Stronger Together — Building Cyber Resilience

As new ways of work are coupled with a growing prevalence of malware and ransomware, cyber resilience has become top of mind in boardrooms around the world.

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Using Mystery Novel Techniques to Track Down Cyberthreats

If you consider yourself a good sleuth who can predict the end of every Agatha Christie novel, you might have a knack for discovering the origins of cyberthreats.

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2020 Tax Fraud Trends: How to Protect Yourself at Home and Work

Scammers view tax season as a prime recruiting season for victims. Here are the most prominent tax fraud trends in 2020 and how to protect your identity and business from risks.

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State of the Phish: IBM X-Force Reveals Current Phishing Attack Trends

Phishing has long been an infection vector of choice for threat actors, and for good reason — it is relatively easy, inexpensive and consistently successful.

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What Is a DDoS Attack?

After 20 years, distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks can still result in critical damage to businesses. Learn more about how to mitigate a DDoS attack on your corporate network.

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Which Incident Response Investments Are You Prioritizing in 2020?

Developing, testing and improving incident response plans should be the number one priority for future investment by organizations, but there are more areas to look into in 2020.

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3 Lessons From the Incident Response Tabletops

Here are three lessons I’ve learned about incident response from having run tabletop exercises within IBM and alongside our clients.

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Staying Vigilant About Retail Security Does Not End on Black Friday

As one of the most targeted industries, retailers should be taking measures to build a secure infrastructure ahead of the holidays and keep retail security evolving and maturing all year long.

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New Destructive Wiper ZeroCleare Targets Energy Sector in the Middle East

According to IBM X-Force research, the ZeroCleare wiper was used to execute a destructive attack that affected organizations in the energy and industrial sectors in the Middle East.

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Create Cyber Incident Response Policies for Any Type of Disaster

If your organization is proactive, you should have a cyber incident policy in place for that worst-case scenario of your files being compromised by a bad actor.

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