Healthcare is most likely to pay the ransom
Sophos has published a sectoral survey report which reveals a 94% increase in ransomware attacks on the organizations surveyed in the healthcare sector. In 2021, 66% of …
Only 13.5% of IT pros have mastered security in the cloud native space
Canonical released data from a survey revealing the goals, benefits, and challenges of cloud-native technologies. The report has surveyed more than 1,300 IT professionals over …
Photos: RSA Conference 2022, part 1
RSA Conference 2022 took place at the Moscone Center in San Francisco. Check out our microsite for the conference for all the most important news. Part 2 of the photos is …
RSA Conference 2022 video walkthrough
RSA Conference 2022 is taking place in San Francisco this week, and this video provides a closer look at this year’s event.
Qbot – known channel for ransomware – delivered via phishing and Follina exploit
More than a week has passed since Microsoft acknowledged the existence of the “Follina” vulnerability (CVE-2022-30190), after reports of it being exploited in the …
Intruder dwell time jumps 36%
Sophos released the Active Adversary Playbook 2022, detailing attacker behaviors that Sophos’ Rapid Response team saw in the wild in 2021. The findings show a 36% increase in …
Recovery and resilience: CISO insights into the 2022 cybersecurity landscape
I recently had the opportunity to meet and speak with several luminaries of the global security ecosystem: Roger Hale – Chief Security Officer at Agora; Sounil Yu …
Barely one-third of IT pros can vet code for tampering
Global research commissioned by ReversingLabs and conducted by Dimensional Research, revealed that software development teams are increasingly concerned about supply chain …
Pandemic-related identity fraud: How serious is it?
The Identity Theft Resource Center (ITRC) and LexisNexis Risk Solutions have released the Pandemic-Related Identity Fraud Crime Victim Impacts Report, which shows how …
Zero trust segmentation eliminates 5 cyber disasters per year and saves $20+ million annually
Illumio released The Zero Trust Impact Report, a research on market perspectives of zero trust strategies and the business impact of segmentation technology. Conducted by The …
Apple unveils passkeys for passwordless authentication to apps and websites
At WWDC 2022, Apple has announced and previewed iOS 16 and iPad OS 16, macOS 13 (aka macOS Ventura), watchOS 9, their new M2 chips, new MacBook Air and Pro, as well as new …
Attackers aren’t slowing down, here’s what researchers are seeing
In this Help Net Security interview, John Shier, Senior Security Advisor at Sophos, talks about the main findings of two Sophos reports: the 2022 Active Adversary Report and …
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