Some investigators still lack digital skills
US Federal Contractors Lag in Cyber Best Practices
BitSight says contractors aren’t following best practices.
CISOs See Incidents Growing and Preparedness Waning
A full 66% of CISOs believe their organization will experience a data breach or cybersecurity exploit that will seriously diminish shareholder value.
DDoS Costs Skyrocket for SMBs and Enterprises Alike
Kaspersky found that enterprises are spending an average of $2.3 million per incident on remediation.
Half of UK Firms Hit by Cyber-Related Fraud in Past Two Years
PwC claims UK is major global target for foreign attackers
US Government in Epic Border Security Fail
Officers unable to verify smart chip on e-Passports for over a decade
F-Secure: Email Still the Weakest Link
Phishing and malicious attachments are biggest threat vector
Malvertising Wanes in Q4
Despite another increase in year-over-year malvertising detections, research shows the numbers are trending down.
OMG! Mirai Variant Creates Proxy Servers
It also keeps Mirai’s original modules, including the attack, killer and scanner modules.
Widespread Whaling Campaign Looks to Hook Fortune 500 Firms
Criminals, likely of Nigerian origin, are behind the widespread credential harvesting, phishing and social engineering initiative.