While modern collaboration communications tools have helped business continue during a time when face-to-face meetings are impossible, they can also increase the risk of data breaches and regulatory compliance violations.
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.
Payment processor Juspay downplayed the data breach affecting 100 million customers, failed to notify them for five months until a researcher found the data selling on the dark web.
Security researchers found more than 500,000 stolen employee credentials from leading gaming companies circulating on the dark web, exposing the companies to potential data breaches and ransomware.
Recent Russian hack that hit the Pentagon and multiple U.S. agencies should jolt enterprises from any lingering “breach fatigue” and jump-start efforts around cybersecurity.
SolarWinds hackers suspected to have breached email security provider Mimecast compromising its Microsoft 365 Exchange connection certificate, and affecting 10% of its customers.
The pandemic shone a bright and unflattering spotlight on where companies need to update their IT infrastructure. Here are a few trends that are bound to define this year’s plans and investments.
Over 100,000 UN employee records were accessed by security researchers in a Git data breach originating from repositories associated with UNEP and ILO domains.
Newly discovered set of DNS vulnerabilities puts a wide range of devices at risk, with an estimate of millions impacted. This raises fresh questions about the inherent security of DNS.
Remote work has put more pressure on the technology that companies have in place. What is important heading into 2021 is that we look at what went well, what has to change, and what lessons we can learn.
Healthcare web application attacks increased by 51% since the introduction of COVID-19 vaccines. Cross-site scripting (XSS) and SQL injections were the most detected by volume.










