Imperva found that bot traffic accounted for 40% of internet activity. Malicious scripts were responsible for 26% of website visits and could interfere with the COVID-19 vaccine.
Cyber Security
Cyber criminals, state-sponsored hackers and even the occasional disgruntled employee are constantly looking to gain unauthorized access for a variety of purposes: theft of money, cyber espionage, personal information for sale or for use in scams, and damage to critical infrastructure for just a few of the most common.
So how does an organization mitigate an entire world full of continual cyber attacks? Just as buildings have a number of necessary elements of physical security: access control, cameras, alarms and so on; there are similar key elements of cyber security that are absolutely vital for just about any modern business.
It starts with identifying and closing the most common doors that attackers use. For example, phishing attacks on employees are far and away the most common initial point of entry. The breach of even a low-level employee account can quickly turn into an escalation in access privileges and the ability to reach sensitive information. This is also true of smart devices, which are generally more poorly secured than computers and phones.
To many, the new SEC rules that require public companies to disclose “material” cybersecurity incidents within four days of determining their materiality may seem like a challenging, if not unreasonable, demand. Companies should put a priority on preparing incident response plans that will help them meet compliance.
The FBI, CISA, and NSA issued a joint cybersecurity advisory about multiple APT groups that comprised a defense organization and exfiltrated sensitive data over a significant period.
Recent cyber attacks that have done damage to critical infrastructure could be a pretext for a "real shooting war," according to Joe Biden, as the president addressed the growing threats to national security in the cyber sphere.
A February data breach involving 122 million records of marketing data has been confirmed to have come from B2B data broker DemandScience.
Cybersecurity agencies in U.K. and U.S. warn of APT groups targeting cyberattacks at entities involved in COVID-19 response efforts to gather intelligence and commit espionage.
A leak on a hacking forum that exposed internal AMD data appears to have been confirmed by the company, as it acknowledged that an unnamed third-party vendor involved in product assembly was breached. Questions remain about the extent of the data breach, however.
A data breach at Lotte Card has impacted nearly 3 million customers, putting the cardholder data of 280,000 individuals at a direct risk of exploitation for fraud.
Insurance giant Fidelity Investments has suffered a third-party breach linked to the US-based subsidiary of Indian tech juggernaut Infosys, impacting nearly 30,000 customers.
Enterprises focus much of their attention on the surface web. However, monitoring the dark web and hidden corners of the internet is just as if not more important for risk professionals.










