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Top 9 Trends In Cybersecurity Careers for 2025

eSecurity Planet

Technologies that were figments of the imagination a dozen years ago, if they were conceived of at all, quickly become mainstream — think generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) or blockchain. Networking and system administration: Security professionals must instinctively understand network and system concepts.

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Story of the Year: global IT outages and supply chain attacks

SecureList

It is a critical tool in various fields, including system administration, development, and cybersecurity. Fortinet firewall vulnerabilities What happened? A critical vulnerability, named “ regreSSHion “, was discovered in OpenSSH earlier this year. However, targeted attacks remain a viable possibility.

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Living Off the Land (LOTL) attacks: Detecting ransomware gangs hiding in plain sight

Malwarebytes

Namely, there are scripts using commands that an attacker could use to steal data from the company’s network , but which also resembled legitimate administrative tasks used by IT professionals for various system administration tasks. But, lo and behold, it was a RaaS gang the whole time!

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Machine Identities are Essential for Securing Smart Manufacturing

Security Boulevard

The Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) puts networked sensors and intelligent devices directly on the manufacturing floor to collect data, drive artificial intelligence and do predictive analytics. If a device exhibits unexpected behavior, administrators can simply revoke its privileges.

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How to Improve SD-WAN Security

eSecurity Planet

This cloud-centric model offers administrators granular network management opportunities while leveraging the bandwidth and reducing the cost of service delivery. Many SD-WAN providers offer access to threat intelligence services that can automatically identify and mitigate common security threats. Encrypting Data in Transit.

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The Phight Against Phishing

Digital Shadows

It could be a system administrator who has access to sensitive defense information and recently just met an attractive fitness influencer on social media (hello, Iran !). A compromised customer account might use business email compromise tactics to phish everyone in that customer’s circle.

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Top Cybersecurity Accounts to Follow on Twitter

eSecurity Planet

Longtime network and system administrator Jack Daniel is a technology community activist, mentor, and storyteller. Also read: Top Next-Generation Firewall (NGFW) Vendors for 2021. Her research includes artificial intelligence , blockchain technology, and how psychology applies to IT. Denial-of-Suez attack.