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How to achieve better cybersecurity assurances and improve cyber hygiene
How can your business reduce the risk of a successful cyber attack and create a defendable network? It’s best to start with the three don’ts: Don’t believe that network …
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Organizations must be doing something good: Payment fraud activity is declining
Results from an Association for Financial Professionals (AFP) survey are encouraging, as 71% of organizations report having been victims of payments fraud activity in 2021, …
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Human activated risk still a pain point for organizations
Egress announced the results of a report, which revealed that 56% of IT leaders say that their non-technical staff are only ‘somewhat’ prepared, or ‘not at all’ prepared, for …
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Eavesdropping scam: A new scam call tactic
Hiya has detected the newest scam call tactic, the eavesdropping scam. The new scam aims to get users to call back by leaving vague voicemail messages where an unknown voice …
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Week in review: Disrupted Cyclops Blink botnet, public software apps at risk, Patch Tuesday forecast
Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, articles and interviews: April 2022 Patch Tuesday forecast: Spring is in the air (and vulnerable) March Patch …
Organizations are underestimating the severity of insider threats
Imperva has published data showing that organizations are failing to address the issue of insider threats during a time when the risk is at its greatest. New research, …
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April 2022 Patch Tuesday forecast: Spring is in the air (and vulnerable)
March Patch Tuesday releases followed in the footsteps of February with low numbers of CVEs reported and resolved, and all updates rated as important except one critical …
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The importance of understanding cloud native security risks
In this video for Help Net Security, Paul Calatayud, CISO at Aqua Security, talks about cloud native security and the problem with the lack of understanding of risks to this …
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Network intrusion detections skyrocketing
A WatchGuard report shows a record number of evasive network malware detections with advanced threats increasing by 33%, indicating a higher level of zero day threats than …
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18% of the top 99 insurance carriers have a high susceptibility to ransomware
Black Kite released a report that examines rising cyber risk concerns and ransomware susceptibility in the insurance sector. The most notable takeaway: nearly 20% of the top …
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Organizations underestimating the seriousness of insider threats
Imperva releases data that shows organizations are failing to address the issue of insider threats during a time when the risk is at its greatest. New research, conducted by …
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Steady rise in severe web vulnerabilities
Invicti Security released a research which reveals a rise in severe web vulnerabilities and the need for executive leaders to intertwine their application security and digital …
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