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The benefits and challenges of passwordless authentication

More and more organizations are adopting passwordless authentication. Gartner predicts that, by 2022, 60% of large and global enterprises as well as 90% of midsize enterprises …

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3 in 4 companies have experienced account takeover attacks in the last year

The COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated cloud migration and digital transformation amongst 88% of companies and that 71% of Microsoft Office 365 deployments have suffered an …

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New phishing campaign targets taxpayer credentials

A new phishing campaign is targeting U.S. taxpayers with documents that purport to contain tax-related content, but ultimately deliver NetWire and Remcos malware – two …

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Cloud computing could prevent the emission of 1 billion metric tons of CO2

Continued adoption of cloud computing could prevent the emission of more than 1 billion metric tons of carbon dioxide (CO2) from 2021 through 2024, a forecast from IDC shows. …

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Ongoing Office 365-themed phishing campaign targets executives, assistants, financial departments

A sophisticated and highly targeted Microsoft Office 365 phishing campaign is being aimed at C-suite executives, executive assistants and financial departments across numerous …

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With data volumes and velocity multiplying, how do you choose the right data security solution?

There is no doubt that the COVID-19 pandemic has caused radical changes in our personal and working lives. The sudden and massive surge of employees working from home and the …

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DDoS attacks surge as cybercriminals take advantage of the pandemic

DDoS attacks reached a record high during the pandemic as cybercriminals launched new and increasingly complex attacks, a Link11 report reveals. The analysis showed a boom in …

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Years-old MS Office, Word flaws most exploited to deliver malware

29% of malware captured was previously unknown – due to the widespread use of packers and obfuscation techniques by attackers seeking to evade detection, according to a HP …

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Consumers aware of security concerns, but not doing much to change password habits

The recent remote work trend caused by the pandemic has increased password security risks of both companies and individuals. Despite this fact, Americans continue to put …

The DevOps Guide to Terraform Security
The DevOps Guide to Terraform Security

Using Terraform, an open source IaC tool developed by Hashicorp, to provision infrastructure provides many benefits to the management and operations of your environment. Its …

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Why is financial cyber risk quantification important?

Cyber incidents are a major risk facing organizations and companies of all sizes and industries. These risks have only increased in the past year, with much of the workforce …

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The dangers of misusing instant messaging and business collaboration tools

71% of office workers globally – including 68% in the US – admitted to sharing sensitive and business-critical company data using instant messaging (IM) and business …

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