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Cybersecurity Resilience Emerges as Top Priority as 62% of Companies Say Security Incidents Impacted Business Operations

12/07/2022
Cisco's annual Security Outcomes Report shows executive support for a security culture is growing. It identifies the top seven success factors that boost enterprise security resilience, with a focus on cultural, environmental, and solution-based factors that businesses leverage to achieve security.

Zerobot Weaponizes Numerous Flaws in Slew of IoT Devices

12/07/2022
The botnet exploits flaws in various routers, firewalls, network-attached storage, webcams, and other products and allows attackers to take over affected systems.

For Cyberattackers, Popular EDR Tools Can Turn into Destructive Data Wipers

12/07/2022
Microsoft, three others release patches to fix a vulnerability in their respective products that enables such manipulation. Other EDR products potentially are affected as well.

Shift to Memory-Safe Languages Gains Momentum

12/06/2022
Software firms and the National Security Agency urge developers to move to memory-safe programming languages to eliminate a major source of high-severity flaws.

ASM Can Fill Gaps While Working to Implement SBOM

12/06/2022
If compiling a software bill of materials seems daunting, attack surface management tools can provide many of the benefits.

Google Chrome Flaw Added to CISA Patch List

12/06/2022
CISA gives agencies deadline to patch against Google Chrome bug being actively exploited in the wild.

Russia Readies Winter Cyberattacks As Troops Retreat From Ukraine

12/06/2022
Microsoft warns that the Kremlin is ramping up cyberattacks against infrastructure and supply chains and starting disinformation campaigns as Russian troops lose on the battlefield.

What Will It Take to Secure Critical Infrastructure?

12/06/2022
There's no quick fix after decades of underinvestment, but the process has started. Cybersecurity grants, mandatory reporting protocols, and beefed-up authentication requirements are being put in place.

Name That Edge Toon: Not Your Average Bear

12/06/2022
Come up with a clever caption, and our panel of experts will reward the winner with a $25 Amazon gift card.

Intellicene Brand Launches After Completion of Acquisition by Volaris Group

12/06/2022
Global security technology provider with 20+ years of experience embraces the next evolution of its business with refreshed brand and invigorated leadership.

Hardening Identities With Phish-Resistant MFA

12/06/2022
Extending multifactor authentication to include device identity assurance offers more authentication confidence than what multiple user-identity factors can by themselves.

Applying the OODA Loop to Cybersecurity and Secure Access Service Edge

12/06/2022
Organizations can best defend themselves on the cyber battlefield by adopting a military-style defense.

Russian Actors Use Compromised Healthcare Networks Against Ukrainian Orgs

12/06/2022
Victims include at least 15 healthcare organizations, one Fortune 500 company, and other organizations in multiple countries, security vendor says.

AlgoSec Acquires Prevasio To Disrupt Agentless Cloud Security Market

12/06/2022
Organizations of all sizes can now protect their cloud-native applications easily and cost-effectively across containers and all other cloud assets.

Machine Learning Models: A Dangerous New Attack Vector

12/06/2022
Threat actors can weaponize code within AI technology to gain initial network access, move laterally, deploy malware, steal data, or even poison an organization's supply chain.

Wiper, Disguised as Fake Ransomware, Targets Russian Orgs

12/05/2022
The program, dubbed CryWiper, is aimed at Russian targets; it requests a ransom but has no way to decrypt any overwritten files.

Hive Social Buzzing With Security Flaws, Analysts Warn

12/05/2022
Twitter alternative Hive Social took down its servers after researchers discovered several critical vulnerabilities.

Cybersecurity Should Focus on Managing Risk

12/05/2022
Preventing all data breaches is an unrealistic goal. Instead, focus on finding and minimizing the greatest risks.

Cyberattack Shuts Down French Hospital

12/05/2022
Patients transferred and operations canceled following a recent network breach at a hospital in the outskirts of Paris.

The New External Attack Surface: 3 Elements Every Organization Should Monitor

12/05/2022
In short, the global Internet is now part of your external attack surface. Here’s how to better protect your users and data.