
Third-party online assets a growing security risk for retailers
83% of the top U.S. retailers have connections to a vulnerable third-party asset, and 43% have vulnerabilities that pose an immediate cybersecurity risk, Cyberpion reveals. In …

How COVID-19 has impacted the security threat landscape
A WatchGuard report reveals how COVID-19 has impacted the security threat landscape, with evidence that attackers continue to target corporate networks despite the shift to …

Remote and cloud-based systems to be ruthlessly targeted next year
Home networks, remote working software and cloud systems will be at the center of a new wave of attacks in 2021, Trend Micro predicts. Cybercriminals in 2021 will particularly …

Week in review: FireEye breach, vulnerable TCP/IP stacks, Kali Linux and the future of pentesting
Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news and articles: FireEye breach: State-sponsored attackers stole hacking tools U.S. cybersecurity …

Ad-injecting malware hijacks Chrome, Edge, Firefox
When searching for things online, has a greater number of ads than usual been popping up at the top of your search results? If it has, and you’re using Microsoft Edge, …

CPRA hints at the future of cybersecurity and privacy
One of the most notable ballot propositions impacting the privacy and cybersecurity world during the US 2020 election was the passage of the California Privacy Rights Act …

2021 predictions: The rise of cyber resilience
Each year seems to come with more cyber threats, “bad actors,” ransomware and data breaches. The security industry is on fire right now with technology providers continuing to …

40% of COVID-19 contact tracing apps lack basic protections
Guardsquare announced the release of a report which reassesses the levels of security protections and privacy risks of COVID-19 contact tracing apps. The report found that of …

Engineers design transistor that disguises key computer chip hardware from hackers
A hacker can reproduce a circuit on a chip by discovering what key transistors are doing in a circuit – but not if the transistor “type” is undetectable. Purdue University …

Most IT decision makers don’t trust data, but 54% still use it to make decisions
77% of IT decision makers (ITDMs) don’t completely trust the data within their organization for timely and accurate decision making, according to SnapLogic. With 98% of those …

How do I select cyber insurance for my business?
There has been a 70%+ increase in the average cost of a cybercrime to an organization over five years to $13mn and a 60%+ increase in the average number of security breaches, …

Phishers bypass Microsoft 365 security controls by spoofing Microsoft.com
A domain spoofing email phishing campaign that very convincingly impersonates Microsoft and successfully tricks legacy secure email gateways has recently been spotted by …
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