U.S. President Joe Biden on Thursday signed into the law the Better Cybercrime Metrics Act, which aims to improve data collection on cybercrimes. The law requires the DOJ and the FBI to compile detailed statistics about cybercrime and develop a taxonomy to help contextualize and sort this data.
Adversaries are increasingly targeting ONG and related energy industries to further political, economic, and national security goals. Their activity threatens the availability of industrial technologies and the safety of those operating them. Industrial asset owners and operators can defend against these...
A new malicious campaign that siphons off intellectual property and sensitive data - including documents, blueprints, diagrams, formulas and manufacturing-related proprietary data - has been identified by researchers at Cybereason as being the work of Chinese APT Winnti, based on forensic analysis.
Two signs that the tide may finally, if slowly, be turning on ransomware: The number of victims who choose to pay continues to decline, while the amount they pay - when they choose to do so - recently dropped by one-third, reports ransomware incident response firm Coveware.
Kellogg Community College, or KCC, has resumed operations in all its five campuses - Battle Creek, Albion, Coldwater, Hastings and Fort Custer Industrial Park in Michigan - starting Wednesday. The college management had suspended classes on Monday as the result of a ransomware attack.
John Riggi, national adviser for cybersecurity at the American Hospital Association, and Carolyn Crandall, chief security advocate at Attivo Networks, explain why threats involving the Russia-Ukraine war are exacerbating cybersecurity pressures on healthcare sector entities in the U.S. and globally.
As ransomware-wielding attackers continue to target businesses large and small, the organizations that respond best and escape most unscathed from such attacks are those that already have in place well-honed, rehearsed plans, says ransomware expert and attorney Guillermo Christensen of Ice Miller.
A recent study shows that 85% of customers would avoid using a brand after losing trust. There is also an emotional impact to identify theft. As a security leader, you do not want that pain associated with your brand.
From login to purchase, it’s critical to know who the person is behind the OTP and know if they...
Account takeovers (ATO) and financial fraud demonstrate that losing trust in a brand can come anywhere along the customer journey. A study found that 28% of customers would stop using a site or service if they experienced a
n ATO. Conversely, when consumers trust your brand, they are 7 times more likely more to buy...
In 2021 alone, fraudulent accounts increased by 70% and synthetic identity fraud losses grew to $20B.
From onboarding and answering product questions to providing ongoing support, customers expect and deserve safe and secure communications. Every communication carries the potential for building trust and...
Even powerful brands are not immune from fake users; in fact, they are often the most prominent targets. In Q4 of 2021 alone, Facebook removed 1.3 billion fake accounts.
Today, most ecosystems are littered with fake accounts set up to steal confidential information, post fake product reviews, spam legitimate...
Today’s sophisticated cyberattacks combine multiple tactics that include social engineering, zero-day malware and 3rd party OAuth app abuse. Threat actors employ tactics across email, cloud and web that target specific people in your organization to breach your environment and access sensitive data. Hybrid work...
The Computer Emergency Response Team of Ukraine and the National Bank of Ukraine are warning of massive DDoS attacks against pro-Ukrainian targets. The intelligence service in Romania, SRI, also warns of a similar type of attack targeting sites belonging to its national authorities.
New cyber incident reporting rules are set to come into effect in the U.S. on May 1. Banks in the country will be required to notify regulators within 36 hours after an organization suffers a qualifying "computer-security incident." What does this mean for banks, and what are the likely challenges?
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