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Feature Two US intelligence bigwigs last week issued stark warnings about foreign threats to American election integrity and security - and the nation's ability to counter these adversaries. A few days earlier, US senator Mark Warner, who chairs the Senate's Intelligence Committee, told Trellix CEO Bryan Palma that the United States is less prepared to combat foreign intervention in the 2024 elections than was the case in 2020.
Webinar The quantum threat might seem futuristic, more like something you'd encounter in a science fiction film. It's arguably already a danger to real cyber security defences.
Webinar Dealing with cyber security incidents is an expensive business. Each data breach costs an estimated $4.35 million on average and it's not as if the volume of cyber attacks is falling - last year, they rose by 38 percent according to Google Cloud.
Concerned over the chance that Chinese-made cars could pose a future threat to national security, Biden's administration is proposing plans to probe potential threats posed by "Connected" vehicles made in the Middle Kingdom. The US president said he's putting the onus for sussing out the reality of the threat posed by Chinese automobiles on the Department of Commerce, which today said it issued an advanced notice of proposed rulemaking seeking public comment on the matter.
In a new joint advisory, cybersecurity and intelligence agencies from the U.S. and other countries are urging users of Ubiquiti EdgeRouter to take protective measures, weeks after a botnet...
An "intricately designed" remote access trojan (RAT) called Xeno RAT has been made available on GitHub, making it available to other actors at no extra cost. Written in C# and compatible with...
Supply chain attacks are often used, as those attacks allow a threat actor to hit multiple targets easily. No matter the motivation for a cybersecurity attack, identity-based and social engineering attacks are still taking center stage.
As the frequency and sophistication of cyber threats continue to escalate, the need for robust cybersecurity regulations has never been more critical. In this Help Net Security round-up, we present segments from previously recorded videos in which cybersecurity experts underscore the importance of proactive cybersecurity measures in the face of evolving regulations.
In nearly 85% of attacks on critical sectors, compromise could have been mitigated with patching, MFA, or least-privilege principals - indicating that what the security industry historically described as "Basic security" may be harder to achieve than portrayed. Ransomware attacks on enterprises saw a nearly 12% drop last year, as larger organizations opt against paying and decrypting, in favor of rebuilding their infrastructure.
"The SonicWall report reveals that the threat landscape continues to grow in complexity and depth as threat actors adopt new tactics and platforms," said SonicWall CEO Bob VanKirk. The data illustrates the tenacious and evolving state of cyber threats, underscoring the need for businesses to adapt their security strategies continually, and serves as a call for organizations to lean on MSPs to help identify and remediate threats quickly.