1. The consumer hop: Recent IoT security research report found more non-business devices are coming onto networks, with everything connected now needing to be secured alongside business IoT. We’ve also seen security policies being relaxed with the need to allow staff to use their devices at home, for example, enablingRead More…
Sophos has today published the Sophos 2021 Threat Report, which flags how ransomware and fast-changing attacker behaviours, from advanced to entry-level, will shape the threat landscape and IT security in 2021. The report, written by SophosLabs security researchers, as well as Sophos’ threat hunters, rapid responders, and cloud security andRead More…
As virtual footprints of organizations have continued to expand multi-fold during the coronavirus pandemic, instances of carding, data exposure, and hacktivism have escalated to become the highest-rated digital risk categories in 2020, impacting almost all major industry verticals in the Middle East region, the first-ever Digital Risk Protection report byRead More…
With an eye toward the future, FireEye has compiled a list of cybersecurity expectations for the coming year. In the report, A Global Reset: Cyber Security Predictions 2021, it tackles the following topics: remote work and other impacts of the global pandemic, ransomware, nation-state activity, cloud security and security validation.Read More…
The fourth edition of the Phishing and Fraud Report released by F5 Labs found that phishing incidents rose 220% during the height of the global pandemic compared to the yearly average.Read More…
Fortinet today unveiled predictions from the FortiGuard Labs global threat intelligence and research team about the threat landscape for 2021 and beyond.Read More…
Cisco has published two new global research studies that reveal an increase in consumer concern about data sharing, data protection and data security during the pandemic and the challenges security management face supporting employees and customers in our remote-first world. The reports also highlight opportunities to become more resilient byRead More…
Sophos has uncovered attackers using DLL side-loading to execute malicious code and install backdoors in the networks of targeted organizations. A report published today, “A New APT uses DLL Side-loads to Killl Someone,” outlines the discovery of four different DLL side-loading scenarios, which all share the same program database pathRead More…
