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How hackers use CAPTCHA to evade automated detection
Introduction CAPTCHA seems to be everywhere we look. These sloppy characters are on blogs, ticket websites, shopping portals — you name it. Those cars you need to spot in a block of ...
Securing an Agile and Hybrid Workforce
Guest article by Andrea Babbs, UK General Manager, VIPRE2020 has forced businesses to revise many of their operations. One significant transition being the shift to a remote working model, for which many were ...
The State of Ransomware 2020: Key findings from Sophos & Malwarebytes
Introduction Ransomware has become one of the most common and well-known threats to cybersecurity. 2020 saw a notable increase in ransomware attacks specifically on enterprise entities, as many organizations found themselves in ...
Monitoring business communication tools like Slack for data infiltration risks
Introduction If you’re sending instant messages at work, chances are you’re using Slack, the business-oriented analog of WhatsApp or Discord. Slack currently boasts over 12 million users worldwide,... Go on to the ...
Cybersecurity Marketing in the Time of COVID: 3 Leaders Speak
Over the summer I hosted Atri Chatterjee, CMO of ForgeRock; Dean Niccols, vice president of Global Marketing at Jumio; and Ryan Bunker, senior business development executive at BYOS.io on how the global ...
Breached passwords: The most frequently used and compromised passwords of the year
Introduction Passwords should be secret, so why do so many people wind up using the same popular passwords? The truth is, no one sets out to choose a password that is dangerously ...
Tech companies, privacy and vulnerabilities: How much transparency is enough?
Views and opinions published in this article are intended to foster productive thought and discussion around challenges in the cybersecurity industry. Views expressed in this article do not... Go on to the ...
8 of the world’s biggest insider threat security incidents
Introduction If you work in security or are just interested in the general area of cybersecurity you will no doubt have heard of the dreaded insider threat. In the context of cybersecurity ...
Security theatrics or strategy? Optimizing security budget efficiency and effectiveness
Introduction I am a staunch advocate of the consideration of human behavior in cybersecurity threat mitigation. The discipline of behavioral ecology is a good place to start. This subset of... Go on ...
Employee Burnout is Putting Your Organization’s Security at Risk
Burnout is a health hazard in any high-stress workplace, especially in any industry where highly skilled professionals must tackle urgent demands at unpredictable intervals and where effective response is time-sensitive or even ...
