The Cyberwire reported: "Barracuda released a study this morning indicating that HTML attacks have doubled since last year. The researchers note that not only is the total number of attacks increasing, but the number of unique attacks seems to be increasing as well.
Did you know that 70% of organizations have adopted a Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) policy? As technology continues to evolve, more companies are encouraging employees to use their personal devices for work purposes. While this can increase flexibility and productivity, it also poses unique challenges in terms of security and compliance. In this article, we’ll discuss.
Five worthy reads is a regular column on five noteworthy items we’ve discovered while researching trending and timeless topics. This week, we are exploring mobile malware attacks, how they have exploited users, and the ways to prevent them in the digital era. Design Credits: Dhanwant When was the last time you took a handwritten list to the grocery store instead of saving a list as a note or voice message on WhatsApp? Mobile phones have gone through a crazy evolution.
Twenty percent of IT enterprises experienced a breach due to a remote worker during the pandemic, says a report by Malwarebytes Labs. Choosing to let employees work remotely comes with pros and cons—the cons primarily being unanticipated security vulnerabilities. These vulnerabilities are more likely to occur because of employee ignorance, rather than a network or system malfunction.
The managed service provider (MSP) industry continues to expand, and this trend is not likely to change any time soon. Even in the current economic situation, where recession is in sight, demand for MSPs remains strong, resulting in growth opportunities this year. This is backed by the fact that 58% of participants at WatchGuard's webinar Top 3 Growth Opportunities for MSPs in 2023 and Beyond believe that cybersecurity spending will be maintained going forwards.
Learn about the day-to-day life of a QA engineer and the different techniques and processes used by the QA engineering team at GitGuardian to ensure high-quality products.
Despite the popularity of the cloud, Microsoft Active Directory (AD) remains a crucial component of the IT infrastructure for many organizations. Indeed, Active Directory often serves as the central identity repository and provides vital authentication and authorization services — so keeping it clean and well organized is vital. Discover exactly why regular AD cleanup is critical — and the key signs of a poorly maintained AD environment.
Research shows that most of today’s cyberattacks occur when a cybercriminal gains access to a system through stolen credentials. Users with extra privileges, particularly IT administrators, are often targeted by threat actors who steal those privileges to access sensitive information and take control of systems. With an increase in virtual and hybrid work, across both the public and private sectors, these kinds of attacks are only becoming more common.
Security information and event management (SIEM) systems are crucial to cyber security, providing a solution for collecting and analyzing alerts from all manner of security tools, network infrastructure, and applications. But simply having a SIEM is not enough because to be truly effective, it must be properly configured, managed, and monitored 24x7.
