As Russia masses troops on its border with Ukraine, the White House says Russian disinformation campaigns have been aimed at destabilizing Ukraine's government, while experts have seen a surge in "cyber intrusions" against infrastructure, banking and government targets in advance of a potential invasion.
The year is ending with a cybersecurity bang - not whimper - due to the widespread prevalence of the Apache Log4j vulnerability. Researchers warn that at least 40% of corporate networks have been targeted by attackers seeking to exploit the flaw. More than 250 vendors have already issued security advisories.
In ransomware attacks, cybercriminals attack through the backups because they know that security practitioners rely on backups to save themselves after a ransomware attack. Therefore, it is essential to have multiple backups, says Tom Kellermann, head of cybersecurity strategy at VMware.
In an effort to bolster endpoint protection within the U.S. government, the White House is ordering federal agencies to allow CISA to access existing deployments. It is also setting timelines for improving the protection of workstations, mobile phones and servers.
Infrastructure and ops teams can use unified endpoint management (UEM) to better manage employee devices and applications, resulting in improved employee experience (EX), customer trust, and business agility. But to access these benefits, you’ll first have to select from a diverse set of vendors that vary by size,...
The Hype Cycle for Endpoint Security tracks the innovations that aid security leaders in protecting their enterprise endpoints from attacks and breaches. The technologies and practices in this space are being shaped by two trends: the continued growth in increased complexity of endpoint attacks, and the sudden surge...
The hybrid workforce has broadened the attack surface and cybercrime is becoming more sophisticated. Evidence of this is easy to find with a quick look at the latest news articles recounting the stories of government and private company networks falling prey to ransomware. And the threats are only becoming bolder. ...
They are high-profile, they have access to your company's most vital information, they rely on unsecured personal devices - and your cyber adversaries are targeting them. They are your board members, and Chris Pierson of BlackCloak has ideas on where and how you can better secure these leaders.
Security operations focus an organization’s efforts around threat prevention, detection, and response. This then depends upon effective data collection, processing, and analysis, followed by data-driven decision making.
While organizations have years of experience in these areas, security operations processes and...
The Israeli government paid a visit on Wednesday to NSO Group, the company whose spyware is alleged to have been covertly installed on the mobile devices of journalists and activists. The visit comes as Israel faces growing pressure to see if NSO Group's spyware, called Pegasus, has been misused.
Microsoft recently released updates for its Edge browser, including a fix for a bypass vulnerability that could allow a remote attacker to bypass implemented security restrictions.
Organizations in the middle east need to meet potentially conflicting demands to achieve secure business transformation – blocking more attacks, increasing visibility across endpoints, enhancing their breach defense strategy, while improving incident response times and boosting threat hunting capabilities.
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An incidence response plan is worthless unless it's customized to meet an organization's needs and tested on a regular basis, says Mark Goudie, regional director services, APJ, at CrowdStrike.
We face a new digital risk reality. The pandemic accelerated digital transformation projects for organizations around
the world and also led cybercriminals to pivot their attacks. Meanwhile, IT and security teams have raced to prepare
employees for new ways of secure working under intense time and budget...
Email security is in a state of transformation. As email attacks have become more sophisticated and targeted, organizations have continued to layer multiple security controls to a point where security teams are drowning in complexity. Email has become a preferred path for adversaries to circumvent other technical...
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