Collaborate Disseminate
As the COVID-19 pandemic wreaks havoc around the globe, cybercriminals appear to be reaching new lows in their latest efforts to exploit personal fears to launch phishing attacks. A report published today by Barracuda Networks notes some of these atta… Continue reading COVID-19 Pandemic Drives Spike in Phishing Attacks
Akamai this week announced it has added a secure web gateway capability to its portfolio of managed security services, while at the same time extending the reach of its service for mitigating the impact of a distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack… Continue reading Akamai Expands Managed Security Services
Auth0 has acquired Apility.io in part to gain access to an application programming interface (API) through which curated IP, email and domain reputation data will be fed into the Auth0 anomaly detection engine. Delivered as a service, the Auth0 reputa… Continue reading Auth0 to Streamline Analysis of Reputation Data
Contrast Security this week added a Route Intelligence module to a Contrast Assess vulnerability assessment that automates the code scanning process. Surag Patel, chief strategy officer for Contrast Security, said Route Intelligence employs sensors in… Continue reading Contrast Security Advances DevSecOps
Fusion Risk Management Inc., a provider of disaster recovery software and services, this week announced it will make available an online pandemic readiness toolkit. Company CTO Corey Cowgill said the goal is to provide organizations with timely and re… Continue reading Fusion Creates Online Pandemic Readiness Resource
ZeroNorth, a provider of a namesake platform for orchestrating risk management within the context of application development projects, announced it has garnered another $10 million in funding. Company CEO John Worrall said most of the funds are earmar… Continue reading ZeroNorth Raises $10M to Advance Risk Orchestration
Looks like cybercriminals have come up with yet another innovative means to distribute malware. Researchers at Inky, which provides tools to combat phishing attacks, have discovered that cybercriminals are now sending emails that come with fake attach… Continue reading Phaxttachments Are Latest Spin on Phishing Attacks
A report published today by Menlo Security, a provider of a global cloud proxy platform, details the degree to which public cloud file services are now being used as a mechanism to distribute malware. The report finds nearly one-third (29%) of all att… Continue reading Report Details Security Threats Posed by Cloud File Services
The fear of a worldwide COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic that might shut down entire cities or even geographical regions around the world will confront IT organizations with a remote management challenge most of them are ill-prepared to meet. Most organi… Continue reading Coronavirus Concerns to Put Remote Access to the Security Test
The annual Threat Report published by BlackBerry Limited finds that while financial services and the retail sector continue to bear the brunt of most cybersecurity attacks, cybercriminals have expanded their targets in the last year to include IT serv… Continue reading Threat Report: Cybercriminals Expand Vertical Focus