Let’s face it, your network perimeter has changed for the foreseeable future and maybe forever. Remote workforce has become the new normal. What is worse is remote workers are working out of poorly secured network environments, and they are...
Even into the third quarter of 2020, organizations and enterprises continue to be plagued by ransomware and phishing attacks with subject lines on COVID-19. The Q3 2020 Top-Clicked Phishing Report by cybersecurity firm KnowBe4, highlighted that simulated phishing tests...
According to a research from security firm Claroty, most of the industrial enterprises suffer an increase in cyberattacks since the pandemic began. The study, “The Critical Convergence of IT and OT Security in a Global Crisis,” found over 56%...
The COVID-19 pandemic has added new and salient challenges to the current demands of cybersecurity programs. Experts believe that information sharing and collaboration on critical industry insights, trends, and solutions have become more imperative than before. Thus, with a...
The National Cybersecurity Awareness Month (NCSAM) for the U.S., which started on October 1, continues to raise awareness on the significance of cybersecurity in protecting the cyberspace. The theme “Do Your Part. #BeCyberSmart” empowers users to defend themselves regardless...
The adoption of cloud technologies is more than ever before, and COVID-19 expedited the entire migration process. Cloud security has also taken precedence. Organizations are aware of cloud threats and are trying to make their policies and regulations around...
The unfulfilled past promises of machine learning in risk, compliance, and information security sectors have been disappointing, though understandable. How on earth do you even begin to look at the mind-boggling labyrinth of tens of thousands of compliance provisions...
Zoom has now become an integral part of our lives in isolation -- for our work, education, or just to meet up with friends and have “Zoom parties.” The pandemic was a blessing in disguise for Zoom and it...
Security operations provider Arctic Wolf observed a year-over-year decrease in publicly disclosed data breaches. However, in its “2020 Security Operations Report” Arctic Wolf revealed that the number of corporate credentials with plaintext passwords on the darknet market increased by...
Security experts from BlackBerry uncovered the cyber espionage group dubbed “BAHAMUT” targeting several government officials and major industries via various disinformation campaigns. In its research “BAHAMUT: Hack-for-Hire Masters of Phishing, Fake News, and Fake Apps,” BlackBerry found that the...
