Two-thirds of businesses faced one or more insider attacks in the last year
Insider data breaches, in which employees and third-party contractors expose a company’s sensitive information, are becoming both more common and more expensive. This is according to a new report from AtlasVPN, which claims that more than four in ten businesses (41 percent) experienced at least one insider attack in the last 12 months. Some suffered up to five attacks in …
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Insider attacks now more common than external hacks
Ever since the Covid-19 pandemic forced businesses to adopt remote working, insider threats have been more common than external attacks. This is according to the 2020 Netwrix Cyber Threats report, based on a poll of more than 900 IT professionals, which states that four of the top six cybersecurity incidents are caused by employees: administration mistakes, sharing of sensitive data, …
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Companies are being hit by more security attacks than ever before
Companies are being hit by more security attacks than ever before, a new report from cloud security firm Trend Micro argues, and the situation is only likely to worsen. In the latest issue of the Cyber Risk Index (CRI) report, Trend Micro states that almost a quarter (23 percent) of global organizations suffered seven or more attacks on their networks …
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Microsoft, IBM, Nvidia collaborate on framework to help shield against attacks on ML systems
Microsoft, non-profit MITRE Corporation, IBM, Nvidia and a handful of other companies have collaborated on a new framework called the Adversarial ML Threat Matrix. In a blog post, Microsoft described the tool as an industry-focused open framework built to help security analysts detect, respond to and remediate threats against machine learning (ML) systems. Citing analyst firm Gartner, as well as …
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DDoS attacks are now more frequent and complex
According to a new report from cybersecurity firm Netscout, DDoS attacks have are becoming more frequent and complex as a result of Covid-19 and the remote working explosion. The report, which analyzes the effects of remote working on the overall cybersecurity posture in the UK, states that cybercriminals “continued their impressively efficient efforts to syphon in the latest IoT exploits …
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DDoS and password login attacks surged during pandemic
It’s well-documented that cyberattacks against both businesses and consumers increased substantially as the result of the Covid-19 pandemic. However, fresh figures from F5 Labs have revealed a little more about the methods and priorities of cybercriminals. An analysis of data gathered by the firm’s Security Incident Response Team (SIRT) shows there has been a “significant spike” in DDoS and password …
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