Back-to-Back PlayStation 5 Hacks Hit on the Same Day

A pair of PlayStation 5 breaches shows the consoles don’t have protection from attackers taking over its most basic functions. Both exploits were posted on Twitter on Nov. 7 without disclosure to Sony or specifics, but they nonetheless signal potential security problems to come for the gaming...

Why you need to rethink your data security strategy and go beyond DLP

The increasing frequency and scale of data breaches has highlighted the need for organizations to rethink their approach to data security. Data Loss Prevention DLP technologies have been around for decades and formed a large part of many organizations’ data protection strategies. However, there i...

Unique Challenges to Cyber-Security in Healthcare and How to Address Them

No business is out of danger of cyberattacks today. However, specific industries are particularly at risk and a favorite of attackers. For years, the healthcare industry has taken the brunt of ransomware attacks, data breaches, and other cyberattacks. Why is the healthcare industry particularly a...

Types of Penetration Testing

If you are thinking about performing a penetration test on your organization, you might be interested in learning about the different types of tests available. With that knowledge, you'll be better equipped to define the scope for your project, hire the right expert and, ultimately, achieve your...

Native Tribal Casinos Taking Millions in Ransomware Losses

Ransomware groups have made millions off attacks on native tribal casinos in the U.S., just over the past few months. A notification issued by the Federal Bureau of Investigation FBI cybercrime unit, according to a new report from Bleeping Computer, said that ransomware attacks on tribal casinos...

The features all Incident Response Plans need to have

By Paul Lee, Yuri Kramarz and Martin Lee. Adversaries are always growing their capabilities and changing their tactics, leading to a greater number of incidents and data breaches. This is supported by organizations such as ITRC who reports that the number of data breaches in 2021 is already...

Recent NPM package hack is an alarming reminder of the risks of website supply-chain fraud

There are over 1.8 billion websites online today. Almost 98% of them are powered by JavaScript, and for a good reason: JavaScript’s flexibility and portability enable the rich online functionality we’ve all come to know and love. But when that same functionality becomes a significant vector for...

Credential Stuffing Attack: ❗️ Definition and Protection

Introducing A new SecureAuth study discovered that 53% of shoppers reuse similar secret phrase for various accounts. When login credentials are presented to programmers, even once, they can be utilized to get to a large number of records, regardless of whether it is an email account, medical...

Cloud security is an ongoing struggle to keep sensitive data safe. Is it getting any easier?

By Owais Sultan The latest cloud security breaches show that we have miles to go as we keep fighting to keep our sensitive data safe. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Cloud security is an ongoing struggle to keep sensitive data safe. Is it getting any easier?...

Turn On, Tune In, Drop the Noise: Achieve Better Cloud Security by Reducing Noise

The modern world is full of signals. A select few are critically important, others are interesting or informative, and the overwhelming majority are less useful or painfully irrelevant. All of these signals that are neither useful nor relevant are best categorized as noise. For security...

[eBook] The Guide for Reducing SaaS Applications Risk for Lean IT Security Teams

The Software-as-a-service SaaS industry has gone from novelty to an integral part of today's business world in just a few years. While the benefits to most organizations are clear – more efficiency, greater productivity, and accessibility – the risks that the SaaS model poses are starting to beco...

10 Phishing Stats That’ll Make Your C-Suite Think

Wanting to run a phishing simulation is one thing, but persuading colleagues of the importance of doing so is another. You need to keep your organization safe, not just satisfy basic compliance requirements. You need to improve security awareness and colleague behaviors, throughout your...

The Rise of Ransomware

With most employees still working from remote locations, ransomware attacks have increased steadily since the early months of the Covid-19 pandemic. According to the FBI’s 2020 Internet Crime Report 2400+ ransomware-related incidents in 2020 resulted in a loss of about 29 million dollars. These...

National Cybersecurity Awareness Month: How Security Pros Can Get Involved

Fall is a time defined by yearly rituals. For some of us, that means breaking out our favorite knit sweaters, indulging in pumpkin-flavored everything, or — in the immortal words of George Costanza — “shifting into soup mode." The information security world has its own autumnal observance: Nation...

A security architect’s POV on a mature data-centric security program, Part 2

In part one of this series, we explored the challenges associated with accessing and searching long-term retained database activity logs, and identifying sensitive customer data to comply with stricter compliance regulations. In this post, you’ll see through a security architect’s eyes the...

How to Prevent Account Takeovers in 2021

Data breaches and hacking put internet users at risk of account takeover, if cybercriminals successfully gain access to valid login credentials. There are reckoned to be in excess of 8.4 million discrete passwords currently circulating online, more than 3.5 billion of which are tied to active...

Malwarebytes research shows an unequal, unsafe Internet

If the Internet was as safe and as private as it is essential for everyday life—increasingly required for job applications, bank transfers, doctor’s appointments, and filing taxes—then we’d likely have fewer online scams, better privacy protections, smaller data breaches, and a lower overall risk...

TikTok, GitHub, Facebook Join Open-Source Bug Bounty

Tech giants want hackers to take their money, in exchange for rooting out critical vulnerabilities lurking in the open-source code they use. As more businesses rely on open-source software for mission-critical infrastructure, HackerOne, along with sponsors including Elastic, Facebook, Figma,...

The Gap in Your Zero Trust Implementation

Over the last several years, there have been numerous high-profile security breaches. These breaches have underscored the fact that traditional cyber defenses have become woefully inadequate and that stronger defenses are needed. As such, many organizations have transitioned toward a zero trust...

46% of On-Prem Databases Globally Contain Vulnerabilities: Is Yours Safe?

By Elad Erez, Chief Innovation Officer, Imperva Is there a day that goes by where you don’t read a news headline about a mega-breach impacting millions of people? It’s an unlikely scenario, particularly at a time when the volume of data breaches are rising by an astonishing 30 percent annually...