4 Evolving Technology Areas Of Smart Cybersecurity
Smart Cybersecurity is a logical reaction to try to manage risk by lessening security gaps often posed by reliance on manual processes that are impacted by a continual cybersecurity skills shortage and the administrative burdens of data security management.
Your Screen Resolution Can Stop Malware: Here’s How That Works
Trickbot has been a notorious, prevalent, and highly dangerous malware strain ever since it burst onto the threat radar in 2016. The successor to Dyer, a banking Trojan of some repute, Trickbot has relentlessly evolved courtesy of it being modular in nature.
Cybersecurity Leadership Principles: Lessons learnt during the COVID-19 pandemic to prepare for the new normal
The world is experiencing an unprecedented crisis that is causing chaos in the global economy, disrupting supply chains, and transforming society. The new reality is accelerating business model transformation at a faster pace than ever before to ensure existential survival in a crisis for which no one was prepared.
Cybercrime In India Surges Amidst Coronavirus Lockdown
As COVID-19 cases in the country continue to climb, New Delhi has sought to aggressively to contain the spread of the deadly disease by essentially shutting down the world’s second most populated nation.
New cybersecurity report says China-based group is hacking Asia-Pacific governments
A China-based hacking group has been quietly carrying out a five-year cyber espionage campaign against Asia-Pacific governments after it previously “slipped off the radar,” a new report claims.
Dtex, a specialist in insider threat cybersecurity, raises $17.5M
A lot of enterprise cybersecurity efforts focus on malicious hackers that work on behalf of larger organizations, be they criminal groups or state actors — and for good reason since the majority of incidents these days come from phishing and other malicious techniques that originate outside the enterprise itself.
Machines Protecting Themselves Is The Future Of Cybersecurity
Bottom Line: Existing approaches to securing IT infrastructure are proving unreliable as social engineering and breach attempts succeed in misdirecting human responses to cyber threats, accentuating the need for machines to protect themselves.
Cybercriminals are exploiting fears of the pandemic to steal personal information
Hackers are taking advantage of the disruption and fears caused by the pandemic to steal personal information from people, cybersecurity experts told CNBC.
Malta regulator warns of steep rise in covid-19 scams
In a statement the MFSA said: “The scammers are taking advantage of the scenario. They are taking advantage of people who are more vulnerable and are now becoming more reliant on technology due to the mandatory social distancing we all have to follow.”
Hackers’ delight: Small businesses investing more in Internet of Things, less on cybersecurity
Investing in technology is top of mind for small business owners — with 44% saying they plan to invest in resources related to the Internet of Things, or IoT.
Hackers Join Forces Against U.S. And Israeli Targets: This Is What An Iranian Cyber Attack Looks Like In 2020
Ever since the 2010 Stuxnet worm attack on the Natanz nuclear plant that was eventually attributed to the U.S. and Israeli governments, Iran has been taking “cyber” seriously.
Israel’s maturing cybersecurity startup ecosystem
It often feels like half of the new security startups that receive funding are from Israel. As YL Ventures’ Yoav Leitersdorf and Ofer Schreiber wrote last month, investments in Israeli cybersecurity startups increased to $1.4 billion last year, with average seed rounds of $4.7 million, up 30.5 percent from 2018.
Cybercrime Prevention Principles for Internet Service Providers
While certain cyberattacks focus on specific organizations, the majority target the largest number of internet users possible. Such attacks are often relatively easy for cybercriminals to undertake and can cause serious harm.
Passwordless Authentication: The next breakthrough in secure digital transformation
Cybercrime is set to cost the global economy $2.9 million every minute in 2020 and some 80% of these attacks are password-related. Knowledge-based authentication – whether with PINs, passwords, passphrases, or whatever we need to remember – is not only a major headache for users, it is costly to maintain.
Cyberattacks are an ‘immediate’ challenge for businesses following Iran strike
Cyberattacks, already seen as the top risk of doing business by executives, are likely to receive renewed attention — and spending — as tensions between the U.S. and Iran escalate.