79% of Companies Report Identity-Related Breach in …

[ad_1] Two-thirds of organizations surveyed say phishing is the most common cause of identity-related breaches, the IDSA reports. Nearly all (94%) businesses surveyed have experienced an identity-related security breach. Of those, 79% have suffered one in the past two years, a new identity security report indicates. Researchers with the Identity Defined Security Alliance (IDSA), an
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Project Aims to Unmask Disinformation Bots

[ad_1] BotSight, a machine learning research project, rates Twitter users based on the likelihood that there is a human behind the keyboard. Could such technology blunt the impact of disinformation campaigns? Aiming to combat disinformation on social media, a research team published plug-ins for major Web browsers on Thursday that give users a score as
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Companies Struggle for Effective Cybersecurity

[ad_1] The money companies are spending on cybersecurity tools doesn’t necessarily result in better security, a new survey shows. Organizations of all sizes are under near-constant attack from cybercriminals — that we know. And of course they must defend themselves against attacks. But there are some huge questions about just how effective their ability to
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Maze Ransomware Operators Step Up Their Game

[ad_1] Investigations show Maze ransomware operators leave “nothing to chance” when putting pressure on victims to pay. Maze ransomware made headlines when it targeted IT services firm Cognizant in April. Incident response experts who investigated this and previous Maze attacks report new insights on ransomware tactics that could make it harder for businesses to defend
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Financial Phishing Attacks Take Off, Malware Declines

[ad_1] In the past year, the number of digital threats increased by nearly half as phishing swamped malware to become the most dominant attack technique. Threat activity targeting financial institutions, including phishing attacks and malware, rose 48% in 2019, as cybercriminals and online attackers made use of easy-to-use commodity tools and services to conduct attack
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Microsoft Reportedly in Talks to Acquire CyberX

[ad_1] CyberX was founded in 2013 and has raised $48 million to build its cybersecurity platform for IoT and industrial control systems. Microsoft is reportedly in the process of acquiring CyberX, an Israeli cybersecurity company focused on building technology to fight threats to the Internet of Things (IoT), the Industrial IoT, and connected devices. Talk
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Attackers Adapt Techniques to Pandemic Reality

[ad_1] Over the past several months, threat actors have quickly shifted their tactics to take advantage of interest in the coronavirus, two studies find. Attackers continue to use the theme of the coronavirus pandemic to create more convincing phishing lures and impersonate legitimate domains in an attempt to get past the strained cybersecurity of work-from-home
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State of Endpoint Security: How Enterprises Are Managing Endpoint Security Threats

[ad_1] State of Endpoint Security: How Enterprises Are Managing Endpoint Security Threats It is often said that the end user is cybersecurity’s weakest link. Enterprises are doing a great deal to strengthen that link, having deployed a wide array of tools and processes for protecting against endpoint threats. However, many organizations remain dangerously vulnerable to
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Cloud Startup Orca Security Raises $20M Series A

[ad_1] The Israeli cloud security startup has built a platform to help organizations gain greater visibility into multicloud deployments. Cloud security company Orca Security has raised $20 million in a Series A funding round led by GGV Capital, with participation from YL Ventures and Silicon Valley CISO Investments. It plans to use this funding, along
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Malicious Use of AI Poses a Real Cybersecurity Threat

[ad_1] We should prepare for a future in which artificially intelligent cyberattacks become more common. Could the same automated technologies cybersecurity professionals are increasingly using to protect their enterprises also fuel attacks against them? The research bears that out, according to a report my colleague Marc Bruce and I recently completed for the Swedish Defence
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