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78% of people forgot a password in the past 90 days

December 11, 2019 9:14 am

Advertisement Passwords are the dominant way online services manage access to our personal and work-related lives. But often times, they’re more of a headache than a security tool. HYPR released the findings of a two and a half year Password Usage Study, which compiled data from over 500 full-time workers across the United States and...

Despite potential fines, GDPR compliance rate remains low

December 4, 2019 9:47 am

Advertisement 58% of surveyed businesses worldwide failed to address requests made from individuals seeking to obtain a copy of their personal data as required by GDPR within the one-month time limit set out in the regulation, reveals updated research from Talend. GDPR compliance rate: 2018 and now In September 2018, Talend released the results of...

Cyber risk increases at all layers of the corporate network

November 21, 2019 9:29 am

Advertisement Organizations will face a growing risk from their cloud and the supply chain, according to Trend Micro. Cyber risk increases at all levels The growing popularity of cloud and DevOps environments will continue to drive business agility while exposing organizations, from enterprises to manufacturers, to third-party risk. “As we enter a new decade, organizations...

SaaS security fears: Is your data exposed to potential risk?

Issued by: Help Net Security

IT executives have rising SaaS security fears, and worry about cloud security, proprietary data encryption, as well as the loss of independent control due to access limitations, according to Archive360. SaaS security fears The research surveyed more than 100 enterprise IT executives worldwide, to identify...

As malware and network attacks increase in 2019, zero day malware accounts for 50% of detections

Issued by: Help Net Security

Amid significant increases in both malware and network attacks, multiple Apache Struts vulnerabilities – including one used in the devastating Equifax data breach – appeared for the first time on WatchGuard’s list of most popular network attacks in Q3 2019. Massive fallout from the Equifax...

Consumers not willing to compromise when it comes to IoT security

Issued by: Help Net Security

Nearly three quarters of consumers expect manufacturers of connected IoT devices to protect their devices from hacks, according to Karamba Security. Consumers take IoT security seriously This view is in sharp contrast to today’s datacenter best practices, which require users to deploy their own measures...

2020 is prime for a global building cybersecurity standard

Issued by: Help Net Security

Buildings will account for 81% of all connected things in 2020, ushering in a new era of smart office buildings, schools, hospitals and more that will improve efficiencies for building management and provide a more comfortable experience for occupants. However, buildings are also at an...

Security 101: What Is a Man-in-the-Middle Attack?

Issued by: Dark Reading

Specific numbers are hard to pin down on man-in-the-middle (MitM) attacks, but according to IBM's X-Force Threat Intelligence Index 2018, more than one-third of exploitation of inadvertent weaknesses involved MitM attacks. Exactly how do these hacks play out? How do criminals get in and steal...

78% of people forgot a password in the past 90 days

Issued by: Help Net Security

Passwords are the dominant way online services manage access to our personal and work-related lives. But often times, they’re more of a headache than a security tool. HYPR released the findings of a two and a half year Password Usage Study, which compiled data from...

Cyber Security Minute

As malware and network attacks increase in 2019, zero day malware accounts for 50% of detections

The hidden risks of cryptojacking attacks

Government Agency Partners on New Tool for Election Security

5,183 breaches from the first nine months of 2019 exposed 7.9 billion records

Cybersecurity workforce skills gap rises to over 4 million

Mobile Users Targeted With Malware, Tracked by Advertisers

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