Industrial companies are prime targets for cyberattacks
Cyberattacks against industrial organizations could have real-life, physical consequences, yet most of them are quite vulnerable to penetration, a new report states. Experts from Positive Technologies recently analyzed security risks found in industrial companies and found that more than nine in ten (91 percent) could be attacked. The company’s penetration testers managed to gain access to the industrial control system …
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Cyberattacks on UK councils surge during pandemic
As UK councils sent most of their employees to work from home during the pandemic, the number of cyberattacks against the institutions spiked, a new report has claimed. Technology solutions provider Insight sent a Freedom of Information (FoI) request to 47 councils in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, discovering an average rise in cyberattacks of 213 percent in the …
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Many companies far too slow to respond to cyberattacks
When it comes to responding to vulnerabilities and cyberattacks, some businesses are way too slow to prevent serious damage. This is according to a new report from pentest firm Cobalt.io, which claims that a quarter of firms takes up to 60 days, if not longer, to address low- to medium-risk vulnerabilities. To make matters even worse, there’s a small “but …
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Millions of UK SMBs are worried about cyberattacks
The vast majority (73 percent) of UK-based small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) don’t believe they are equipped to survive a cyberattack. This is according to a new report from security operations firm Arctic Wolf, based on a poll of 505 SMB leaders. On average, SMBs receive around 75 cybersecurity alerts a day, which two in five (39 percent) describe as …
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Remote working led to a rise in cyberattacks last year
Remote working has caused an uptick in the number of cyberattacks and data breaches, research from Atlas VPN suggests. The latest report from the VPN provider states that almost four in five (78 percent) organizations experienced an increase in the volume of cyberattacks as a direct result of the shift to remote working. According to Atlas VPN, unpatched personal devices, …
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Cyberattacks of all sizes surged in Q1 2021
The first few months of 2021 have seen a major increase in the number and severity of cyberattacks, new figures suggest. The team at Atlas VPN recently released a new report on the state of cybersecurity, which found the number of cyberattacks rose by a third (33 percent), as compared with Q1 2020. Looking at individual months, there was a …
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Rise in cyberattacks has boosted security skills among IT teams
For most IT security teams, last year became a trial by fire. A new report from cybersecurity firm Sophos suggests the constant barrage of cyberattacks last year helped IT teams sharpen their security skills and increase their expertise in the field. Based on a poll of 5,400 IT decision makers worldwide, the report claims most IT teams faced a rise …
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Cyberattacks launched from hacked Microsoft and Google services
Cybercriminals are using trusted email platforms from Microsoft and Google to host and distribute malicious content, including ransomware, a new report from cybersecurity experts Proofpoint found. In a blog post, Proofpoint’s EVP Cybersecurity Strategy, Ryan Kalember, said that last year, 59,809,708 malicious messages were distributed through Microsoft Office 365. Google’s services were used to host, or distribute, more than 90 …
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Many CISOs still feel unprepared to deal with cyberattacks
Most Chief Information Security Officers (CISO) across the world are fearful of a potential cyberattack and don’t feel prepared to tackle one, a new report claims. Cybersecurity company Proofpoint polled and interviewed more than 1,400 CISOs across different industries for its inaugural 2021 Voice of the CISO report, and found that in the UK, 81 percent feel at risk of …
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Businesses are feeling the financial hit from tackling cyberattacks
Ransomware is becoming more devastating by the day and organizations that fall victim to attacks are suffering a significant financial toll. This is according to a new report from ransomware and data protection provider ProLion, which claims that 43 percent of businesses have been targeted in the past year, up from 38 percent the year before. Basing its findings on …
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