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Web malware and ransomware now top the list of security threats that organizations are most concerned about. This is according to a research published by Menlo Security, exploring what steps organizations are taking to secure themselves in the wake of a new class of cyber threats - known as Highly Evasive Adaptive Threats.

Attacks against Linux operating systems and the applications that run on those systems are becoming as common as attacks on Windows systems. In addition to being yet another vulnerable area to worry about, attacks on Linux systems are particularly concerning because Linux runs the back-end systems of many networks and container-based solutions for IoT devices and mission-critical applications.

CISA and the FBI said today they're aware of "Possible threats" to satellite communication networks in the US and worldwide. Today's security advisory also warned US critical infrastructure organizations of risks to SATCOM providers' customers following network breaches.

Protected Harbor announced the launch of its latest whitepaper on healthcare cybersecurity which offers readers an insight into evolving healthcare data breach patterns, predictive threats for 2022, and a playbook on how to increase IT durability to stop future healthcare data attacks. "Due to the financial value of patient health information, electronic health records stored in healthcare organizations are a major target for cybercriminals," said Richard Luna, CEO of Protected Harbor.

In 2021, the Zimperium zLabs team discovered threats impacting 10 million mobile devices in at least 214 countries. Mobile malware was the most prevalent threat, encountered by nearly 1 in 4 mobile endpoints within the global customer base.

As Ukrainian organizations are getting hit with yet another data-wiping malware, financially motivated threat actors are choosing sides and some of them are expressing their willingness to target Russian targets. A report released on Monday by Accenture revealed that a rift along ideological lines is happening on Russian-language criminal underground forums, with some threat actors sympathizing with the Ukrainian side.

Now, it is possible to look into the future and make contextual risk forecasts using cyber risk quantification. When data is collated and analyzed correctly, it can be used to provide a real-time risk score which is useful for improving the efficiency of security teams by helping them prioritize risk.

The potential financial, operational, and reputational impact of ransomware makes it the top threat facing financial services organizations, according to a report from F-Secure. While the report forecasts that ransomware will remain a predominant threat for at least the next 12 months, it also highlights defensive strategies that can help reduce the impact of ransomware attacks.

As much as threat mitigation is to a degree a specialist task involving cybersecurity experts, the day to day of threat mitigation often still comes down to systems administrators. In this article, we outline the difficulties implied by enterprise threat mitigation, and explain why automated, purpose-built mitigation tools are the way forward.

Digital supply chain risk a new security threat for 2022. Gartner has identified digital supply chain risk as a new security threat and one of its top seven security and risk management trends for 2022.