Akamai Is Delighted to Partner with Teneo and Bytes Software Services

Akamai’s partnerships with Teneo and Bytes Software Solutions help us to adapt, grow, and innovate in an ever-changing landscape...

7 Reasons to Choose an MDR Provider

According to a recent survey, 90% of CISOs running teams in small to medium-sized enterprises SMEs use a managed detection and response MDR service. That's a 53% increase from last year. Why the dramatic shift to MDR? CISOs at organizations of any size, but especially SMEs, are realizing that the...

QSC 2022: That’s a Wrap!

Over the years, the threat landscape has exploded, and bad actors have become increasingly sophisticated, making the demand for cloud security platforms - that save security teams time and increase efficiency - a must-have for every cyber arsenal. This was underscored last week at QSC 2022 Las...

Advanced threat predictions for 2023

It is fair to say that since last years predictions, the world has dramatically changed. While the geopolitical landscape has durably shifted, cyberattacks remain a constant threat and show no signs of receding – quite the contrary. No matter where they are, people around the world should be...

The state of cryptojacking in the first three quarters of 2022

Cryptocurrency prices were dropping from the end of 2021 and throughout the first half of 2022. Although finance experts and retail investors estimate crypto to have a solid chance of recovery in the long term, at the time of writing this report the prices remain low. However, cybercriminals are...

Attack Surface Management 2022 Midyear Review Part 3

In our 2022 midyear roundup, we examine the most significant trends and incidents that influenced the cybersecurity landscape in the first half of the year...

Cybersecurity Posture & Insurance Outlook with Advisen

Trend Micro’s Eric Skinner, and Advisen, an insurance data and analytics company, discuss the current threat landscape, cyber risk management, and how vendors and cyber insurers can champion enhanced cybersecurity posture...

Attack Surface Management 2022 Midyear Review Part 2

In our 2022 midyear roundup, we examine the most significant trends and incidents that influenced the cybersecurity landscape in the first half of the year...

OldGremlin Ransomware Targeted Over a Dozen Russian Entities in Multi-Million Scheme

A Russian-speaking ransomware group dubbed OldGremlin has been attributed to 16 malicious campaigns aimed at entities operating in the transcontinental Eurasian nation over the course of two and a half years. "The group's victims include companies in sectors such as logistics, industry, insurance...

New Ursnif Variant Likely Shifting Focus to Ransomware and Data Theft

The Ursnif malware has become the latest malware to shed its roots as a banking trojan to revamp itself into a generic backdoor capable of delivering next-stage payloads, joining the likes of Emotet, Qakbot, and TrickBot. "This is a significant shift from the malware's original purpose to enable...

Who’s Scanning the IPv6 Space? And, Frankly, Why Do We Even Care?

Securing IPv6 is no longer optional, it's a necessity. In this first of its kind empirical study on the vulnerability scanning landscape of IPv6, you'll learn the challenges and differences between IPv6 and IPv4 to be better prepared for the future...

Addressing the Evolving Attack Surface Part 1: Modern Challenges

Lately, we’ve been hearing a lot from our customers requesting help on how to manage their evolving attack surface. As new 0days appear, new applications are spun up, and cloud instances change hourly, it can be hard for our customers to get a full view of risk into their environments. We put...

In-Depth Look Into Data-Driven Science Behind Qualys TruRisk

Vulnerability Management is a foundational component of any cybersecurity program for the implementation of appropriate security controls and the management of cyber risk. Earlier this year Qualys introduced the latest iteration of its vulnerability management product VMDR 2.0 with TruRisk which...

Microsoft publishes new report on holistic insider risk management

The risk landscape for organizations has changed significantly in the past few years. The amount of data captured, copied, and consumed is expected to grow to more than 180 zettabytes through 2025.1 Traditional ways of identifying and mitigating risks don’t always work. Historically, organization...

A look at the 2020–2022 ATM/PoS malware landscape

During the pandemic, lockdowns forced people to stay at home and do their shopping online, which was mirrored in point-of-sale PoS and ATM malware activity, as certain regions saw malicious transactions drop significantly. Now, as we predicted in last years forecast, many are returning to their...

How Underground Groups Use Stolen Identities and Deepfakes

The growing appearance of deepfake attacks is significantly reshaping the threat landscape. These fakes brings attacks such as business email compromise BEC and identity verification bypassing to new levels...

New Windows 11 security features are designed for hybrid work

Attackers are constantly evolving, becoming increasingly sophisticated and destructive—the median time for an attacker to access your private data if you fall victim to a phishing email is 1 hour, 12 minutes.1 Microsoft tracks more than 35 ransomware families and more than 250 unique nation-state...

The 2022 SANS Top New Attacks and Threats Report Is In, and It's Required Reading

The latest Top New Attacks and Threat Report from the cybersecurity experts at SANS is here — and the findings around cyberthreats, attacks, and best practices to defend against them are as critical for security teams as they've ever been. If you're unfamiliar with the SysAdmin, Audit, Network, a...

Researchers Detail OriginLogger RAT — Successor to Agent Tesla Malware

Palo Alto Networks Unit 42 has detailed the inner workings of a malware called OriginLogger, which has been touted as a successor to the widely used information stealer and remote access trojan RAT known as Agent Tesla. A .NET based keylogger and remote access, Agent Tesla has had a long-standing...

Threat landscape for industrial automation systems for H1 2022

H1 2022 in numbers Geography In H1 2022, malicious objects were blocked at least once on 31.8% of ICS computers globally. Percentage of ICS computers on which malicious objects were blocked For the first time in five years of observations, the lowest percentage in the ‎first half of the year was...