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Young government workers show poor password management habits

Hybrid work has exposed another area of vulnerability, with 70% of government workers reporting they work virtually at least some of the time, according to Ivanti. The …

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Massive GitHub analysis reveals 10 million secrets hidden in 1 billion commits

GitGuardian scanned 1.027 billion new GitHub commits in 2022 (+20% compared to 2021) and found 10,000,000 secrets occurrences (+67% compared to 2022). What is interesting …

Hand
Inadequate patches and advisories increase cyber risk

Trend Micro’s overall threat detections increased by 55%, and the number of blocked malicious files surged by 242% due to indiscriminate targeting by threat actors who …

cloud
Navigating data classification in the era of extensive cloud adoption

Healthcare and financial services organizations have embraced cloud technology due to the ease of managing increasing volumes of data, according to Blancco. Cloud adoption has …

Attackers exploit APIs faster than ever before

After combing through 350,000 reports to find 650 API-specific vulnerabilities from 337 different vendors and tracking 115 published exploits impacting these vulnerabilities, …

Phishing
AI is taking phishing attacks to a whole new level of sophistication

92% of organizations have fallen victim to successful phishing attacks in the last 12 months, while 91% of organizations have admitted to experiencing email data loss, …

bomb
Vulnerabilities of years past haunt organizations, aid attackers

Known vulnerabilities – those for which patches have already been made available – are the primary vehicle for cyberattacks, according to Tenable. The Tenable report …

error
Attackers are developing and deploying exploits faster than ever

While there was a reduction in the widespread exploitation of new vulnerabilities in 2022, the risk remains significant as broad and opportunistic attacks continue to pose a …

AI
ML practitioners push for mandatory AI Bill of Rights

The AI Bill of Rights, bias, and operational challenges amid tightening budgets are pressing issues affecting the adoption of ML as well as project and initiative success, …

identity theft
Don’t be fooled by a pretty icon, malicious apps hide in plain sight

Apps, whether for communication, productivity or gaming, are one of the biggest threats to mobile security, according to McAfee. The end of 2022 saw the release of some …

labyrinth
Covert cyberattacks on the rise as attackers shift tactics for maximum impact

2022 was the second-highest year on record for global ransomware attempts, as well as an 87% increase in IoT malware and a record number of cryptojacking attacks (139.3 …

risk
Dormant accounts are a low-hanging fruit for attackers

Successful attacks on systems no longer require zero-day exploits, as attackers now focus on compromising identities through methods such as bypassing MFA, hijacking sessions, …

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