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Business leaders and managers who have integrated SIEMs to detect, analyze and respond to organizational threats - both external and internal - are already one step ahead. SIEM tools, when integrated with other layers of security, can help flag anomalous behavior and potential issues in real time. An SIEM could immediately handle a DoS attack or, at the very least, identify compromised devices.
The 9th edition of the ENISA Threat Landscape report released by the European Union Agency for Cybersecurity highlights the surge in cybercriminality motivated by monetization using ransomware or cryptojacking. EU Agency for Cybersecurity Executive Director, Juhan Lepassaar stated that "Given the prominence of ransomware, having the right threat intelligence at hand will help the whole cybersecurity community to develop the techniques needed to best prevent and respond to such type of attacks. Such an approach can only rally around the necessity now emphasized by the European Council conclusions to reinforce the fight against cybercrime and ransomware more specifically."
Modern cybercriminals know that choking off an organization's production data will often be enough to force it to the negotiating table, because recovering the data from backups will be simply too time consuming. So how do you set yourself and your fellow over-worked DBAs free from this unending day to day drudgery? Well, you can start by spinning up this upcoming webinar, Modern Backup and Recovery for Modern DBAs, on November 9 at 0900 PT. Our own Tim Phillips, never knowingly over-drudged, will be joined by Rubrik's Rafaela Martuchelli, who will be explaining exactly what modern backup and recovery tools look like.
We are seeing changes in which sectors are being targeted the most. In the latest FortiGuard Labs Global Threat Report, researchers found that the prevalence of ransomware in those two sectors was lower than managed security service providers, the automotive and manufacturing sectors, telecommunications, and government.
FireEye and McAfee, whose business models center around charging enterprises money to protect their networks from cyber-threats, issued a joint report this week predicting next year you'll see an increase in cyber-threats, particularly those against enterprise networks and the staff who run them. Nation states will "Increase their offensive operations by leveraging cybercriminals." as senior principal McAfee engineer Christiaan Beek theorized, citing the example of US indictments against four Chinese nationals who were allegedly running front companies on behalf of Beijing.
McAfee and FireEye released its 2022 Threat Predictions, examining the top cybersecurity threats they predict enterprises will face in 2022. Skilled engineers and security architects from the recently combined entity offer a preview of how the threat landscape might look in 2022 and how these new or evolving threats could potentially impact enterprises, countries, and civilians.
98% of U.S. executives report that their organizations experienced at least one cyber event in the past year, compared to a slightly lower rate of 84% in non-U.S. executives, according to a Deloitte survey. Further, COVID-19 pandemic disruption led to increased cyber threats to U.S. executives' organizations at a considerably higher rate than non-U.S. executives experienced.
Supply chain attacks, misinformation campaigns, mobile malware and larger scale data breaches are just some of the threats to watch for next year, Check Point Software says. Following reports of stolen crypto wallets triggered by free airdropped NFTs, Check Point discovered that attackers could steal such wallets by exploiting security flaws.
Threat actors are abusing the core features of the popular Discord digital communication platform to persistently deliver various types of malware-in particular remote access trojans that can take over systems-putting its 150 million users at risk, researchers have found. Researchers warn, "Many files sent across the Discord platform are malicious, pointing to a significant amount of abuse of its self-hosted CDN by actors by creating channels with the sole purpose of delivering these malicious files," according to a report published Thursday by Team RiskIQ. Initially Discord attracted gamers, but the platform is now being used by organizations for workplace communication.
The latest findings show tech support scams, which often arrive as a pop-up alert convincingly disguised using the names and branding of major tech companies, have become the top phishing threat to consumers. Tech support scams are expected to proliferate in the upcoming holiday season, as well as shopping and charity-related phishing attacks.