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The state of network security in organizations with 1000+ employees

Issued by: Help Net Security

Security team size at the largest organizations does not scale with the number of overall employees, but they are more likely to include staff with specialized roles, say the results of the latest survey conducted by Osterman Research in partnership with ProtectWise. The similarities They interviewed 400 security analysts in the US to uncover the…

Malware & Threats

Cryptocurrency mining malware increases 86%

Issued by: Help Net Security

McAfee released its McAfee Labs Threats Report September 2018, examining the growth and trends of new cyber threats in Q2 2018. In the second quarter, they saw the surge in cryptomining malware growth that began in Q4 2017 continue through the first half of 2018. McAfee also saw the continued adaptation of the type of…

Vulnerabilities

Better security needed to harness the positive potential of AI, mitigate risks of attacks

Issued by: Help Net Security

Despite heightened interest in enterprise deployment of artificial intelligence, only 40 percent of respondents to ISACA’s second annual Digital Transformation Barometer express confidence that their organizations can accurately assess the security of systems based on AI and machine learning. This becomes especially striking given the potential for serious consequences from maliciously trained AI; survey respondents…

Vulnerabilities

83% of SMB owners have no cash put aside to deal with the fallout from a cyber attack

Issued by: Help Net Security

Small businesses are leaving themselves exposed to significant financial risk from cybercrime by not having adequate measures in place to recover in the event of a cyber attack. That’s according to the findings of InsuranceBee’s Cyber Survey, which asked more than 1,000 SMBs how prepared they are to deal with cybercrime. Although the average cost…

Malware & Threats

Analysis of half-a-billion emails reveals malware-less email attacks are on the rise

Issued by: Help Net Security

FireEye analyzed over half-a-billion emails from 1H 2018, and found that 32% of email traffic seen in the first half of 2018 was considered ‘clean’ and actually delivered to an inbox. Their report also found that 1 in every 101 emails had malicious intent. When compared to the previous six-month period, the changes in both…

Malware & Threats

DDoS attack frequency grows 40%, low volume attacks dominate

Issued by: Help Net Security

The frequency of DDoS attacks have once again risen, this time by 40% year on year, according to Corero Network Security. While frequency has increased, the duration of attacks decreased with 77% lasting ten minutes or less, of which 63% last five minutes or less. Perhaps more concerning is that, having faced one attack, one…

Network Security

How internal dysfunction puts your network at risk

Issued by: Help Net Security

IDG polled 200 network and cybersecurity professionals across the U.S. & Canada, and found almost inevitable consequences for organizations where network and cybersecurity teams have conflicting objectives, are managed in a siloed way, and have unequal or incomplete network visibility. 86% of respondents admitted to experiencing at least one of the following due to a…

Mobile Security

Number of smartphone users relying on software-only biometric security to grow 250%

Issued by: Help Net Security

A new report from Juniper Research predicts that the biggest shift in mobile payment security will be the move towards software-based methods, which rely on standard smartphone components. The research forecasts that users of these methods will increase from an estimated 429 million in 2018 to over 1.5 billion in 2023. Juniper believes that this…

Network Security

Less than a third of companies have dedicated cybersecurity insurance

Issued by: Help Net Security

Only one third of senior executives in UK organisations admit their company insurance currently covers them for a security breach and for the financial impact of data loss, despite the fact that 81 percent agree that it is ‘vital’ their organisation is insured against information security breaches. This is according to the Risk:Value report from…