Most firms think they’ll be hit by a security attack this year

Most organizations suffered a cyberattack in 2020, and many executives have come to believe that suffering multiple attacks a year is inevitable. This is according to a new report from cybersecurity experts at Proofpoint, which polled 150 Chief Information Security Officers (CISO) and Chief Security Officers (CSO) on their organizations’ cyber-preparedness. More than half (53 percent) suffered at least one …

Tovább a bejegyzéshez

Up to 18,000 businesses hit in SolarWinds hack

Further complications have been identified in relation to the FireEye data breach, which we first reported on last week. It appears that not only was FireEye, together with a couple of US government agencies, breached as a result of a tainted SolarWinds update, but approximately 18,000 companies also fell victim to the attack. SolarWinds, whose internal networks were breached by …

Tovább a bejegyzéshez

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 …

Tovább a bejegyzéshez

Sophos warns customers it was hit by data breach

Cybersecurity firm Sophos has confirmed it experienced a data incident that caused thepersonal information of some users to be exposed to third parties.  Describing the incident in an email notification sent to affected customers, Sophos said the data was exposed through a tool used by customer support. The tool stores full names, email addresses and phone numbers (if provided) from …

Tovább a bejegyzéshez