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The dark web is flooded with offers to purchase corporate network access

Issued by: Help Net Security

There is a flood of interest in accessing corporate networks on the dark web, according to Positive Technologies. In Q1 2020, the number of postings advertising access to these networks increased by 69 percent compared to the previous quarter. This may pose a significant risk to corporate infrastructure, especially now that many employees are working…

Network Security

Worldwide spending on security solutions expected to continue growing

Issued by: Help Net Security

Worldwide spending on security-related hardware, software, and services is forecast to reach $103.1 billion in 2019, an increase of 9.4% over 2017. This pace of growth is expected to continue for the next several years as industries invest heavily in security solutions to meet a wide range of threats and requirements. $133.8 billion by 2022…

Network Security

Know what’s happening on your network and make the most of your security tools

Issued by: Help Net Security

In an ideal world, all organizations would know at all times exactly what’s happening on their network: they would have deep enough pockets to buy the equipment and engage the personnel necessary to achieve this knowledge, no matter how much the speed and size of their network increases. In this world, though, budgetary constraints force…

Network Security

Attackers disrupt business operations through stealthy crypto mining

Issued by: Help Net Security

WannaMine, a Monero-mining worm discovered last October, is increasingly wreaking havoc on corporate computers. Either by slowing down computers or by crashing systems and applications, the crypto mining worm is, according to CrowdStrike researchers, seriously affecting business operations and rendering some companies unable to operate for days and even weeks.

Network Security

Why do I care about someone else’s data breach?

Issued by: Blog Malwarebytes

Because as the size of your organization increases, the probability that an individual employee’s company email is in that breach rises to 1. That lone employee is going to be suffering some unfortunate impacts, from identity theft, financial scams, blackmail, and even death threats (as seen in the Ashley Madison breach). There’s an organizational impact…

Software Security

Corporate Legal Counsels Fret Over Cybersecurity

Issued by: Dark Reading

A majority of in-house legal counsels at US corporations view data breaches and cross-border data privacy regulations as among their biggest e-discovery related legal risks. BDO Consulting, a company that provides financial, business, and technology advisory services, recently surveyed over 100 senior legal executives at organizations ranging in size from $100 million to over $5…

Malware & Threats

Corporate Office 365 users hit with clever phishing attack

Issued by: Help Net Security

Corporate Office 365 users are being targeted by phishers using a clever new trick to bypass email filters and the default security protections of the Microsoft service. The attack comes in the form of fake emails, and the trick makes the user to see one URL in the link, anti-phishing filters another, and the actual…

Software Security

IDG Contributor Network: 6 steps to creating a culture of security ownership

Issued by: CIO Security

The state of corporate cyber-security is anything but static. With the list of potential threats diversifying, the stakes are high for securing company systems and data. As the average cost of a data breach grows (currently estimated at $4 million), business leaders’ appetite for risk lessens. And yet fewer than half of information security professionals…

Software Security

What can we do about the critical cybersecurity skills shortage?

Issued by: Help Net Security

Tech-savvy youth could plug a widening skills gap as employers seek to combat the growing threat of cybercrime and avert mass disruption to public and private lives. But the industry is failing to provide a clear path for young people to find work, hone their skills, and serve society. Instead, they are being tempted to…