Security News

Week in review: Cyber attacks on Ukraine, Help Net Security: Healthcare Cybersecurity Report is out
2022-02-27 09:00

Help Net Security: Healthcare Cybersecurity Report has been releasedOur newest report takes a closer look at one of the most targeted industries today - healthcare. Cyber attacks on Ukraine: DDoS, new data wiper, cloned websites, and Cyclops BlinkRussia started its invasion on Ukraine and, as predicted, the attacks in the physical world have been preceded and accompanied by cyber attacks.

FTC: Americans report losing over $5.8 billion to fraud in 2021
2022-02-23 13:44

The US Federal Trade Commission said today that Americans reported losses of more than $5.8 billion to fraud during last year, a massive total increase of over 70% compared to the losses reported in 2020. The FTC added a total of roughly 5.7 million consumer reports to its Consumer Sentinel Network secure online database in 2021.

Help Net Security: Healthcare Cybersecurity Report has been released
2022-02-23 13:35

Our newest report takes a closer look at one of the most targeted industries today - healthcare. As exhausted healthcare professionals struggle with an extraordinary situation, their IT departments face critical skills and staffing shortages.

Dutch govt issues data protection report card for Microsoft
2022-02-23 11:04

A Data Protection Impact Assessment has been published by a Dutch ministry, noting that Microsoft still has work to do if the country's institutions are to use the company's products without all manner of mitigations. The DPIA - issued by the Netherland's department of Justice and Security - focused on Teams, OneDrive, Sharepoint and Azure Active Directory and was conducted by SLM Rijk, the central negotiator for Microsoft, Google and AWS for Dutch government organisations, and by SURF, the central IT procurement organisation for Dutch universities.

Download: 2022 Data Exposure Report
2022-02-22 03:45

Findings from the Annual Data Exposure Report found that cybersecurity teams are facing unprecedented challenges when it comes to protecting sensitive corporate data. Continued adoption of cloud technologies, the role those technologies play in data exposure and security's lack of visibility into them.

Report: Pretty much every type of cyberattack increased in 2021
2022-02-17 13:35

Report: Pretty much every type of cyberattack increased in 2021. SonicWall's 2022 Cyber Threat Report has come to some alarming, but likely unsurprising, conclusions: Pretty much every category of cyberattack increased in volume over the course of 2021.

BlackBerry report reveals SMBs face increased threat of cyber crime
2022-02-15 16:02

As the number of ransomware attacks continue to rise, Blackberry has found as a part of its annual threat report that there may be a shared economy amongst cyber criminals that is growing. "This infrastructure has also incubated a criminal shared economy, with threat groups sharing and outsourcing malware allowing for attacks to happen at scale. In fact, some of the biggest cyber incidents of 2021 look to have been the result of this outsourcing."

Report: Data breach numbers may not actually be declining, and reporting them is getting slower
2022-02-04 20:18

Report: Data breach numbers may not actually be declining, and reporting them is getting slower. A study released by Flashpoint and Risk Based Security found two startling facts: It's report of a drop in the total number of breaches is likely erroneous, and the time it takes for an organization to report.

2021 State of the Threat Report: A year in Review
2022-02-03 00:00

Ransomware remains the number one threat for most organisations. This report comprehensively examines the adversary's ongoing innovation and evolution of tried-and-true TTPs like ransomware, business email compromise, zero-day threats, espionage, and more.

Secureworks Threat Intelligence Executive Report 2021 Vol 6
2022-02-03 00:00

The Secureworks Counter Threat Unit™ research team analyses security threats and helps organizations protect their systems. During September and October 2021, CTU researchers observed notable developments in threat behaviours, the global threat landscape, and security trends, and identified lessons to consider.