When it comes to drivers for implementing and maintaining privileged access management programs, Wallix's Grant Burst says that demonstrating compliance and safety remain top priorities. Another driver, he says, is the sheer interconnectedness of devices - driven by the rise of IoT.
After a two-year absence, the FIN8 hacking group has returned with a new campaign targeting POS machines in the hotel industry with malware in an effort to steal credit card information and other data, according to new research.
The White House budget chief is seeking to delay a ban on the U.S. government using products manufactured by Huawei. In a letter to Vice President Mike Pence, Russell T. Vought, the acting director of the Office of Management and Budget, says organizations need more time to switch suppliers.
A month after Baltimore's IT network was hit with the RobbinHood ransomware variant, officials believe the May 7 attack will cost $18 million, which includes recovering and restoring computer systems as well as lost municipal revenue.
Tech Data says it has disabled a logging server used for its StreamOne cloud services marketplace after a data exposure. Tech Data differs with researchers over the sensitivity over what was exposed, but the logging server is offline now.
A security researcher has posted a demonstration showing how an attacker could exploit the BlueKeep vulnerability to take over a Windows device in a matter of seconds. Meanwhile, the NSA has joined Microsoft in urging users to patch devices before an attacker takes advantage of this vulnerability.
Organizations and their applications are under attack from automated bots and bad actors. And many of these attacks are undetectable by conventional security technologies. How can organizations detect and prevent this activity? Carl Gustas of Cequence Security shares insights.
Ransomware attacks, such as WannaCry and Petya, in which data is encrypted until a ransom is paid, are trending upward. As noted in the 2018 ISTR, although the number of ransomware families has decreased year over year, the number of ransomware variants has increased by 46 percent. This indicates criminal groups may...
One of the most famous security breaches in recent memory, the hack of the US Democratic National Convention email server, was conducted via fileless attack. The hack was comprised of targeted emails from seemingly legitimate sources that contained links to infected web pages, which subsequently allowed hackers to...
Perhaps the most important measure that an organization can take is to shift its perspective on cybersecurity from one that focuses simply on perimeter defenses to one that also limits the dwell time of an attacker
who manages to penetrate its environment. This shift limits the potential damage the attacker can...
As the volume and speed of network data increases, security
tools are unable to keep up, resulting in security tool sprawl,
performance degradation, inefficiencies and unnecessary
expenditures. All of this leads to increased time to threat
detection and response and a higher risk of a breach - despite
massive...
In this seminal report on the state of cybersecurity in the healthcare industry, 20 of the industry's leading CISOs share how attackers have evolved over the past year, the biggest concern these security leaders have (HINT: it's not cybersecurity for most) and how confident they are in their cybersecurity...
Are your threat prevention tools struggling to keep up with the
increasing speed of your organization's network? Is the number
and variety of security tools you think you need starting to tax
your budget and overcomplicate your security infrastructure?
This paper outlines how the GigaSECURE® Security...
It's time to face a hard truth: Modern enterprise networks can be extremely sometimes
painfully complex to manage and defend. Even worse, these behemoths may be
constructed of legacy hardware that can barely keep up with the demands of a modern
workforce. Network speeds to 100Gbps, unfettered access to cloud...
Network performance and security are vital
elements of any business. Organisations are
increasingly adopting virtualisation and cloud
technologies to boost productivity, cost savings
and market reach.
With the added complexity of distributed
network architectures, full visibility is necessary
to ensure...
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