Wayne Bridgeman II, a Senior Manager on AT&T’s Network Cybersecurity team, offers a 5-point checklist for businesses in 2022 alongside tidbits of often overlooked tactics that can strengthen security.

The average cost of a data breach will continue to rise, which means companies need to start planning accordingly. To protect your business, you need to invest in cybersecurity. Here are 11 areas you should focus on.

The banking and financial sector is known for its dependence on third-party vendors that help provide customers with quality financial products and services. It is one of the most interconnected sectors, making it one of the most vulnerable to cyberattacks. And because third parties operate through the banks they are contracted with, any losses are the bank's responsibility.

It is easy to think of cybercrime as a phenomenon only impacting the digital space. However, as trends are showing, digital attacks have a very real and very physical impact. According to the FBI, there has been a surge in rental and real estate property scams conducted via digital means, whether that’s the insertion of rogue actors into the property purchase chain, or hijacking of legitimate websites to promote false, money scamming listings.

Multiple reports in the media, including in Bloomberg US Edition, allege that Russian-associated cybercrime group Killnet is responsible for a series of distributed-denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks during the week of October 6 that took several state government and other websites offline. While most of the websites were restored within 48 hours, these volumetric attacks can leave even the most secure sites paralyzed and susceptible to further damage.

A key share of growing technology is blockchain. Blockchain technology permits entities to share information quickly and firmly while not compromising on security. The engineering blockchain has hit the marketplaces everywhere nowadays. And it’s because blockchain has many applications that deliver higher output and reliability than the traditional network. Now that many businesses have begun to experiment with the blockchain, a full new sort of marketplace is developed.

The impact of ransomware attacks on healthcare is as alarming as it is under-addressed. The United States healthcare system alone faces an annual burden of nearly $21 billion due to these attacks. It pays well over $100 million in ransoms, and is beginning to acknowledge the tragic realities of impacted patient care, including higher patient mortality rates. For every headline related to cyberattacks, there are likely hundreds more that go unreported.

October and Halloween are both fun and scary, just like cyberspace. Cyber Security Awareness Month is an excellent time for grown-ups to discuss cyber safety with us. It takes an informed cyber village to help raise savvy cyber kids, and I believe introducing cyber literacy to kids of all ages is increasingly critical. Today, every household is filled with connected devices, and I hope this information will help with better digital decision-making by kids.

SocGholish, also known as FakeUpdate, is a JavaScript framework leveraged in social engineering drive by compromises that has been a thorn in cybersecurity professionals’ and organizations’ sides for at least 5 years now. Upon visiting a compromised website, users are redirected to a page for a browser update and a zip archive file containing a malicious JavaScript file is downloaded and unfortunately often opened and executed by the fooled end user.

The value of digital payment transactions is growing as the world's payment environment moves more and more away from cash. Over the past few years, BFSI (Banking, Financial Service, and Insurance) firms have continued to be a top target for hackers. In fact, the Sixth Annual Bank Survey found that more than 70% of fintech companies named information security as their top issue.

In today's digital age, a business website is essential for success. Not only does it provide potential customers with information about your products or services, but it also allows you to connect and engage with them directly. However, simply having a website is not enough. To ensure that your site is effective and safe, you need to make sure that it has all the necessary security features. In this article, we will discuss twelve security features that every business website must have.

2022 is the year that much of the world managed, to varying degrees of success, to get back to normal. People ramped up traveling, returned to in-person activities and many returned to the office. The pandemic changed most aspects of day-to-day life, but hackers and other bad actors generally continued making life difficult for businesses, governments, and non-profit entities.

Welcome to the final episode in our blog series focused on Mobile Endpoint Security. The first two episodes detailed the protections necessary to secure data accessed by remote workers (Endpoint security and remote work) and best practices for combating the threat of ransomware 5 ways to prevent Ransomware attacks).

Ransomware’s first documented attack was relatively rudimentary. It was delivered via floppy disk containing a malware program in 1989 that told its victims to pay $189 in ransom to a PO Box in Panama. Today ransomware criminals are significantly more sophisticated, thanks to advances in cyber methods and cryptocurrencies. Not all Ransomware is created equally. Like all malware, malicious codes vary in sophistication and modularity. As such, not all ransomware codes are made the same.

The 21st century has seen a dramatic increase in the number and sophistication of cybersecurity threats. Here are the 7 biggest threats that businesses and individuals need to be aware of.

Ours truly is the great age of digital technology. Indeed, few of us can get through an ordinary day without engaging with some kind of digital device, whether we’re using them to communicate, research, work, bank, or even monitor our health. In many cases, the digital devices we use to make it through the day aren’t sitting on our desks and tethered to an electrical outlet.

The last couple of months were devastating for cybersecurity. Cyber threats intensify each waking day, and criminals seem to be getting more sophisticated and better at beating the system. For instance, the first six months of 2022 saw a whopping 40% increase in cyber-attacks from the previous year, with Ransomware being declared a state-level weapon. These attacks are causing severe disruptions to everyday lives, affecting essential services such as medical care, schools, etc.