June 21, 2022
Via: Naked SecurityRemember the Capital One breach? We did, though we felt sure it had happened a long time ago. Indeed, when we checked, it had: the story first broke almost three years ago, back in July 2019. At the time, the […]
June 16, 2022
Via: The Hacker NewsA “dangerous piece of functionality” has been discovered in Microsoft 365 suite that could be potentially abused by a malicious actor to ransom files stored on SharePoint and OneDrive and launch attacks on cloud infrastructure. The cloud ransomware attack makes […]
June 3, 2022
Via: Help Net SecurityLogpoint has announced findings from a recent poll to uncover the security and cost implications enterprises face with their existing IT infrastructure. The poll was targeted at cybersecurity and IT professionals in both the U.S. and UK. The problem with […]
Cloud security, Security, Threats & Malware, Virus & Malware
May 27, 2022
Via: The Hacker NewsToday’s modern companies are built on data, which now resides across countless cloud apps. Therefore preventing data loss is essential to your success. This is especially critical for mitigating against rising ransomware attacks — a threat that 57% of security […]
March 18, 2022
Via: Help Net SecurityOrca Security released a research report on public cloud security alert fatigue. The survey, held among over 800 IT professionals across five countries and ten industries found that 55% of respondents use three or more cloud providers and 57% have […]
March 1, 2022
Via: Help Net SecurityAs cybersecurity professionals, we admit it: zero trust has become the industry’s biggest buzzword. Some argue it’s a principle, others argue it’s a framework, others still that it’s mostly an architecture. The truth – which I hope we can all […]
February 9, 2022
Via: Help Net SecurityAs the most common cloud operating system, Linux is a core part of digital infrastructure and is quickly becoming an attacker’s ticket into a multi-cloud environment. Current malware countermeasures are mostly focused on addressing Windows-based threats, leaving many public and […]
January 10, 2022
Via: Help Net SecurityIt’s fascinating to take a step back and look at how “the cloud” developed over the last two decades. There has been a lot of innovation that has sparked a new wave of technologies – from the boom in serverless […]
Threats & Malware, Virus & Malware
December 15, 2021
Via: Help Net SecurityA Trend Micro report predicts global organizations will emerge more alert and better prepared in 2022 thanks to a comprehensive, proactive, cloud-first approach to mitigating cyber risk. Research, foresight, and automation are critical for organizations to manage risk and secure […]
December 14, 2021
Via: Help Net SecurityCreated by cybersecurity experts, behavioral scientists, and interaction designers, the Human Risk Assessment for Enterprise released by AwareGO continuously observes top human attack vectors, identifies vulnerable departments and roles, and offers actionable insights to create informed security strategies to improve […]
September 27, 2021
Via: Help Net SecurityThough in early stages, 5G will be adopted considerably faster than 4G based on the current rate experienced in China and South Korea. However, even with faster adoption rates of 5G, 4G will remain the more prevalent cellular technology through […]
September 24, 2021
Via: Help Net SecurityQumulo unveiled Qumulo Recover Q, a business continuity and disaster recovery solution that bolsters existing strategies to help guard against and react to ransomware threats. The new solution helps customers minimize the attack surface threat actors target and leverages disaster […]
August 23, 2021
Via: Help Net SecurityThe mega-trend towards hybrid working and cloud migration seems unstoppable. But customer service organizations could find their wheels come off if they fail to address a hazardous twist in the transformation journey. For many businesses, switching to the cloud makes […]
July 27, 2021
Via: Help Net SecurityAs cloud adoption accelerates and the scale of cloud environments grows, engineering and security teams say that risks—and the costs of addressing them—are increasing. The findings are part of the State of Cloud Security 2021 survey conducted by Fugue and […]
July 20, 2021
Via: Help Net SecurityZscaler released a study examining the state of IoT devices left on corporate networks during a time when businesses were forced to move to a remote working environment. The report analyzed over 575 million device transactions and 300,000 IoT-specific malware […]
March 2, 2021
Via: Dark ReadingIdentities have become the primary attack surface in the cloud. However, they remain largely unprotected because traditional security tools were designed to protect the network perimeter, not user and service accounts. Gartner predicts that by 2023, 75% of cloud security […]
February 23, 2021
Via: Help Net SecurityThere’s an increased adoption of managed infrastructure services and the emergence of new cloud watering hole attacks, Accurics reveals. Of all violations identified, 23 percent correspond to poorly configured managed service offerings – largely the result of default security profiles […]
Threats & Malware, Virus & Malware
September 10, 2020
Via: Computer WeeklyCloud and datacentre services firm Equinix is investigating a ransomware cyber attack that has left an undisclosed number of its internal systems offline, but has moved to reassure its customers that the incident is not affecting its customers or service […]
August 17, 2020
Via: Security IntelligenceAs organizations turn to hybrid solutions, an increasing number of businesses are turning to container orchestration to provide a seamless solution to computing between environments. “Containers are units of software in which the code and all its dependencies are packed, […]
August 5, 2020
Via: InfoWorldAs your organization embraces the cloud, you may find that the dynamism and scale of the cloud-native stack requires a far more complicated security and compliance landscape. For instance, with container orchestration platforms like Kubernetes gaining traction, developers and devops […]