cyberattack
2017 Cisco WebEx flaw increasingly leveraged by attackers, phishing campaigns rise
Network attacks targeting a vulnerability in the Cisco Webex Chrome extension have increased dramatically. In fact, they were the second-most common network attack, according …
Average DDoS attack sizes decrease 85% due to FBI’s shutdown of DDoS-for-hire websites
The FBI’s shutdown of the 15 largest distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) for hire vendors (booters) reduced the overall number of attacks worldwide by nearly 11 percent …
Cyber preparedness essential to protect EU from large scale cyber attacks
The possibility of a large-scale cyber-attack having serious repercussions in the physical world and crippling an entire sector or society, is no longer unthinkable. Preparing …
2019 may be a record year for enterprise breaches, but secure collaboration tools could help
Despite business executives agreeing that cybersecurity is a major challenge, businesses globally are severely unprepared for cyberattacks. 44% of business executives from …
Urgent need for IT security legal framework in Europe
Information transmission, transport, industrial production, research, administration – hardly any area can manage without modern information and communication …
For enterprises, malware is the most expensive type of attack
The cost to companies from malware and “malicious insider”-related cyberattacks jumped 12 percent in 2018 and accounted for one-third of all cyberattack costs, according to …
Many computers are vulnerable to hacking through common plug-in devices
Attackers can compromise an unattended machine in a matter of seconds through devices such as chargers and docking stations. Vulnerabilities were found in computers with …
Most IoT devices are being compromised by exploiting rudimentary vulnerabilities
Cybercriminals are looking for ways to use trusted devices to gain control of Internet of Things (IoT) devices via password cracking and exploiting other vulnerabilities, such …
Most companies anticipate a critical breach in 2019, CISOs need to prioritize threats
80 percent of IT business leaders anticipate a critical breach or successful cyberattack over the coming year, according to the Cyber Risk Index (CRI), a Trend Micro survey of …
SMBs spending a day each week dealing with cybersecurity issues
Almost half of UK small to medium-sized businesses (SMBs) believe a cyberattack would put their business at risk of closure, and 48 per cent of businesses report they have had …
Impersonation, sender forgery and corporate email spoofing top the charts
This Q4 of 2018 was a busy period for phishing scammers. INKY researchers saw a spike in email volume this time of year as people use email to gather their receipts from …