The CVSS (Common Vulnerability Scoring System) is a widely used standard that produces a score between 0 and 10 to indicate the level of severity of a vulnerability. The most popular spot to find CVSS scores is on the National Vulnerability Database (NVD) website, where you’ll see CVSS scores for all CVE (Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures) IDs.

While businesses might have become more prepared for direct cyberattacks, 2023 demonstrated that unfortunately a business is only as secure as the organizations within their environment. Third-party risk, which is to say any risk to an organization by external parties in its ecosystem or supply chain, was the headline culprit in 2023.

The cloud security market is still maturing and growing at a rapid pace. New security jargon, solutions, vendors, and acronyms are constantly appearing, making it difficult to have a clear sense of what approach to cloud security is best for your own organization. Cloud-native application platforms (CNAPPs) are one of the most recent categories in this space.

DarkGate malware spreads via Teams group chats, Telegram marketplaces contribute to phishing attacks, and BianLian ransomware targets multiple industries.

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Cyber threats can originate from anywhere around the globe. For services such as managed detection and response (MDR) to effectively defend against them requires a managed security service provider (MSSP) that likewise has a global footprint. The top 10 countries from which distributed denial-of-service attacks (DDoS) originate include China, Brazil, India, Indonesia, Russia, and Germany, according to data collected by the cloud services company Cloudflare. At the same time, the U.S.

February brings a flurry of cybersecurity awareness days. On February 1st, Change Your Password Day reminded us that using “Rover123!” for yet another online account is not an appropriate defence between ourselves and cyber criminals, while yesterday—Safer Internet Day—encouraged us to take positive steps toward protecting ourselves online. But how long do these positive reminders last?