According to a new report from Palo Alto Networks, the heavy use of software vulnerabilities matches the opportunistic behavior of threat actors who scour the internet for vulnerabilities and weak points on which to focus. The 2022 Unit 42 Incident Response Report offers a multitude of insights gleaned from UnitRead More…
IBM Security has released the annual global Cost of a Data Breach Report, revealing costlier and higher-impact data breaches than ever before, with the global average cost of a data breach reaching an all-time high of $4.35 million for surveyed organisations. With breach costs increasing nearly 13% over the lastRead More…
The LAPSUS$ group, widely reported to consist of teenagers, exploded onto the cyber scene late last year and has become one of the most talked about and notorious online extortion groups after successfully breaching major companies like Microsoft, Samsung, Ubisoft and Okta. A deep dive into the operations of theRead More…
Tenable has announced it has achieved the Application Security distinction in the Amazon Web Services (AWS) Security Competency for its cloud-native vulnerability management solution. This designation recognizes that Tenable has demonstrated and successfully met AWS’s technical and quality requirements for providing customers with a deep level of software expertise inRead More…
Fortinet has announced FortiCNP, a new built-in-the-cloud offering that correlates security findings from across an organization’s cloud footprint to facilitate friction-free cloud security operations. FortiCNP’s patented Resource Risk Insights (RRI)TM technology produces context-rich, actionable insights that help teams prioritize the remediation and mitigation of risks with the highest potential impactRead More…
According to the Kaspersky Digital Payment survey, 57% of respondents from Saudi Arabia faced phishing scams when using online banking or mobile wallet services. 46% have personally encountered fake websites, and 58% — scams (via texts or calls) using social engineering. When asked about awareness of threats against digital paymentRead More…
Delinea has announced findings from a global survey of 2,100 IT Security Decision Makers (ITSDMs) which reveals that 60% of respondents believe their overall security strategy does not keep pace with the threat landscape, and that they are either lagging behind (20%), treading water (13%), or merely running to keepRead More…
Group-IB, a global leader in cybersecurity, has identified a wide-scale phishing campaign targeting users in the Middle East by impersonating well-known postal services from Bahrain, Egypt, Kuwait, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Israel, Jordan, and the United Arab Emirates. Since as early as 2020, the Group-IB Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-GIB) analystsRead More…
