent inquiries from clients who are...
Networks and attack surfaces are changing fast - there's so much more than servers and endpoints. Now, you're responsible for securing everything from cloud platforms to DevOp containers to web apps. Cyber Exposure is an emerging discipline for measuring and managing cyber risk across this modern attack surface. This...
This 2018 Osterman Research Survey Report focused on understanding current security processes and how organizations are working to improve and automate them.
The research was conducted in the US, EMEA and APAC regions with 465 professional respondents who were knowledgeable about security policy management in their...
Criminals wielding crypto-locking ransomware - especially Dharma/CrySiS, GandCrab and Global Imposter, but also SamSam - continue to attack. Insurance firm Beazley says cyber claims for ransomware have increased in recent months, with the healthcare sector hardest hit.
Today's attack surface presents a growing challenge to CISOs looking to understand and reduce their cyber risk. When it comes to IT infrastructure, it's fair to say the perimeter has left the premises. Whether it's discovering short-lived assets (e.g., containers), assessing cloud environments or maintaining web...
A Canadian home healthcare provider says it was able to recover from a recent ransomware attack without paying a ransom, but it had to revert to manual processes for several days. The incident illustrates the value of being well prepared to deal with cyberattacks.
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Tenable Research's analysis shows that how the race begins is a key indicator of how it will end. But, security teams have the power to reclaim the advantage by developing a risk-centric mindset and more agile vulnerability management.
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Brought to you by the leader of the Forrester New Wave Digital Risk Protection Report for Q3 2018, this expert advice will help security leaders and practitioners better understand their external digital risks by taking a deep dive into the current state of digital risk protection and what the future...
The National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence (NCCoE) at NIST has created a series of free resources touting best industry practices that utilize the latest technology, automation and system controls to guide industry professionals through minimizing their cyber risks and identifying threats. These practices go a...
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