Gmail users from US most targeted by email-based phishing and malware
Google revealed that Gmail users from the United States are the most targeted by email-based phishing and malware. A joint five-month study conducted by Google with Stanford University researchers analyzed…
Brave New World: Safari Content Blocking
By Andrey Meshkov, CEO and CTO at AdGuard Content blocking is not a priority for Apple and WebKit. Content blocking in Safari is possible despite all its issues and limitations….
Data Risk, Intelligence and Insider Threats
When it comes to securing networks in today’s business environment, the single biggest challenge firms must contend with is that of the insider threat. While the term is typically associated…
Cyber Threats Facing Financial Institutions Amid COVID-19
By Pablo Castillo, Cyber Threat Research Analyst, Constella Intelligence COVID-19 has accelerated security research into the cybersecurity implications of our society where large swaths of the population are fully remote….
Cyber Resiliency Will Become the New Normal In 2021 Combating the Rise of Ransomware
By Drew Daniels, CIO and CISO, Druva This past year, cyber resiliency proved to be a vital asset to ensure business continuity, and it’s one that will continue to take…
Credit Cards, Cash and Compliance, Oh My! Eliminating Audit Fatigue in The Financial Services Sector
By Steve Horvath, Vice President, Strategy & Cloud, Telos Corporation When we think of our finances, we think of them as a responsibility – a commitment to ensure payments are…
Cyberattacks On K-12 Education
Carefully allocating limited resources lets districts get the best bang for the buck. By Saryu Nayyar, CEO, Gurucul While we read about a lot of high profile cyberattacks against large…
3.2billion records leaked, Part II
The Largest compilation of emails and passwords (COMB), more than 3.2 billion login credentials, has been leaked on a popular hacking forum. More than 3.2 billion unique pairs of cleartext…
Hackers abuse Plex Media servers for DDoS amplification attacks
Netscout experts warn of DDoS-for-hire services abusing Plex Media servers to bounce junk traffic and amplify DDoS attacks. Security researchers from Netscout discovered DDoS-for-hire services have found a way to abuse Plex…
A Third Of Americans Trust Facebook With Personal Data More Than Government, Study Shows
The level of trust in Facebook versus the government also varies between demographic groups. By Kathryn Robinson, Privacy Expert, Privacy Tiger In today’s ever-changing data-driven society, it’s a challenge for…
2021 Predictions: Addressing the Challenge of Cloud-Native App Security
By Ankur Singla, Founder and CEO of Volterra Organizations of all sizes are adopting cloud-native application design and deployment practices as they continue to digitally transform business processes. This includes…
5G Security
Towards trustworthy products for resilient networks By David Soldani, CTSO, Huawei Technologies 5G technologies will be applied to many vertical industries and support various usage scenarios, such as applications…