cybersecurity
DDoS attackers stick to their target even if they are unsuccessful
Link11 has released its DDoS report for Q1 2021 which revealed the number of DDoS attacks continued to grow. Between January and March, more than double the number of attacks …
Cybersecurity control failures listed as top emerging risk
Cybersecurity control failures was listed as the top emerging risk in 1Q21 in a global poll of 165 senior executives across function and geography, according to Gartner. …
How organizations can optimize cloud spend
Although 80% organizations recognize cloud computing as being vital to their financial security, 57% have encountered unexpected costs, according to a study from Aptum. 80% IT …
eCommerce fraud losses to surpass $20 billion this year
The value of losses due to eCommerce fraud will rise this year, from $17.5 billion in 2020 to over $20 billion by 2021; a growth of 18% over a single year, according to a …
PCI SSC publishes PCI Secure Software Standard 1.1 and supporting program documentation
Version 1.1 of the PCI Secure Software Standard introduces the Terminal Software Module, a new security requirements module for payment software intended for deployment and …
Shedding light on the threat posed by shadow admins
Few organizations would purposefully hand a huge responsibility to a junior staff member before letting them fly solo on their own personal projects, but that’s effectively …
APIs in the insurance industry: Accessing a growing world of data
The insurance industry is vast and varied. It can be found in nearly every country in the world, with the earliest references dating back as early as 1750 BC. Modern …
What is threat modeling and why should you care?
While there is not one exact industry wide definition, threat modeling can be summarized as a practice to proactively analyze the cyber security posture of a system or system …
Researchers develop program that helps assess encryption systems’ vulnerabilities
Anastasia Malashina, a doctoral student at HSE University, has proposed a new method to assess vulnerabilities in encryption systems, which is based on a brute-force search of …
Lack of visibility into IT assets impacting security priorities
Axonius released a report which reveals the extremes to which the pandemic escalated lack of visibility into IT assets and how that is impacting security priorities. According …
AI can alter geospatial data to create deepfake geography
A fire in Central Park seems to appear as a smoke plume and a line of flames in a satellite image. Colorful lights on Diwali night in India, seen from space, seem to show …
MythBusters: What pentesting is (and what it is not)
You’ve probably seen the term pentesting pop up in security research and articles, but do you know what it really means? Simply put, penetration testing is a security …
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