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Unauthorized access accounts for 43% of all breaches globally
There has been a 450% surge in breaches containing usernames and passwords globally, according to a ForgeRock report. Researchers also found unauthorized access was the …
Application security approaches broken by rising adoption of cloud-native architectures
The rising adoption of cloud-native architectures, DevOps, and agile methodologies has broken traditional approaches to application security, a survey of 700 CISOs by Coleman …
Guidance to help cyber threat intelligence analysts apply MITRE ATT&CK
CISA has partnered with the Homeland Security Systems Engineering and Development Institute (HSSEDI), which worked with the MITRE ATT&CK team, to issue guidance to help …
The evolution of cybersecurity within network architecture
The vulnerable state of the world during the pandemic paved way for an aggressive onslaught of attacks, with around 39 percent of businesses experiencing a cybersecurity …
Keeping pace with evolving code signing baseline requirements
Maintaining code integrity has always been top of mind for today’s development-driven organizations. However, the recent SolarWinds breach was a stark reminder of the …
The role DNS plays in network security
New EfficientIP and IDC research sheds light on the frequency of the different types of DNS attack and the associated costs for the last year throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. …
IT service desks lacking user verification policy, putting businesses at risk
48% of organizations don’t have a user verification policy in place for incoming calls to IT service desks, according to Specops Software. The information was uncovered as …
Banks accelerating their risk management transformation
COVID-19’s disruption has stretched risk management infrastructures to the brink, forcing banks to recalibrate their data, models and processes for stress testing, impact …
Week in review: Kali Linux 2021.2, the human cost of understaffed SOCs, Patch Tuesday forecast
Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, articles and interviews: Kali Linux 2021.2 released: Kaboxer, Kali-Tweaks, new tools, and more! Offensive …
Critical vulnerabilities identified in CODESYS ICS automation software
Researchers have identified 10 vulnerabilities in CODESYS automation software for industrial control systems. Some are of high and critical severity. “The vendor rated …
June 2021 Patch Tuesday forecast: Patch management is back in the spotlight
Every day you look in the security news, there are reports of new ransomware attacks. Just after May Patch Tuesday we heard about the Colonial Pipeline attack, and this week …
Quantum computing: How should cybersecurity teams prepare for it?
The late Field-Marshall Archibald Wavell wrote of the Malayan Campaign, “The story (…) is typical of the British way of war, and therefore begins with a complete lack of …