Watch out for Christmas 2021 credential stuffing attacks!
A research from Arkose Labs has revealed that there were over two billion credential stuffing attacks (2,831,028,247) during the last 12 months, growing exponentially during …
Wireless 5G connections to exceed 540 million by the end of the year
Global wireless 5G connections have reached 438 million by the third quarter of 2021 and are on pace to exceed 540 million by the end of the year, according to data from …
Could passwordless be the solution to poor shopping sign-up processes?
Retailers could be shutting down huge revenue streams due to poor shopping sign-up processes, a study from Beyond Identity has revealed. A survey of more than 1,000 people in …
Big data moving to Kubernetes with speed, complexities arising
Pepperdata announced the results of a new survey to gauge the pace at which enterprises are migrating big data applications to Kubernetes containers. 600 senior enterprise IT …
Attackers bypass Microsoft patch to deliver Formbook malware
Sophos Labs researchers have detected the use of a novel exploit able to bypass a patch for a critical vulnerability (CVE-2021-40444) affecting the Microsoft Office file …
Ransomware Empire: Who might blackmail your company?
The history of ransomware attacks covers slightly over 30 years. Over this modest period, cybercriminals have been relentlessly building ransomware capacities and improving …
CTO of Security at Salesforce talks e-commerce cybersecurity threat trends for 2022
Online retailers are dealing with more cybersecurity threats than ever before, and the holiday (shopping) season is when they have to fend them off most aggressively. In this …
Open-source software holds the key to solving Log4Shell-like problems
Earlier this month, the existence of a critical vulnerability in Apache Log4j 2 was revealed and a PoC for it published. Dubbed Log4Shell, it’s an issue in a logging library …
What’s stopping consumers from using credit freezes?
A Identity Theft Resource Center and DIG.Works research explored the relationship between data breach notices and a decision for a consumer to freeze their credit, as well as …
How confident can organizations be in their managed services security?
MITRE Engenuity and Cybersecurity Insiders announced the results of a research about the state of affairs in managed services security. The survey of IT security professionals …
Valuing IT professionals to retain talent and reduce their stress
Keeping up with digital transformation (32%) and keeping talent in technical roles (26%) are the two biggest challenges organizations face today, an Ivanti survey of IT …
Cybercriminals shifting focus: IT sector most targeted in 2021
Darktrace reported that the IT and communications sector was globally the most targeted industry by cybercriminals in 2021. Darktrace’s data is developed by ‘early …
Featured news
Sponsored
Don't miss
- Microsoft releases tool to speed up recovery of systems borked by CrowdStrike update
- Cross-industry standards for data provenance in AI
- Shuffle Automation: Open-source security automation platform
- Cyber insurance 2.0: The systemic changes required for future security
- Update: Worldwide IT outage due to buggy Crowdstrike sensor configuration update