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Building cyber resilience for tomorrow’s threats
2023-11-27 04:00

Cyber resilience is the capacity of an organization to maintain its core functions and swiftly adapt to, respond to, and recover from cyber threats. A cyber-resilient organization recognizes that cyber threats are inevitable and constantly evolves its strategies to address emerging risks.

AI and contextual threat intelligence reshape defense strategies
2023-11-24 04:00

AI continues to evolve to improve both cyber defense and cyber criminal activities, while regulatory pressures, continued consolidation, and geopolitical concerns will drive more proactive cybersecurity efforts with contextual threat intelligence, according to Cybersixgill. As organizations increasingly adopt Threat Exposure Management - a proactive approach to cybersecurity - Cybersixgill believes that cyber threat intelligence will emerge as a foundational component of TEM and play a central role as leaders across organizations make critical, strategic business decisions.

Sekoia: Latest in the Financial Sector Cyber Threat Landscape
2023-11-22 16:41

Phishing, infostealer malware, ransomware, supply chain attacks, data breaches and crypto-related attacks are among the top evolving threats in the financial sector, says Sekoia. A new report from French-based cybersecurity company Sekoia describes evolutions in the financial sector threat landscape.

Kaspersky’s Advanced Persistent Threats Predictions for 2024
2023-11-20 23:43

According to Kaspersky, APT attackers might expand their surveillance efforts to include more smart home technology devices, such as smart home cameras and connected car systems. Attacks leveraging botnets might "Obscure the targeted nature of the attack behind seemingly widespread assaults," according to the researchers.

AI disinformation campaigns pose major threat to 2024 elections
2023-11-17 05:30

AI, post-quantum cryptography, zero trust, cryptography research, and election security will shape cybersecurity strategies in the present and for 2024, according to NTT. As the world emerged from the pandemic and continued to adapt to the rapid implementation of digital transformation, businesses witnessed the rise of sophisticated ransomware attacks, state-sponsored cyber espionage and the constant need to secure the ever-expanding IoT. AI's impact on cybersecurity strategies in 2024. AI promises to impact both cybercriminal behavior and cybersecurity strategies in 2024.

Experts Uncover DarkCasino: New Emerging APT Threat Exploiting WinRAR Flaw
2023-11-16 13:51

A hacking group that leveraged a recently disclosed security flaw in the WinRAR software as a zero-day has now been categorized as an entirely new advanced persistent threat (APT). Cybersecurity...

Three Ways Varonis Helps You Fight Insider Threats
2023-11-15 10:39

What do basketball teams, government agencies, and car manufacturers have in common? Each one has been breached, having confidential, proprietary, or private information stolen and exposed by...

Using real-time monitoring to identify and mitigate threats
2023-11-14 05:00

From identifying unusual behavior patterns to detecting unauthorized access, real-time monitoring provides a view of your digital environment, ensuring that threats are spotted and dealt with before they can cause harm. In this Help Net Security video, Costa Tsaousis, CEO of Netdata, discusses what makes real-time monitoring so effective.

Sandworm, a Russian Threat Actor, Disrupted Power in Ukraine Via Cyberattack
2023-11-13 21:58

Mandiant, a cybersecurity company owned by Google, has revealed the details of a 2022 cyberattack run by Russian threat actor Sandworm. The threat group then accessed the OT environment "Through a hypervisor that hosted a Supervisory Control And Data Acquisition management instance for the victim's substation environment," according to Mandiant researchers, who stated the attacker potentially had access to the SCADA system for up to three months.

Criminal IP & Cisco SecureX/XDR: Enhanced Cyber Threat Analysis
2023-11-13 15:02

Criminal IP, a prominent Cyber Threat Intelligence search engine developed by AI SPERA, has recently integrated with Cisco SecureX/XDR, empowering organizations to stay ahead of malicious actors by providing a comprehensive solution for threat intelligence and risk assessment. Cisco is a global leader in technology that delivers innovative software-defined networking, cloud, and security solutions, including secure access, vulnerability management, network segmentation, and threat response.