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Businesses know bots present a big threat to their security and sensitive data. But they’re not doing nearly enough to mitigate the problem, according to new research from Netacea, which looked at data across the travel, entertainment, e-commerce and … Continue reading Are Businesses Unprepared to Fight Bot Attacks?
A group of researchers at Purdue University’s Center for Education and Research in Information Assurance and Security (CERIAS) recently discovered a vulnerability that affects the many IoT devices running Bluetooth. Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) is the m… Continue reading Bluetooth Reconnection Flaw Could Lead to Spoofing Attacks
The widespread switch to work-from-home arrangements around the globe means employees are working offsite at unprecedented levels. It’s also prompted cybercriminals to find additional targets to exploit. We have heard for months about an increase in t… Continue reading Remote Work Pushes Brute-Force Attacks Higher
A survey of executive decision-makers conducted by Deloitte finds deep concern about the threat landscape in the next 12 months. The survey reveals 69% of executives expect the number and size of cyber events targeting their organizations to increase … Continue reading Attack Worries Increase as Pandemic Continues
It’s unlikely that any security manager would consider the process of administering security patches as “fun,” but in the age of COVID-19, with continued widespread remote work arrangements turning just about everything on its ear, patching is now an … Continue reading 5 Lessons Learned From Patching During a Pandemic
As if the issue of election security were not complex enough before 2020, the current concerns about standing in crowds of voters amid the pandemic have only further ramped up concerns about November’s election. Issues such as how to potentially imple… Continue reading Pandemic Serves Up Security Woes for Election
The widespread work from home orders due to the COVID-19 pandemic is pushing security professionals into work outside their typical infosec duties. A new survey from (ISC)² of 256 cybersecurity professionals finds 81% of respondents, all typically resp… Continue reading Security Pros Pulling Double IT Duty During Pandemic
Even the most cyber secure states didn’t score above a C average, which means there’s more work to be done Security and IT managers all over the globe have had to scramble during the last month to rearrange workforces into largely remote o… Continue reading How Cyber Secure Is Your State?
If your teams weren’t already using popular collaboration tools such as Slack, Microsoft Teams, Zoom and Google, chances are they are now. The sudden widespread directive for most employees to work from home due to the spread of the COVID-19 virus mea… Continue reading Collaboration Tools: Essential but Risky in Remote Work
A new report out of the UK takes a deep look at the oft-reported security skills shortage and finds that while fewer businesses are dealing with overall technical skills gaps, they are especially struggling to find qualified people to fill specialized… Continue reading Skills Gap: Firms Can’t Fill Specific Security Roles