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39% of MSPs report major setbacks when adapting to advanced security technologies

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SOPHOS, a leading global provider of managed security solutions, has recently released its annual MSP Perspectives report for 2024. This most recent report provides insights from 350 different managed service providers (MSPs) across the United States, United Kingdom, Germany and Australia on modern cybersecurity tools solutions. It also documents newly discovered risks and challenges in […]

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A decade of global cyberattacks, and where they left us

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The cyberattack landscape has seen monumental shifts and enormous growth in the past decade or so. I spoke to Michelle Alvarez, X-Force Strategic Threat Analysis Manager at IBM, who told me that the most visible change in cybersecurity can be summed up in one word: scale. A decade ago, “’mega-breaches’ were relatively rare, but now […]

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How a new wave of deepfake-driven cybercrime targets businesses

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As deepfake attacks on businesses dominate news headlines, detection experts are gathering valuable insights into how these attacks came into being and the vulnerabilities they exploit. Between 2023 and 2024, frequent phishing and social engineering campaigns led to account hijacking and theft of assets and data, identity theft, and reputational damage to businesses across industries. […]

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What should Security Operations teams take away from the IBM X-Force 2024 Threat Intelligence Index?

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The IBM X-Force 2024 Threat Intelligence Index has been released. The headlines are in and among them are the fact that a global identity crisis is emerging. X-Force noted a 71% increase year-to-year in attacks using valid credentials. In this blog post, I’ll explore three cybersecurity recommendations from the Threat Intelligence Index, and define a […]

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Top 10 web application vulnerabilities in 2021–2023

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Our Security assessment team set up rankings that reflected our take on the most widespread and critical web application vulnerabilities as viewed through a prism of eight years’ experience. Continue reading Top 10 web application vulnerabilities in 2021–2023→

Ermac malware: The other side of the code

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When the Cerberus code was leaked in late 2020, IBM Trusteer researchers projected that a new Cerberus mutation was just a matter of time. Multiple actors used the leaked Cerberus code but without significant changes to the malware. However, the MalwareHunterTeam discovered a new variant of Cerberus — known as Ermac (also known as Hook) […]

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Dark web threats and dark market predictions for 2024

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An overview of last year’s predictions for corporate and dark web threats and our predictions for 2024. Continue reading Dark web threats and dark market predictions for 2024→

What to do if your company was mentioned on Darknet?

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We created a list of companies worldwide from different industries and searched through Darknet trying to find out how likely these companies have suffered a breach, what kind of data leaked, and what to do with it. Continue reading What to do if your company was mentioned on Darknet?→