Security News

Nigerian Threat Actors Specializing in BEC Attacks Continue to Evolve
2020-04-02 08:51

The Nigerian business email compromise threat actors referred to as SilverTerrier have intensified assaults on multiple industries and should be considered an established threat, Palo Alto Networks says. SilverTerrier attacks were linked to roughly 400 individual threat actors in 2018, but that number jumped to 480 in 2019.

Kwampirs threat actor continues to breach transnational healthcare orgs
2020-03-31 10:16

The Kwampirs attack group continues to target global healthcare entities in this time of crisis, the FBI has warned. "The FBI assesses Kwampirs actors gained access to a large number of global hospitals through vendor software supply chain and hardware products. Infected software supply chain vendors included products used to manage industrial control system assets in hospitals."

Top 5 remote access threats
2020-03-30 18:33

Tom Merritt lists five remote access threats so you can secure your system. Here are the five remote access threats you should know about.

Top 5 remote access threats
2020-03-30 18:32

When working from home, it's important to understand the security risks. Tom Merritt lists five remote access threats so you can secure your system.

Guard Dog Solutions’ AI-driven solution manages Wi-Fi vulnerability with real-time elimination of threats
2020-03-25 03:30

Guard Dog Solutions, of Salt Lake City, has formally launched the world's first AI-driven solution to preemptively and proactively combat and eliminate public and private Wi-Fi cyber security threats. The majority of "Virtual" working environments accessing VPN from homes are actually dangerous, the company notes, as end points on Wi-Fi systems make it alarmingly easy for hackers to access data through VPNs. As businesses move to support mobile workers, they need to ask their ISPs and MSSPs about Guard Dog Solutions and the Proactive Threat Elimination™ security it brings.

Akamai adds secure web gateway capabilities to threat service
2020-03-24 14:29

Cybersecurity company Akamai has responded to consumer demand and announced on Tuesday that it was adding new tools to its Enterprise Threat Protector service that allowed customers to send all web traffic to a proxy. Jim Black, product marketing manager for Akamai, explained in a blog post that the new secure web gateway capability would add a new level of security and visibility to the company's security offering while providing something that has historically been difficult to do.

Week in review: COVID-19-related threats, cybersecurity implications of working remotely
2020-03-22 10:50

Exploring the risky behavior of IT security professionalsAlmost 65% of the nearly 300 international cybersecurity professionals canvased by Gurucul at RSA Conference 2020 said they access documents that have nothing to do with their jobs. Increase web application security without causing any user disruptionIn this podcast recorded at RSA Conference 2020, Jason A. Hollander, CEO, and Paul B. Storm, President at Cymatic, talk about how their platform builds a defensible barrier around the user, so web-based threats can be stopped at the source.

HYAS Insight: A threat intelligence solution for investigation and attribution
2020-03-19 03:30

HYAS, a leader in threat intelligence and attribution, announced HYAS Insight, a threat intelligence and attribution solution that improves visibility and productivity for analysts, researchers and investigators while vastly increasing the accuracy of their findings. HYAS Insight lets analysts connect specific attack instances and campaigns to billions of historical and real-time indicators of compromise faster than ever before, bringing invaluable new intelligence and visibility to security efforts.

How to better defend your organization against remote access threats
2020-03-18 18:59

Released on Wednesday, Radware's report Coronavirus: Security Recommendations For Remote Access Threats explains how to safeguard your organization against remote access threats. VPNs. Remote workers rely on VPNs to gain secure access to an employer's network.

The Other Virus Threat: Surge in COVID-Themed Cyberattacks
2020-03-18 13:37

The abrupt move of millions of people to working remotely has sparked an unprecedented volume of attacks to trick people into giving up credentials to attackers, according to security researchers. The pandemic has created a perfect storm for cyberattacks, with millions of people working in unfamiliar, less secure circumstances and eager for information about the virus and new organizational policies being implemented.