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Making Security Simpler for Organizations Big and Small
Making security simpler as controls become integrated into organizations’ zero-trust journeys is a tremendous opportunity for democratizing security. Read More
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Washington Health District Suffers Another Data Breach
Phishing attacks on Spokane Regional Health District triggers two data breach announcements in 2022 Read More
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US Proposes Healthcare Cybersecurity Act
Bipartisan proposal aims to protect America’s healthcare and public health sector Read More
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Zero-day Attacks Doubled in 2021
Researchers find a spike in zero-day exploits and faster exploitation speeds in 2021 Read More
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US Comms Regulator Deems Kaspersky a National Security Risk
The FCC added Kaspersky to a list of entities it believes poses an “unacceptable risk to national security or to the security and safety of US persons” Read More
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Ransomware, endpoint risks are top concerns for DFIR professionals
The rise of ransomware attacks that occurred after the global pandemic in March 2020 remains a problem. However, ransomware is not the only threat. According to a new report from IDC and Magnet Forensics, the significant lack of cybersecurity skills gap and a plethora of other cyber risks are growing concerns. State of Enterprise DFIR…
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86% of Organizations Have Faced a Nation-State Cyber-Attack
Russia and China were identified as the most likely perpetrators of nation-state-backed attacks Read More
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My Child Wants a Phone. Should I Say ‘Yes’?
I can remember so clearly the day I got my first mobile phone. I was 21, had just finished university and was beyond excited at the idea of driving around in my red Mazda 121 (bubble car) making calls on my new fancy phone! The fact that it was the size of a brick, didn’t…
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New open-source tool tackles pesky access denial messages in AWS
Administrators befuddled by AWS access-denied messages will welcome a new open-source tool announced Thursday by cloud infrastructure security company Ermetic. The Access Undenied tool analyzes AWS CloudTail AccessDenied events by scanning an environment to identify and explain the reasons for the events and offer actionable, least-privilege remediation suggestions. “AWS access management is a highly complex…
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Malware detections surge from “COVID Bounce”
After a pandemic lull in 2020, malware aimed at individuals and organizations surged in 2021, according to a report released last week by cybersecurity software maker Malwarebytes. Year-over-year, overall malware detections jumped 77%, the report noted, with business-focused threats rising 143% and consumer threats climbing 65%, to more than 152 million. The report also noted…