Pretty much all of America's major rivals and enemies are looking to interfere in 2020, and hacker groups are attacking both the Trump and Biden camps with greater frequency.
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.
SMB security teams are forced to work under pressure and with limited resources due to falling IT security budgets. The situation leaves their organizations vulnerable to cyberattacks.
The list of the biggest data breaches of the past five years is populated with representatives from the travel industry. Now a Which? study found that it is still rife with security holes.
Russian hackers have been kicking up ransomware attacks to exploit new work habits leaves many companies needing to rethink how they approach security.
Zhenhua data leak reveals that the firm with links to the Chinese military has scraped the personal data of at least 2.4 million targeted subjects, including national leaders, celebrities, and politically exposed persons.
To meet the ever-increasing challenge of cybercrime and rebuild user trust, tech companies will need to be built with a new standard that embraces a transparent and open source approach.
The death of a woman who needed urgent care at a German hospital is being blamed on equipment being unavailable due to a ransomware attack.
The most sophisticated technology in the world is not enough to combat phishing scams. which aren’t designed to break through firewalls or circumvent email gateways or endpoint security.
Researchers recorded the largest Magecart attack that compromised over 2,000 Magento stores and exposed the private and financial details of over 10,000 customers.
Researchers discovered that almost all cyber attacks on cloud servers are aimed at installing cryptocurrency mining malware.










