2021 New Year Resolutions for Web Application Security
As we approach the new year, many of us are hoping for a new normal in 2021, at least something not so crazy as 2020 has been. Traditionally the new year has also meant a time of reflection, and a time to make resolutions for the new year. Here at ... Read More
Fourth Record Year in a Row for Vulnerabilities
On December 15, 2020 we just hit another milestone with the number of vulnerabilities recorded in the US CERT Vulnerability Database (so far in 2020) exceeding the total count in 2019, marking a fourth record year of vulnerabilities discovered in production code. The post Fourth Record Year in a Row ... Read More
Consumption of Public Cloud is Way Ahead of Ability to Secure It
During the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic, we've seen organizations increase their use of the cloud, partly to accommodate the increase in employees working from home, and partly as the increase they had already been planning on in their move to the cloud. While companies have been increasing their use of the ... Read More
84% of Companies Have High Risk Vulnerabilities
A recent study from Positive Technologies found that 84% of companies have high risk vulnerabilities that are accessible on the network perimeter. The results are based on their network perimeter scan of selected corporate information systems, where they scanned 3,514 hosts, including network devices, servers, and workstations. The post 84% ... Read More
Healthcare Data Breaches to Triple in 2021
A new report by Black Book Market Research predicts that data breaches in the healthcare industry are likely to triple in volume in the coming year. The "2020 State of the Healthcare Cybersecurity Industry" report surveyed over 2,400 security professionals. The post Healthcare Data Breaches to Triple in 2021 appeared ... Read More
90% of Companies Faced Increased Cyberattacks During COVID-19
A recent global study by Tanium of 1,000 CXOs reported on the effects of COVID-19 on enterprise and government organizations. 90 percent of those surveyed said they experienced an increase in cyberattacks due to the pandemic. But at the same time, a greater number of survey respondents––93 percent––said they had ... Read More
New Study Says Cyber Security Technology Isn’t as Effective As It Should Be
A new study by Debate Security finds that the efficacy problems in cyber security are more related to economic issues rather than technology issues. It found that companies when evaluating which cyber security software to purchase, didn't include evaluating efficacy of the solution as a consistent factor in deciding to ... Read More
Why Do Zero Day Security Technologies Fail to Protect Against Zero Day Attacks?
Today's security technologies fail to detect true zero day attacks, K2 has a video that explains why these security technologies fail to protect against zero day attacks and the need for deterministic security. The post Why Do Zero Day Security Technologies Fail to Protect Against Zero Day Attacks? appeared first ... Read More
More Cyberattacks in the First Half of 2020 Than in All of 2019
A recent study by CrowdStrike showed more cyberattacks in the first six months of this year than in all of 2019 in the network activity of Crowdstrike customers. It's a trend that's been confirmed by other recent studies done this year. The post More Cyberattacks in the First Half of ... Read More
One Key Cyber Security Fact
Earlier this year, in March of 2020, CSO Online published an article on the key facts and figures around cyber security for 2020, including the astonishing fact that 60% of attacks were on vulnerabilities that had patches available. The post One Key Cyber Security Fact appeared first on K2io ... Read More
