Two-Thirds of Businesses Have Suffered Endpoint and IoT Security Incidents During COVID-19

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Endpoint and IoT security incidents escalate in the past 12 months as employees are forced to work remotely The top 3 issues cited by IT decision-makers are malware (78%), insecure network and remote access (61%), and compromised credentials (58%) Respondents cite failure to discover, identify and respond to unknown, unmanaged ... Read More

‘Inconvenient’ Cybersecurity Policies Put Healthcare Organizations at Risk

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Information security policies are not grounded in the realities of an employee’s work responsibilities Physicians who are dealing with emergency situations constantly are more likely to leave a workstation unlocked Security professionals must find ways to seamlessly integrate ISP compliance within specific job tasks ... Read More
Prison Video-Calling Service Exposes Call Transcripts Between Convicts and Attorneys

Prison Video-Calling Service Exposes Call Transcripts Between Convicts and Attorneys

A security researcher has discovered a critical security lapse in a popular video visitation service for correctional facilities that exposed the call logs and transcriptions of conversations between inmates and the outside world – including calls supposedly protected by attorney-client privilege. HomeWAV prides itself on offering a state-of-the-art suite of ... Read More

43% of Global Employees Are Not Sure What a Phishing Attack Is

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Employees want to keep working remotely but admit they are not as productive as in the office A third of remote workers consider IT security a low priority Almost half of global employees don’t fully understand the notion of a phishing attack ... Read More

43% of Global Employees Are Not Sure What a Phishing Attack Is

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Employees want to keep working remotely but admit they are not as productive as in the office A third of remote workers consider IT security a low priority Almost half of global employees don’t fully understand the notion of a phishing attack ... Read More

37% of Remote Employees Have No Security Restrictions on Corporate Devices

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More than half of organizations have given employees a corporate device for remote work 37% of employees say they are not restricted from activities like visiting unsecured websites, sharing personal information, or downloading unvetted software 54% of users would still visit a website after receiving a warning about potential security ... Read More

37% of Remote Employees Have No Security Restrictions on Corporate Devices

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More than half of organizations have given employees a corporate device for remote work 37% of employees say they are not restricted from activities like visiting unsecured websites, sharing personal information, or downloading unvetted software 54% of users would still visit a website after receiving a warning about potential security ... Read More
COVID-19 Exacerbated Existing Cybercrime Patterns, Europol Says

COVID-19 Exacerbated Existing Cybercrime Patterns, Europol Says

Europol has published its seventh Internet Organized Crime Threat Assessment (IOCTA), the agency’s annual cybercrime report containing updates on the latest trends and effects of cybercrime in the European Union and beyond. Much has changed since last year’s IOCTA edition, yet some things are still the same, the agency notes ... Read More

Top Managers Increasingly Asked to Sit in on Cybersecurity Meetings

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Eight in 10 organizations report that their cybersecurity practices are improving Executives, directors, business units and outside firms are now directly engaged in conversations and decisions on cybersecurity matters COVID-19 and the shift to remote work have heightened awareness of the need for strong cybersecurity ... Read More

Top Managers Increasingly Asked to Sit in on Cybersecurity Meetings

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Eight in 10 organizations report that their cybersecurity practices are improving Executives, directors, business units and outside firms are now directly engaged in conversations and decisions on cybersecurity matters COVID-19 and the shift to remote work have heightened awareness of the need for strong cybersecurity ... Read More