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Monthly Archives: August 2019

By Mr. Shomiron Dasgupta, CEO and Founder, DNIF Cyber threats have been prevalent on the internet for decades now. Unfortunately, malware has been evolving more rapidly than the anti-malware software needed to combat it. The three most active cyber threat categories worldwide are currently ransomware, phishing, and endpoint attacks. Ransomware […]

Top 3 Cyber Threats and their analysis

This entry was posted in Cybersecurity Expert Insights and tagged DNIF on August 29, 2019 by Editorial Staff

by: Moshe Elias, Director of Product Marketing, Allot IoT connectivity is the new way of life. From smart printers and televisions to lamps and baby monitors, the use of IoT devices continues to trend up each year. However, the popularity of these devices is no indicator of their safety. In […]

The Commonality of the Brute Force IoT Attack

This entry was posted in Cybersecurity Expert Insights IoT and tagged Allot on August 28, 2019 by Editorial Staff

By Scott Lindley, General Manager, Farpointe Data The ability to use mobile phones as access credentials is one of the biggest trends in a market that historically has been slow in adopting new technology. As a matter of fact, research analyst Gartner has predicted that, by 2020, one in five […]

Why Mobile Access Is More Secure than Card Systems

This entry was posted in Access Control Expert Insights Physical Security and tagged Farpointe Data on August 27, 2019 by Editorial Staff

Arkose Labs analyzed over 1.2 billion transactions across the ﬁnancial services, e-commerce, travel, social media, gaming and entertainment industries, highlighting key trends Social media sites have become lucrative targets for criminals looking for quick monetization. To gain some additional insights into this phenomenon, we spoke with Vanita Pandey, VP Strategy […]

More Than Half of Logins on Social Media Platforms are ...

This entry was posted in Cybersecurity Industry Report and tagged Arkose Labs on August 26, 2019 by Steven Bowcut

One of the scariest things about online scams is their impact on enormous segments of the population. The victims often deal with reputational damage and expenses associated with recovering from the attack and improving their current computer security practices to reduce the chances of something happening again. Anyone needing a […]

Cofense Labs Uncovers Large Scam Targeting Millions

This entry was posted in Cybersecurity Industry Trends on August 15, 2019 by Kayla Matthews

Recently the well-known provider of service assurance, cybersecurity, and business intelligence solutions, NETSCOUT Systems Inc, released its semi-annual Threat Intelligence Report highlighting cybercrime as a mainstream business model. The report also examines the maturation of Nation-State sponsored Advanced Persistent Threat (ATP) groups and new findings on IoT vulnerabilities. With a […]

New Report Highlights Cybercrime Innovation

This entry was posted in Cybersecurity Industry Report on August 13, 2019 by Cody Bowcut

Deep Learning Proves Key to Detecting Known and Unknown Threats Hiding in Encrypted Web, Network Communications Blue Hexagon, a deep learning and cybersecurity pioneer, announced an industry-first ability to detect and stop–in real-time–both known and unknown threats hidden within encrypted SSL traffic. On the heels of this announcement, Brilliance Security […]

When You Live and Die by the 1-Second Rule

This entry was posted in Cybersecurity Threat Detection on August 5, 2019 by Steven Bowcut

By Matthias Völkl, Cherry, Vice President Business Unit Office & Security Did you know that 87 percent of companies rely on employees having access to mobile business apps from their personal smartphones? It wasn’t so long ago that employers issued the same computer equipment to each employee — regardless of work […]

6 Facts You Should Know About the Future of BYOD

This entry was posted in BYOD Guest Contributor and tagged Cherry Americas on August 5, 2019 by Editorial Staff

New findings from Cequence Security’ CQ Prime research team uncovers the use of Bulletproof Proxy networks by bad actors to automated bot attacks against web applications. “Bulletproof Proxies: The Evolving Cybercriminal Infrastructure” details how bulletproof proxy providers include millions of globally distributed IP addresses that are marketed under the guise of legitimate […]

Bulletproof Proxy Networks Target Retail and Financial Web Applications, Mobile ...

This entry was posted in Cybersecurity Industry Report and tagged Cequence Security on August 1, 2019 by Editorial Staff

For various reasons, governments around the world are taking steps to direct and manage the use of the internet within their borders. Geopolitical situations and apprehension about data privacy give way to restrictions for commerce and civilian internet use. In most cases, actions to restrict access to the global internet […]

Dark Consequences: Former NSA operative presents an eye-opening report

This entry was posted in Internet Laws and tagged IntSights on August 1, 2019 by Cody Bowcut

The report examines the state of crowdsourced security In September of 2017, the consumer credit reporting agency Equifax announced a data breach that affected over 140 million people. The breach cost the company a blow to its reputation and billions of dollars in settlements. It was an exploitation of a […]

Bugcrowd’s Priority One Report 2019 Edition Now Available

This entry was posted in Cybersecurity Industry Report and tagged Bugcrowd on August 1, 2019 by Cody Bowcut