State of Cybersecurity Report 2022 Names Ransomware and Nation-State Attacks As Biggest Threats
Ransomware is the biggest concern for cybersecurity professionals, according to results of the Infosecurity Group’s 2022 State of …
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New Attack Shows Weaponized PDF Files Remain a Threat
Notable new infection chain uses PDF to embed malicious files, load remote exploits, shellcode encryption, and more, new research …
David Rushmer joins Blackpoint Cyber as Director of Threat Research
Blackpoint Cyber welcomed to their team David Rushmer as Director of Threat Research. “We are exceptionally fortunate to have David lead …
Threats to hardware security are growing
In this video for Help Net Security, Jason Oberg, CTO at Tortuga Logic, talks about the growing hardware security threats. Daily Newsletter …
What Stars Wars Teaches Us About Threats
Over years of teaching threat modeling — including the STRIDE mnemonic, which I’ll describe here — I’ve found that people often get …
Threat actors exploited more zero-day vulnerabilities in 2021
The Mandiant Threat Intelligence team and Google’s Project Zero security team identified a significant jump last year in security …
Cybersecurity at a crossroads: Threats proliferate amidst widening talent gaps
Splunk and Enterprise Strategy Group have released a research report examining the security issues facing modern enterprises. More than …
New Version of PCI DSS Designed to Tackle Emerging Payment Threats
A new version of the PCI Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) has been published today by the PCI Security Standards Council (PCI SSC), the …
US Adds Kaspersky to List of Firms Posing Threat to National Security
HackerOne and Dicker Data have also cut ties with Kaspersky after FCC’s decision amid the ongoing conflict between Ukraine and Russia. …
IriusRisk launches Open Threat Model Standard to simplify the generation of threat models
IriusRisk has launched its Open Threat Model (OTM) Standard under a Creative Commons license. The OTM Standard, released as part of version …
Why Cybersecurity Incidents Are Among The Greatest Threats
Cybersecurity incidents are among the greatest threats to businesses and individuals alike. These incidents can cause much harm, including …
Why Enterprise Threat Mitigation Requires Automated, Single-Purpose Tools
As much as threat mitigation is to a degree a specialist task involving cybersecurity experts, the day to day of threat mitigation often …
Critical Infrastructure Threat as Ransomware Groups Target ‘Enemies of Russia’
The cybercrime underground has fractured into pro-Ukraine and pro-Russia camps, with the latter increasingly focused on critical national …
FortiGuard Labs’ Derek Manky on Threats and Solutions in Cybersecurity
I spoke with Derek Manky, Chief Security Strategist and VP of Global Threat Intelligence, FortiGuard Labs, about an annual threat report …