cybersecurity
Crypto mining runs rampant in higher education: Is it students?
The higher education sector exhibited a startling increase in potentially damaging cryptocurrency mining behaviors, according to Vectra. The Attacker Behavior Industry Report …
Macro-less word document attacks on the rise
WatchGuard released its Internet Security Report for Q4 2017. Among the report’s most notable findings, threat intelligence showed that total malware attacks are up by …
The current state of USB data protection
Data protection, whether related to personal customer or patient information, is critical across virtually all industries. So how can organizations best protect their most …
Worldwide spending on security solutions to reach $91 billion in 2018
Worldwide spending on security-related hardware, software, and services is forecast to reach $91.4 billion in 2018, an increase of 10.2% over the amount spent in 2017. This …
Businesses suspect their mobile workers are being hacked
More than half (57%) of organisations suspect their mobile workers have been hacked or caused a mobile security issue in the last 12 months, according to the iPass Mobile …
Compliance functions make a turn towards innovation-fueled strategies
Faced with growing threats of ‘industry shocks’ such as cyber fraud, cryptocurrency, quantum computing and open banking, financial institutions expect to increase their …
Organizations blame legacy antivirus protection for failed ransomware prevention
More than half (53 percent) of U.S. organizations that were infected with ransomware blamed legacy antivirus protection for failing to prevent the attack, according to …
Using deception to gain enterprise IoT attack visibility
The main lessons from attacks against Internet of Things (IoT) devices are to change default usernames and passwords, use longer passphrases to avoid brute force attacks, and …
Analysis of 560 incidents demonstrates need for cyber resilience
Many entities face the same types of security incidents – some are viewed as handling the incident well, and for some it’s a disruptive and costly lesson. The ones that fare …
Bad bot traffic increases, gambling and airlines most targeted industries
Distil Networks analyzed hundreds of billions of bad bot requests at the application layer to provide insight and guidance on the nature and impact of automated threats in …
New coalition aims to advance cybersecurity across sectors, around the world
Six global organizations have joined together to launch The Coalition to Reduce Cyber Risk (CR²). CR² members, including AT&T, Cisco, HSBC, JPMorgan Chase, Mastercard and …
IoT device management market size worth $5.1 billion by 2025
The global IoT device management market size is anticipated to reach USD 5.1 billion by 2025, according to a new report by Grand View Research, exhibiting a 28.3% CAGR during …