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This year's DBIR analyzed 5,258 breaches from 83 contributors in 88 countries: about a third more breaches than were analyzed last year. In last year's report, DBIR forecast a possible increase in phishing, use of stolen credentials, ransomware and misconfiguration breaches.
The annual bible of security breaches landed on Thursday with confirmation of more bad news: ransomware attacks continue to explode as organizations struggle with securing web apps, cloud deployments and employees victimized by social engineering. The data, contained in the new Verizon 2021 Data Breach Investigations Report, shows that data-encrypting ransomware attacks appear in about 10 percent of breaches, more than double the frequency from last year.
Verizon announced the expansion of its long-standing strategic partnership with Cisco, with the addition of three new SD-WAN managed services offerings. "These new services reflect the significant ongoing joint Cisco and Verizon research and development investments which aim to help customers accelerate change."
Verizon Fios is experiencing an Internet outage making it impossible to access many websites after a fiber connection was cut in Brooklyn. Starting at approximately 11:00 AM EST, Verizon Fios users found they were no longer able to access popular services, such as Google, Slack, Microsoft Teams, Azure, and even Verizon's own website and My verizon app to check for known outages.
Verizon Fios is experiencing an Internet outage making it impossible to access many websites after a fiber connection was cut in Brooklyn. Starting at approximately 11:00 AM EST, Verizon Fios users found they were no longer able to access popular services, such as Google, Slack, Microsoft Teams, Azure, and even Verizon's own website and My verizon app to check for known outages.
A little more than a quarter of companies worldwide are fully compliant with the exacting PCI DSS online payment security standard, according to US telco Verizon. The company's 2020 Payment Security Report found that only 27 per cent of organisations worldwide were in line with the full ambit of the PCI DSS for handling payment card data in online purchases.
Verizon and Inseego launched the Inseego MiFi M2100 5G UW mobile hotspot, built to deliver blazing-fast speeds across Verizon's 5G Ultra Wideband1 and 4G LTE network. The MiFi M2100 5G UW is now available at Verizon for $16.66 per month for 24 months on Verizon Device Payment.
The carrier conducted trials ahead of 5G launches and says it is one of the first to pilot QKD in the US. Verizon on Thursday made two announcements related to security. The first involves a series of successful trials to future proof its 5G network against security threats and to implement advanced security measures to protect the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of Verizon's 5G network, the company said.
Verizon Media tops the list with $9.4 million paid out since it started its program in 2014, with its top bounty coming in at $70,000. That said, PayPal follows as a distant second with Verizon Media in terms of bounty volume.
HackerOne on Monday released a list of the companies that have paid out the most money through their bug bounty programs. According to HackerOne, Verizon has paid out more than $9.4 million since the launch of its program in February 2014, with a top bounty of $70,000 and an average first response time of 8 hours.