cybercriminals
Massive online crime crackdown leads to 1,000 arrests
An operation coordinated by INTERPOL codenamed HAECHI-II saw police arrest more than 1,000 individuals and intercept a total of nearly $27 million of illicit funds, …
Defense contractors are highly susceptible to ransomware attacks
Twenty percent of America’s largest 100 defense contractors are highly susceptible to a ransomware attack, according to a research from Black Kite. Several critical …
The COVID-19 crisis has fueled the increase of cybercrime in all its forms
The accelerated digitalization related to the COVID-19 pandemic has significantly influenced the development of a number of cyber threats, according to the new edition of …
Combating cybercrime: Lessons from a CIO and Marine veteran
A colleague asked me recently if I thought the FBI had finally experienced enough of the cyberattacks plaguing the United States and would now more aggressively pursue the …
The cyber insurance dilemma: The risks of a safety net
Cybercriminals have become the modern mafia and ransomware attacks are the new shake-downs. Not only has the ask of the ransoms skyrocketed, but the average ransomware payment …
Retail industry security incidents soaring, worsened by the supply chain crisis
Imperva’s 12-month analysis on cybersecurity risks in the retail industry suggests that the 2021 holiday shopping season will be further disrupted by cybercriminals …
Lean security: How small cybersecurity teams perform at Fortune 2000 levels
There’s a widespread misconception that small IT security teams, or “lean sec teams”, cannot protect their organizations as comprehensively as bigger security teams who enjoy …
Surge in cyber attacks confirms the need for zero trust security
Zscaler announced the release of a report that tracked and analyzed over 20 billion threats blocked over HTTPS, a protocol originally designed for secure communication over …
A ransomware reality check for CISOs
The rising tide of ransomware attacks targeting critical infrastructure sectors has reached unprecedented heights. Now at the top of many CISOs’ agendas, a confluence of …
How the rise in identity crimes and cyberattacks impacts small businesses
The Identity Theft Resource Center (ITRC) has published a report on the impacts of identity crimes and cyberattacks on small businesses. There are 42 million solopreneurs, …
Ransomware attacks increased 148% in Q3 2021, showing no sign of slowing
SonicWall recorded a 148% increase in global ransomware attacks through the third quarter (Q3) of 2021. With 470 million ransomware attacks logged by the company this year to …
Cybersecurity threat landscape growing in sophistication, complexity and impact
The 9th edition of the ENISA Threat Landscape (ETL) report released by the European Union Agency for Cybersecurity highlights the surge in cybercriminality motivated by …
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