Identity theft concerns won’t hold back holiday shopping
Despite concerns about identity theft and fraud, consumers don’t plan to curb their holiday shopping, according to Discover. While 62 percent of consumers are very or …
Criminals leverage unsecured IoT devices, DDoS attacks surge
Organizations experienced an average of 237 DDoS attack attempts per month during Q3 2017 – equivalent to 8 DDoS attack attempts every day – as hackers strive to take their …
Sad state of enterprise cloud infrastructure governance
A new survey of more than 300 IT professionals, conducted by Propeller Insights in October 2017, revealed that the state of enterprise cloud infrastructure governance is …
Poor security habits are the ideal recipe for a breach
A Preempt survey of more than 200 employees (management level or above) from enterprise companies of 1000 or more people, found that businesses are left exposed by employees …
A third of US businesses do not feel prepared for GDPR deadline
New research by Censuswide captures the preparedness levels of organizations in Europe and the United States for the May 2018 GDPR compliance deadline, as well as their …
Half of organizations do not audit SSH entitlements
Cybercriminals, such as malicious insiders, use SSH keys to access systems from remote locations, evade security tools and escalate privileges, according to a study conducted …
What motivates bug hunters?
Crowdsourced security penetration testing outfit Bugcrowd has released its second annual “Mind of a Hacker” report, to provide insight into bug hunters’ …
Measuring fraud trends across various industries
Businesses across industries are experiencing more sophisticated fraud attempts across multiple customer-not-present channels, according to IDology. Shifting fraud tactics and …
Sharp rise in fileless attacks evading endpoint security
A new Ponemon Institute survey of 665 IT and security leaders finds that over-reliance on traditional endpoint security is leaving organizations exposed to significant risk. …
Are your enterprise leaders digitally literate?
Only 53 percent of surveyed business technology professionals believe their organization’s leadership is digitally literate, according to ISACA. The other 47 percent either …
Bot-driven web traffic and its application security impact
New research conducted by the Ponemon Institute, which focused on such highly targeted industries as retail, healthcare and financial services, exposes the proliferation of …
Mobile devices present a significant risk for GDPR noncompliance
Accessing data from mobile devices presents a significant risk for GDPR noncompliance, according to Lookout. 84 percent of U.S. security and IT executives agree that personal …
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