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Over 60% of the Fortune 1000 had at least one public breach over the last decade. Things have improved in recent times, but not by much. Researchers now estimate that 40% of the firms on the list will suffer a cyber loss this year and every year a… Continue reading 40% of Fortune 1000 Companies Will Suffer a Breach Every Year, New Research Suggests
A new phishing scam is capitalizing on the COVID-19 pandemic, seeking to steal credentials of healthcare workers with the promise of a “coronavirus awareness” seminar. An email purporting to come from the organization’s IT department … Continue reading Phishing Email Aims to Trick Hospital Staff with ‘Coronavirus Seminar’
Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) offer considerable advantages for cybersecurity professionals, especially in the face of the technology talent gap that has left 45 percent of companies with an understaffed cybersecurity team… Continue reading Infosec Pros Agree Human Skills Matter Most in a Cybersecurity Stack
The infamous ransomware operatives known as the Maze Team have issued a “press release” condemning IT administrators who tried to use bribery to cover up their failure to protect their employers from hackers. In an interesting twist, ransom… Continue reading IT Admins Allegedly Offer Hackers ‘Naked Photos of Boss’s Secretary’ in Exchange for Ransomware Decryption Keys
Amid the Coronavirus scare, employees everywhere are packing their laptops and working remotely. Different organizations have different remote-working policies. While some mandate strict security protocols, others are more permissive, and even careless… Continue reading 5 Safety Tips for Working Remotely
More than half of IT professionals are extremely concerned about the security of corporate endpoints in the face of sophisticated attack vectors like ransomware, disruptionware, phishing and others.
The post IT Leaders Aim to Outgun Hackers with B… Continue reading IT Leaders Aim to Outgun Hackers with Bigger Cybersecurity Budgets in 2020
The username/password combo is still the dominant method of authentication used to access business devices, apps and data. Conversely, the password is still the top attack vector for organizations of all sizes, new research shows.
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More than half of healthcare vendors have suffered at least one breach of protected health data belonging to patients of the healthcare providers they serve, new research shows. On average, a breach exposes around 10,000 patient records and inflic… Continue reading Healthcare Providers Lose an Average $2.75 Million per Data Breach
Almost a year after getting infected with ransomware, the City of Cartersville in the U.S. State of Georgia this week admitted to paying ransomware operators $380,000 to unlock its systems. Cartersville reportedly got infected in early May last year wh… Continue reading City of Cartersville Admits Paying Ryuk Ransomware Operators $380,000
Fewer than one in four city employees receive cyber training related to ransomware threats as budgets for managing cyberattacks have stagnated across U.S. state institutions.
The post Cyberattack Fears Haunt State Employees More Than Natural Disas… Continue reading Cyberattack Fears Haunt State Employees More Than Natural Disasters and Terrorist Attacks