cybersecurity
An email attack can end up costing you over $1 million
75% of the organizations had fallen victim to at least one successful email attack in the last 12 months, with those affected facing average potential costs of more than $1 …
Endpoint security getting easier, but most organizations lack tool consolidation
IT and security teams are consolidating management and security functions to help better deliver new applications to end users, improve regulatory compliance, and reduce …
How CISOs can improve security practices to keep up with evolving technologies
TikTok and Lensa AI have sparked worldwide conversations on the future of social media and consumer data privacy. In this Help Net Security video, Rick McElroy, Principal …
Inadequate cybersecurity investments leave rail industry at risk
The popular notion might view the rail industry as a laggard compared to auto or high-tech manufacturing when embracing Industry 4.0. Yet railways are increasingly dependent …
The impact of Russia’s Ukraine invasion on digital threats
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine continues to have a major impact on energy prices, inflation, and cyberthreats, with the ransomware scene experiencing some of the biggest …
Cybercriminals exploit volatile job market for targeted email attacks
Between July–December 2022, the median open rate for text-based business email compromise (BEC) attacks was nearly 28%, according to Abnormal Security. Business email and …
Top 3 resolutions for security teams
As 2023 goals become solidified, companies need to decide how they are prioritizing cybersecurity. It’s time to focus on what organizations can prioritize. In this Help …
Generative AI: A benefit and a hazard
If there’s one thing people will remember about AI advances in 2022, it’ll be the advent of sophisticated generative models: DALL.E 2, Stable Diffusion, …
Attackers are searching for online store backups in public folders. Can they find yours?
Too many online store administrators are storing private backups in public folders and exposing database passwords, secret API keys, administrator URLs and customer data to …
How to scale cybersecurity for your business
All businesses seek profitable growth. The issue is that growth adds complexity. Organizations need new systems and more employees to support this larger footprint, thus …
ChatGPT’s potential to aid attackers puts IT pros on high alert
51% of IT professionals predict that we are less than a year away from a successful cyberattack being credited to ChatGPT, and 71% believe that foreign states are likely to …
While governments pass privacy laws, companies struggle to change
Government agencies keep making new privacy rules while end users fall victim to malpractice and scams. Bill Tolson, VP of Compliance and eDiscovery at Archive360, has spent …