At RSA, Akamai put focus on fake sites, API vulnerabilities

Image: Ar_TH/Adobe Stock Last year, attacks using vulnerabilities in applications and application protocol interfaces reached record highs, according to security company Akamai in its new State of the Internet report. The firm... Read more »

RSA: Cisco launches XDR, with focus on platform-based cybersecurity

Cisco took the stage at RSA 2023 to tout extended detection and response as key to a unified cross-domain security platform, plus new Duo MFA features. Image: Tobias Arhelger/Adobe Stock Day one... Read more »

Credential harvesting malware appears on deep web

Image: Adobe Stock/WunderBild Cloud-focused credential harvester and spam utilities, used to illicitly extract an organization’s database of usernames, passwords and emails, are on the rise. By some estimates, over 24 billion credentials... Read more »

Even after armed with defense tools, CISOs say successful cyberattacks are ‘inevitable’: New study

Image: CROCOTHERY/Adobe Stock In Cisco’s new Cybersecurity Readiness Index, only 15% of respondents to the global survey said their organizations have implemented security programs mature enough to defend against current cybersecurity risks.... Read more »

BECs double in 2022, overtaking ransomware

A look at 4th quarter 2022, data suggests that new threat surfaces notwithstanding, low-code cybersecurity business email compromises including phishing, as well as MFA bombing are still the prevalent exploits favored by... Read more »

First Dero cryptojacking campaign targets unprotected Kubernetes instances

Learn how this cryptocurrency campaign operates and its scope. Then, get tips on protecting vulnerable Kubernetes instances from this cybersecurity threat. Image: Pixabay The cybersecurity company CrowdStrike has observed the first-ever Dero... Read more »

The Biden administration may eye CSPs to improve security, but the real caveat emptor? Secure thyself

Image: Maksym Yemelyanov/Adobe Stock President Joe Biden’s administration, as part of its recently released National Cybersecurity Strategy, said critical sectors such as telecommunications, energy and healthcare rely on the cybersecurity and resilience... Read more »

Cloud security, hampered by proliferation of tools, has a “forest for trees” problem

Image: Ar_TH/Adobe Stock A new study Networks found that, on average, organizations rely on over 30 tools for overall security, and that degree of complexity is making for less security, not more.... Read more »

CrowdStrike: Attackers focusing on cloud exploits, data theft

Image: Ar_TH/Adobe Stock CrowdStrike, a cybersecurity firm that tracks the activities of global threat actors, reported the largest increase in adversaries it has ever observed in one year —  identifying 33 new... Read more »

LastPass releases new security incident disclosure and recommendations

Image: Tada Images/Adobe Stock LastPass was hacked twice last year by the same actor; one incident was reported in late August 2022 and the other on November 30, 2022. The global password... Read more »