Cybersecurity experts are warning that cyber insurance payouts to ransomware victims will exacerbate the ransomware threat in the log run. After several reports in 2018 predicted the demise of …
Only 15% of organizations can recover from a severe data loss within an hour
Just 15% of organizations are confident they could bounce back from a serious data loss incident within an hour, while 40% would need at least one day to achieve this, and 25% would need days or …
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Most Cyber Attacks Focus on Just Three TCP Ports
Almost two in three (65%) cyber campaigns targeting small to mid-sized businesses (SMBs) attack one of three popular TCP ports, namely port 22 (SSH, 35%), port 80 (HTTP, 15%) and port 443 (HTTPS, …
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IT pros worry about humans but invest in data and cloud security
In a recent Canon survey, IT professionals indicated that the top security threats to businesses are malicious insiders (30%), human error (25%), and compromised devices (21%). Respondents said the …
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More than 99% of attacks in the past year relied on human error to gain access
A new Proofpoint report underscores the need for organizations to address the human factor in their cybersecurity programs. According to the study, over 99% of cyberattacks last year relied on user …
70% of educational orgs don’t have an appropriate cloud security budget
A new report by Netwrix shows that even though one in three educational organizations suffered a cloud breach last year, only 12% increased their security budgets this year. According to IT …
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5 Key Insights From Absolute’s 2019 Endpoint Security Trends Report
A new report by Absolute on the current state of endpoint security highlights the following five trends / insights: Spending more on endpoint protection doesn't necessarily result in better …
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40% of IT Pros Would Outlaw Ransomware Payments
A recent AT&T survey conducted among cybersecurity professionals shows that 40% of them believe victims of ransomware attacks should not be legally allowed to pay threat actors in order to get …
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US Lawmakers Propose Bill to Fortify Federal Cybersecurity
US lawmakers will introduce the Advancing Cybersecurity Diagnostics and Mitigation Act to the US House of Representatives this week. The law aims to bolster the government's cybersecurity program by …
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Multicloud Businesses Face Higher Breach Risk
A new Nominet survey conducted among cybersecurity executives and professionals indicates that the use of multicloud environments creates more risks for organizations than the adoption of hybrid or …
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