Cyber Security News
What Is a Virtual Chief Information Security Officer and What are the Benefits of Hiring One?
Cybersecurity is an increasing concern for several businesses. With time, more and more companies are hiring Chief Information Security Officers (CISOs) to strengthen their security strategies and add to their Executive team. In fact, businesses are allocating more...
What Is Ransomware? How Can Your Company Prevent It?
Ransomware is one of the most widely discussed cyber security threats and has been on the rise for several years. Mostly, hackers attack your systems by sending phishing emails containing malicious attachments or links. At first, these emails look genuine, but once...
US Warns of Russia-Backed Threat to Critical Infrastructure
CISA, NSA and FBI Urge Network Defenders to 'Increase Organizational Vigilance' The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency released a joint advisory with the National Security Agency and the FBI on Tuesday warning that Russian threat actors are...
The rise of the CISO: The escalation in cyberattacks makes this role increasingly important
As the digital landscape has grown, the organizational need for cybersecurity and data protection has risen. A new study takes a look at where CISOs stand in businesses. The CISO role has taken on greater prominence at a time when cyberattacks have become...
Attackers exploit Google Docs with malware, phishing
Attackers are exploiting Google Docs to conduct phishing and inject malware. Last October, Avanan reported that hackers could easily send malicious links through comments in Google apps like Docs and Slides. This known vulnerability has not been fully closed or...
The Coming Cyber War Is Here! Awareness And Knowledge To Raise Your Program’s Maturity Level
2020 was a year many of us would like to forget. The year began and ended with two events that caused chaos in the "normalcy" of cybersecurity practitioners. I am referring to the COVID-19 pandemic and the SolarWinds breach. How many of us had a pandemic in our...
The Five Biggest Cyber Security Trends In 2022
The changed world we’ve found ourselves living in since the global pandemic struck in 2020 has been particularly helpful to cybercriminals. Nothing illustrates this so well as the SolarWinds hack, described by Microsoft president Brad Smith as the most sophisticated...
Top 15 cybersecurity predictions for 2022
Over the past several years, cybersecurity risk management has become top of mind for boards. And rightly so. Given the onslaught of ransomware attacks and data breaches that organizations experienced in recent years, board members have...
Top 5 Ways To Prevent Data Security Breaches And Improve Your Cyber Posture
Today, businesses are always at risk of data security breaches. Moreover, the proliferation of malware has made it easy for cybercriminals to carry out attacks, increasing cybercrimes. Therefore, it calls for a strong cybersecurity posture to detect and manage...