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Downtime Costs World’s Largest Companies $400 Billion a Year, According to Splunk Report
2024-06-12 00:45

Unplanned downtime is costing the world's largest companies $400 billion a year, or roughly 9% of their profits, a new report has found. The Hidden Costs of Downtime report surveyed 2,000 executives, including CFOs, CMOs, engineers, and IT and security professionals, from Global 2000 companies in 53 countries and a range of industries.

Telerik Report Server Flaw Could Let Attackers Create Rogue Admin Accounts
2024-06-04 14:43

Progress Software has rolled out updates to address a critical security flaw impacting the Telerik Report Server that could be potentially exploited by a remote attacker to bypass authentication...

Paris Olympics 2024: Cyber Attackers are Targeting Companies Associated With Games, Report Finds
2024-06-04 14:00

Organisations linked to the Paris Olympics 2024 have an increased risk of cyber attacks, including ransomware, credential leaks and phishing campaigns, a study has found. TechRepublic takes a closer look at the highest priority cyber threats to the 2024 Paris Olympics identified in the report.

Hudson Rock yanks report fingering Snowflake employee creds snafu for mega-leak
2024-06-04 02:25

Snowflake said if any customer data was taken from its servers, it may have been obtained by thieves who got hold of individual customers' account credentials - via targeted phishing, some other leak, or malware, for example - and not by a general compromise of Snowflake's security. On Friday, in its now-deleted write-up, Hudson Rock wrote that data thieves claimed to have signed into a Snowflake employee's ServiceNow work account and used this access to siphon databases belonging to as many as 400 Snowflake corporate clients.

Verizon users report blurry photos in Android messaging apps
2024-06-03 15:37

Verizon customers using Android phones report that they receive blurry images through text messages on different services and apps, with no response from Verizon as to why. Some report that the blurry photos problem on Verizon started in February 2024, but user reports escalated in May following a recent software update from their vendors.

SASE Threat Report: 8 Key Findings for Enterprise Security
2024-06-03 10:56

Threat actors are evolving, yet Cyber Threat Intelligence (CTI) remains confined to each isolated point solution. Organizations require a holistic analysis across external data, inbound and...

Proofpoint’s CISO 2024 Report: Top Challenges Include Human Error & Risk
2024-05-30 21:00

In Proofpoint's 2024 Voice of the CISO report, the cybersecurity company found that CISOs are dealing with people-centric threats more than ever. According to the survey, more CISOs than ever believe human error is the biggest vulnerability for their organizations; 74% of the CISOs feel this way, up from 60% in 2023.

Report: The Dark Side of Phishing Protection
2024-05-27 11:46

The transition to the cloud, poor password hygiene and the evolution in webpage technologies have all enabled the rise in phishing attacks. But despite sincere efforts by security stakeholders to...

IBM X-Force Report: Grandoreiro Malware Targets More Than 1,500 Banks in 60 Countries
2024-05-23 18:34

A new report from IBM X-Force exposes changes in the Grandoreiro malware landscape. The banking trojan is now capable of targeting more than 1,500 global banks in more than 60 countries, and it has been updated with new features.

NYSE parent gets $10M wrist tap for failing to report 2021 systems break-in
2024-05-22 19:30

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