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Identifying key areas for fraud risk during the recession
As economic pressure increases, so does fraud risk. While the world slides into a recession, the resulting increased debt, supply chain delays, and inflation create increased …
33% of attacks in the cloud leverage credential access
Elastic released the 2022 Elastic Global Threat Report, detailing the evolving nature of cybersecurity threats, as well as the increased sophistication of cloud and …
CISOs’ priorities for the coming year
BlueFort Security has announced the results of its 2022 CISO survey, which revealed that while CISOs are still experiencing challenges around visibility, intelligence and …
Here’s the deal: Uptycs for all of 2023 for $1
Customers are shifting their cybersecurity up with Uptycs. Now, for only a buck, you can shift up, too: Automate security and connect insights across your enterprise—cloud, …
EU Council adopts the NIS2 directive
The European Council adopted legislation for a high common level of cybersecurity across the Union, to further improve the resilience and incident response capacities of both …
CISOs in investment firms help fast-track cybersecurity startups
In this Help Net Security video, Frank Kim, CISO-in-Residence at YL Ventures, discusses the growing role of CISOs in investment firms and how their role as advisors helps …
How an effective fraud prevention strategy can force fraudsters to invest more in their attacks
Since the early stages of the pandemic, account takeover fraud (ATO) has significantly transformed, quickly becoming one of the fastest-growing cybersecurity threats with 22% …
Cybercriminals are cashing in on FIFA World Cup-themed cyberattacks
The hype and popularity of the FIFA World Cup has attracted audiences from across the globe. And this, in turn attracts a variety of cybercriminals, who want to exploit the …
How the dynamics of phishing attacks are changing
In this Help Net Security video, Alex Paquette, COO at Ironscales, discusses the impact in terms of the time and energy required to defend against the never-ending and …
7 free cybersecurity resources you need to bookmark
CodeSec CodeSec is a CLI based tool which brings Contrast’s enterprise-level security testing right to your laptop. It allows you to run real-time SAST or Serverless …
Many Global 2000 companies lack proper domain security
CSC released its third annual Domain Security Report that found three out of four Forbes Global 2000 companies have not adopted key domain security measures—exposing them to …
Week in review: 5 free CISA resources, surviving a DDoS attack, Google to make Cobalt Strike useless
Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, articles, interviews and videos: Google seeks to make Cobalt Strike useless to attackers Google Cloud’s …
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