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According to Israel National Cyber Directorate, Israeli cyber companies raised $3.36 billion in the first half of 2021, an amount that constitutes about 41% of the total recruitment in the world, in about 50 transactions. This figure stood at...
Threat actors often target high-profile organizations in critical sectors to spread their attack vector to a larger extent. From power plants to food processing units, cyberattacks on essential services have been increased in recent times. Security experts from Cybereason...
Companies lose trust when they fail to protect user data or implement necessary security advancements. Organizations bear the blame whenever attackers exploit unpatched vulnerabilities or compromise sensitive information. A report from the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee in...
Agile methodologies and cloud-based services and models have become popular, and in accordance with this change, the c-suite has restructured processes within their organizations. Microservice architectures are facilitating super-fast delivery of even large, intricate, multi-faceted applications. There is a...
Sensitive information is like money to cybercriminals. Attackers leverage personally identifiable information (PII) exposed in data breaches to launch various cyberattacks or trade it on darknet forums, affecting organizations and users in multiple ways. Organizations must boost their data...
Organizations can boost their overall cybersecurity posture by regularly updating their network systems and patch vulnerabilities. Understanding how attackers leverage malicious techniques and the security gaps to exploit flaws and bugs will help businesses develop better defensive measures to...
The digital world is a blink-and-you’ll-miss-it environment, and organizations need to move aggressively to shrink the exploitable vulnerability window. Adversaries are breaching the security periphery through 0day exploits, social engineering, and phishing attacks, among other tactics. Based on current...
2021 has been witnessing phishing or pretexting — types of social engineering attacks, leading all Data Breach Reports. The fraudulent practice of sending emails to incite targeted individuals to divulge confidential information and make wire transfers is no more...
Despite regular security audits, attackers continue to intrude on business and government networks by exploiting unpatched vulnerabilities. To help federal civilian agencies in the U.S. manage their vulnerability disclosure process, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) unveiled a...
Cybercriminals always aim high when targeting organizations and demanding ransom. The pandemic has given opportunistic hackers time to come up with innovative phishing attacks and extortion schemes. And ransomware, in particular, has continued to reach unprecedented heights since the...