Malware
Attackers Weaponizing Zero-Days at Record Pace
Cybercriminals exploited a new remote code execution (RCE) zero-day, CVE-2021-40444, a week before a patch was released in September—that’s just one of the recent findings in a report by HP Wolf Security ...
Bracing for the Data Security ‘Bang’
Data security is top-of-mind for businesses and consumers alike these days. According to the Gartner Hype Cycle for Data Security, 2021, “organizations are accelerating the deployment of sensitive data across multi-cloud architectures, ...
AI Driving Foreign Influence, Disinformation and Espionage
In early October 2021, director of the NSA and U.S. Cyber Command General Paul Nakasone spoke at the 2021 Mandiant Cyber Defense Summit. In his speech, Nakasone detailed numerous ongoing influence operations ...
Apple Says iPhone Users are Stupid
Apple wants lawmakers to know that sideloading apps is dangerous, and that its droolingly dim customers can’t be trusted ...
Deep Instinct Report Highlights Need to Rethink Approach to Cybersecurity
What keeps security managers and analysts up at night? According to the bi-annual Voice of SecOps Report–a survey from Deep Instinct–there are a variety of persistent challenges that cybersecurity professionals worry about ...
Non-Human Identities Sprawl Challenges Security
Move over, humans. With the rise of non-human identities, you may no longer be the weakest link when it comes to security. As the workforce is increasingly augmented by robotic process automation ...
Staying Ahead of Ransomware With the Cloud
According to a report from Check Point Software, there were 93% more ransomware attacks in the first half of 2021 than during the same period last year. Palo Alto Networks’ Unit 42 ...
Protecting Active Directory With Viable Backups
The primary recovery concern after a ransomware attack is the health of the core infrastructure. Before recovering any environment, it is crucial to confirm the viability of backups and whether there is ...
Marketing, Aerospace, and IT Pros Struggle with Passwords
What do marketing, aerospace and IT professionals have in common? At first glance, not much. But a closer look will show you that there is something that ties them together—passwords. Namely, the ...
When it Comes to Malware Think Like Bond “Trust No One”
If you’ve ever watched a Bond movie you know that James Bond has a trust complex. Whether it’s M, MI6, or a femme fatale – Bond always gets into trouble when he ...
