Cybersecurity skills employers are desperate to find in 2023
The surge in digital economic growth and our increasing dependence on it make cybersecurity a critical profession. In this Help Net Security video, Aaron Rosenmund, Director …
Ransomware attacks go beyond just data
65% of organizations confirmed that ransomware is one of the top three threats to their viability, and for 13%, it is the biggest threat, according to a report by Enterprise …
RaaS proliferation: 14 new ransomware groups target organizations worldwide
In the Q2 2023, GuidePoint Research and Intelligence Team (GRIT) tracked 1,177 total publicly posted ransomware victims claimed by 41 different threat groups. The most …
Fileless attacks increase 1,400%
Aggregated honeypot data, over a six-month period, showed that more than 50% of the attacks focused on defense evasion, according to Aqua Security. Threat actors avoid …
The evolution of DDoS attacks in 2023
In this Help Net Security video, Mattias Fridström, Chief Evangelist at Arelion, talks about the DDoS threat landscape during 2023. DDoS attacks reflect significant …
Verizon 2023 Data Breach Investigations Report: 74% of breaches involve human element
Verizon Business today released the results of its 16th annual Data Breach Investigations Report (2023 DBIR), which analyzed 16,312 security incidents and 5,199 breaches. …
Cybercriminals use legitimate websites to obfuscate malicious payloads
According to Egress, the evolving attack methodologies currently used by cybercriminals are designed to get through traditional perimeter security. “The evolution of phishing …
Critical zero-day vulnerability in MOVEit Transfer exploited by attackers!
UPDATE (June 2, 2023, 05:55 a.m. ET): Check out our update on this evolving situation. A critical zero-day vulnerability in Progress Software’s enterprise managed file …
Preparing for federal supply chain security standardization
In 2021, the Biden Administration published the Executive Order on Improving the Nation’s Cybersecurity (EO 14028), setting off an agency-wide security initiative with the …
Is human threat hunting a fool’s errand?
We all have witnessed automated advances creep into our modern threat hunting processes – and with good reason. As the rate of cyberattacks steadily increases, automated …
Organizations brace for cyber attacks despite improved preparedness
Cyber-risk levels have improved from “elevated” to “moderate” for the first time, but insiders represent a persistent threat for global organizations, …
Visa fraud expert outlines the many faces of payment ecosystem fraud
In this Help Net Security interview, Michael Jabbara, the VP and Global Head of Fraud Services at Visa, delves into digital skimming attacks, highlighting their common causes, …
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