As new threats hit enterprise systems and light up enterprise security dashboards, security analysts need to make swift and accurate decisions so that they can respond in the best way possible. Yet, so many alerts come at any given time that the ability for the typical security team to focus on the alerts that matter can seem impossible.
It seems that every week new news breaks regarding the progress toward reaching practical quantum computing. While this is excellent news for the promised benefits quantum computing will provide, it helps society tackle the biggest problems in computing that traditional computers just can't handle. These include potential breakthroughs in artificial intelligence, the complex modeling involved in nuclear fusion, improved solar cells, cancer, and disease treatments, and financial markets modeling.
Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) groups are at the heart of today’s cyber-espionage efforts. Unlike one-off hackers, APTs distinguish themselves through novel attack techniques, cunning lateral movement across the victim’s infrastructure, swift malware deployment, efficient data exfiltration and – perhaps most importantly – stealthy operation to avoid detection by cybersecurity tools.
Ransomware continues to be the ultimate business disruptor. This week Colonial Pipeline, a private operator of the largest refined products pipeline in the United States, transporting more than 100 million gallons of fuel daily, announced they were a victim of a ransomware attack by the organization known as “Darkside.” The attack propelled Colonial to take systems offline, halting operations and threatening to cause the price of oil to rise.
Security operations are expensive! Hiring, training, and keeping a team of security analysts demands significant resources from any organization wanting to run security operations in-house. There are many studies which show the urgent need to improve security operations center (SOC) analysts’ productivity.
- The threat landscape continues to evolve in terms of complexity
- Email is still the weakest link in the security chain and neglecting email security can leave your customers’ networks vulnerable to attacks
- Many legacy solutions can’t fend off today’s modern attacks
- Investment in modern email security is essential to protect against sophisticated attacks
- Ensuring data privacy is now a worldwide concern, with many countries adopting data protection laws
- Much work still needs to be done to ensure the privacy of information
- Tools and training are keys to success
- An unsecure communication protocol proves to be a headache in today's world
- Despite its age and problems, Telnet sticks around
- The mitigation of Telnet security problems is possible with the right solution
On April 20th, the results of the latest round of the annual MITRE ATT&CK® Evaluation of security solutions were released. This year, a field of 29 security solutions from leading cybersecurity companies including Bitdefender, Crowdstrike, and Microsoft were tested on their ability to detect the techniques and tactics of Carbanak and FIN7.
Since the onset of the current health crisis, many systems have found themselves strained. From remote work platforms to collaboration software, most services have been affected by the heavy traffic and the necessity to accommodate large numbers of users.
