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3 overlooked endpoints for cyber attacks and how to protect them

Issued by: Trend Micro Blog

You probably think you have endpoint security covered. After all, organizations have been securing end-user desktop and laptop computers for decades with anti-virus software and other cyber security programs. Because of these steps, you think you’re not at risk of an endpoint-initiated attack. However, NTT Security’s 2015 Global Threat Intelligence Report found that 70 percent…

Network Security

Attackers thrive in a fluid market, while bureaucracy constrains defenders

Issued by: Help Net Security

A new global report from Intel Security and the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) reveals three categories of misaligned incentives: corporate structures versus the free flow of criminal enterprises; strategy versus implementation; and senior executives versus those in implementation roles. Based on interviews and a global survey of 800 cybersecurity professionals from five…

Network Security, Software Security

Which countermeasures improve security and which are a waste of money?

Issued by: Help Net Security

If you want to know about which cyber defenses are most effective and which are a waste of money and resources, ask a hacker. And that’s just what Nuix researchers did. “During Black Hat USA and DEF CON 24 in 2016, we conducted a survey of known hackers, professionally known as penetration testers, and asked…

Malware & Threats

Threat Actors will come up with new Targeted Attack Tactics that Circumvent Current Anti-evasion Solutions

Issued by: Trend Micro Blog

In the Trend Micro 2017 Security Predictions report, we cover many of the threats that organizations will have to deal with this year and none could be more challenging that a targeted attack. We recently saw a report from the Identity Theft Resource Center which said 2016 had the most data breaches in US history….

Malware & Threats

BrandPost: Threat Intelligence: How To Find The Real Threats In Time

Issued by: CSO

Every day we are bombarded by mountains of threat data from a variety of sources. While most of this data is completely irrelevant and needs no attention, we can’t afford to miss the next attack that could be devastating to our business. According to a Ponemon Research Report, 70% of security professionals say there is simply…

Malware & Threats

No more ransomware?

Issued by: CSO

Ransomware was a billion dollar problem last year, and it’s getting worse. A new report from Cybersecurity Ventures details dozens of new ransomware attacks over the past 90 days. (Disclaimer: Steve Morgan is founder and CEO of Cybersecurity Ventures.) Organizations stricken by ransomware have been fighting back by providing security awareness training to their employees….

Network Security

BrandPost: Are the Adobe Flash Vulnerabilities Leaving You Feeling Scared?

Issued by: CSO

Based on an analysis in 2015 of over 100 exploit kits (EKs) and known vulnerabilities, Adobe Flash was the unfortunate winner of the most frequently exploited product. Now that it’s 2017, companies are joking that maybe it’s time to give Flash the old heave ho’ to retirement. While Adobe has worked tirelessly to make Flash more…

Vulnerabilities

These Were the Most Common Passwords Used in 2016

Issued by: Security Week

Although weak and commonly used passwords have long been one of the most used venues to compromise accounts, they remain at the top of the most popular passwords charts, a recent Keeper Security report reveals. Last year’s mega-breaches once again brought to the spotlight the long-lasting issue of weak passwords, but users remained deaf to…

Network Security

Exposed MongoDB installs being erased, held for ransom

Issued by: CSO

Security researcher Victor Gevers, co-founder of the GDI Foundation, a non-profit dedicated to making the internet safer, is urging administrators to check their MongoDB installations, after finding nearly two hundred of them wiped and being held for ransom. Currently, as of Monday morning, Gevers says he’s discovered 196 instances of a MongoDB installation exposed to…

Vulnerabilities

Medical data: Accessible and irresistible for cyber criminals

Issued by: CSO

How valuable is personal healthcare data? Apparently it depends. Based on at least some price comparisons on the Dark Web – the underground online marketplace for cyber criminals – electronic health records (EHR) are not even close to premium goods. McAfee, now a division of Intel Security, reported recently that the price for an individual medical…