When It Comes To Ransomware Attacks, Ignorance Is Death
When it comes to ransomware attacks, the risk massively outweighs our fear on the subject. As a plan for illicit profit, it has become the number one go-to exploit for cyber thieves looking to score the biggest possible pot of gold. And so far, it’s working really, really well. Ransomware is characterized as a kind
[ Read More ]The Five Core Responsibilities Of A Corporate Information Security Officer
If your organization is already a large corporation, your security level should already be mature enough and you will need to find a Corporate Information Security Officer. Since there is a global shortage of one million cyber security professionals, it’s likely that your organization is also shorthanded in this area and you’re looking for someone
[ Read More ]Is IoT Headed To The Moon In A Broken Spaceship?
The incredible growth of the IoT landscape continues to amaze the market, as it predicted businesses around the world will likely spend about $772.5 billion on its expansion in 2018. That said, recent studies suggest the role of cybersecurity is essentially being overlooked by almost half these IoT organizations, all of whom require some degree
[ Read More ]Organizations Can Benefit From Hiring White Hats For Cybersecurity
Hacking is extremely damaging to an organization’s reputation and ultimately continuity since any brand which encounters one becomes less trusted by consumers. When consumer trust runs out, it’s only a matter of time before the business closes. So it’s a great thing that there are hackers who are performing this in order to beef up
[ Read More ]How Severe Are The Vulnerabilities In Most Web Applications?
The Automated Code Analysis: Web Application Vulnerabilities in 2017 revealed that 94% of web applications suffer from high-severity software vulnerabilities. Positive Technologies, a security firm, tested every app that has different levels of severity and found that 85% of them have an exploitable vulnerability—and it’s safe to say cybercriminals have noticed this feature as well.
[ Read More ]Experts Say Yes, Ransomware Is Still A Top Cybersecurity Threat
Ransomware still seems to be the most prominent malware around, as per a recent study report. The Verizon Annual Data Breach Investigation Report, released last week, comprises this and some other relevant findings. This is the eleventh edition of the Verizon Data Breach Investigation Report (DBIR) and this includes data from 67 contributing organizations; the
[ Read More ]Just One Percent Of Media Companies Love Their Cybersecurity
A recent study shows that only one percent of media companies are really confident in their current cybersecurity measures. The report titled ‘The State of Media Security,” published by Akamai of the CDN (Content Delivery Network), a service company based in Cambridge, Massachusetts has issued the new findings. The report, based on a survey conducted by
[ Read More ]So, Web App Vulnerabilities Are Off The Charts
Does anyone still believe that web applications aren’t prone to vulnerabilities? Please speak up. Studies tell us 94% of all tested applications have, in fact, shown major vulnerabilities when analyzed. In practical terms—this means the internet can be a risky place, so don’t go throwing your trust around so easily. This Web Application Vulnerabilities report of long-range of
[ Read More ]5 Ways Artificial Intelligence Will Impact Cybersecurity
Expert predict that cyber criminals will be using machine learning and artificial intelligence to deploy threat after threat. Cyber security professionals need to catch up fast and start implementing the use of AI. However, when removed from the view of an arms race, AI has tremendous benefits it can give to the field of cyber
[ Read More ]Hackers Now Use Their Own Admin Tools Against Company Networks
As if the threatscape couldn’t hold any more danger, IT teams must now add their favorite network administration tools as possible backdoor entry points for hackers. Hackers have found a way to abuse LDAP, Kerberos, and NTLM, take over WMI and DCE/RPC, two popular network admin tools, to get admin privileges. After an initial infection
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