Security Boulevard

OCTOBER 16, 2024

A host of threats continue to put enterprise data at risk. In fact, according to the 2024 Thales Data Threat Report , more than 80% of organizations reported at least one breach in the last year, while ransomware attacks grew more frequent, with 28% of organizations reported experiencing an attack in 2024, compared to 22% in 2023.

DDOS 69

DDOS Encryption Data breaches Identity Theft 69

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

OCTOBER 16, 2024

A host of threats continue to put enterprise data at risk. In fact, according to the 2024 Thales Data Threat Report , more than 80% of organizations reported at least one breach in the last year, while ransomware attacks grew more frequent, with 28% of organizations reported experiencing an attack in 2024, compared to 22% in 2023.

DDOS 62

DDOS Encryption Data breaches Identity Theft 62

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Encryption, data sovereignty, multifactor authentication and website cookies are all vital ideas and technologies to keep consumers’ personal data safe – but research released this month reveals widespread confusion. Encryption What is encryption? They are also phishing-resistant alternative to passwords.

Security Awareness 129

Security Awareness Passwords Authentication Encryption 129

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

MARCH 23, 2022

The 2022 Thales Data Threat Report, based on data from a survey of almost 2,800 respondents from 17 countries across the globe, illustrates these trends and changes. Malware and accidental human error are the biggest security threats. Ransomware ranked second (53%) and phishing finished in the top three (40%).

Risk 126

Risk Encryption Ransomware Technology 126

eSecurity Planet

JUNE 16, 2022

Cyber criminals may damage, destroy, steal, encrypt, expose, or leak data as well as cause harm to a system. The 2022 SonicWall Cyber Threat Report found that all types of cyberattacks increased in 2021. Encrypted threats spiked 167%, ransomware increased 105%, and 5.4 Ransomware.

Backups 145

Backups Ransomware Firewall Malware 145

Security Boulevard

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

Recognize and Report Phishing According to the Thales 2024 Data Threat Report , phishing is the second fastest-growing attack. Phishing tactics are getting sneakier, thanks to AI, and it is more important than ever that employees be able to recognize their telltale signs.

Cybersecurity 75

Cybersecurity Password Management Passwords Phishing 75

eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 30, 2023

A new Cloudflare phishing report notes that most of the 1 billion brand impersonation emails the company detected “passed” SPF, DKIM, and DMARC email authentication protocols. At the same time, an organization is also quite likely to fall for business email compromise and phishing attacks from their vendors.

Authentication 100

Authentication Phishing Encryption Marketing 100

Webroot

JANUARY 7, 2022

Threats abound in 2021. In 2021, we witnessed so many competing shifts, many of which we detailed early on in our 2021 BrightCloud® Threat Report. This approach will be used to get around restrictions on reporting and on ransomware payments.

Cybercrime 110

Cybercrime Ransomware Phishing Cryptocurrency 110

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

In the evolving digital commerce landscape, the threat to retail cybersecurity has never been more palpable. The Verizon 2023 Data Breach Investigations Report reveals that system intrusion, phishing, and web app attacks are the predominant patterns that enable criminals to steal personal and financial information, including credit card data.

Retail 83

Retail Cybersecurity Financial Services Mobile 83

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

Recognize and Report Phishing According to the Thales 2024 Data Threat Report , phishing is the second fastest-growing attack. Phishing tactics are getting sneakier, thanks to AI, and it is more important than ever that employees be able to recognize their telltale signs.

Cybersecurity 62

Cybersecurity Password Management Passwords Phishing 62

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

OCTOBER 19, 2022

Today, at the dawn of the 4th industrial revolution, manufacturers of all kinds are a tempting and vulnerable high-value target for threat actors because of their high intrinsic worth and the dangers of economic harm from supply chain disruptions. Survey’s key findings. Cyberattacks increase. Conclusions. Data Security.

Manufacturing 71

Manufacturing Cyber threats Encryption IoT 71

Security Affairs

JULY 10, 2022

Unfaithful HackerOne employee steals bug reports to claim additional bounties Threat Report Portugal: Q2 2022 CISA orders federal agencies to patch CVE-2022-26925 by July 22 Tens of Jenkins plugins are affected by zero-day vulnerabilities Microsoft: Raspberry Robin worm already infected hundreds of networks. Upgrade it now!

Cybercrime 98

Cybercrime Ransomware Data breaches Healthcare 98

Security Boulevard

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

Urelas malware infiltrates systems through phishing emails containing malicious attachments or links and deploys a range of tactics, including taking screenshots of users’ screens and monitoring their keystrokes. It infiltrates systems through phishing attacks or malicious downloads. Want more threat intel on a weekly basis?

Malware 59

Malware Spyware Software Encryption 59

Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

worth of NFTs from tens of OpenSea users Trickbot operation is now controlled by Conti ransomware. worth of NFTs from tens of OpenSea users Trickbot operation is now controlled by Conti ransomware. Follow me on Twitter: @securityaffairs and Facebook. Pierluigi Paganini. SecurityAffairs – hacking, newsletter).

Ransomware 52

Ransomware Malware Encryption Phishing 52

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

The 2022 Thales Data Threat Report: Retail Edition , finds that 45% of retail respondents reported that the volume, severity and/or scope of cyberattacks had increased in the previous 12 months. Similar to many organizations, 36% of retail respondents cited human error as the leading threat. Data Security.

Retail 127

Retail Cybersecurity Threat Reports Ransomware 127

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

APRIL 3, 2024

The 2023 Thales Data Threat Report – Financial Edition outlines some of the major threats faced today, from dealing with multi-cloud environments, to encryption management, ransomware and even good, old fashioned human error.

Digital transformation 62

Digital transformation Data breaches Encryption Insurance 62

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

In addition, telemedicine has generated a larger pool for potential phishing scams as well as other socially-engineered, and technically based, attacks (e.g., The degree of digitalization and the scientific efforts for the development of a COVID-19 vaccine have further increased the threat surface. ransomware).

Healthcare 62

Healthcare Digital transformation Encryption Data breaches 62

Webroot

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

According to our 2021 Webroot BrightCloud Threat Report , on average, 18.8% Antivirus software offers threat protection by securing all of your music files, photo galleries and important documents from being destroyed by malicious programs. Our real-time anti-phishing also blocks bad sites. Do I really need antivirus?

Antivirus 132

Antivirus Identity Theft Adware Internet 132

Webroot

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

In our 2021 Webroot BrightCloud ® Threat Report , we found overall infection rates to be rising fastest in the healthcare, non-profit and arts/entertainment/recreation industries. In fact, the median ransom demand in 2021, according to advanced findings from our upcoming threat report, was $70,000.

Ransomware 115

Ransomware Small Business Backups Threat Reports 115

Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

“Although FBI and CISA do not currently have any specific threat reporting indicating a cyberattack will occur over the upcoming Labor Day holiday, malicious cyber actors have launched serious ransomware attacks during other holidays and weekends in 2021.” ” reads the advisory published by CISA.

Ransomware 130

Ransomware Risk Encryption Passwords 130

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

AUGUST 31, 2022

The 2022 Thales Data Threat Report, Financial Services Edition, outlines the challenges financial services organizations face securing sensitive data and provides guidance around reducing the risk of attacks such as ransomware, malware, phishing, and denial of service. Malware and ransomware attacks increase. Moving ahead.

Financial Services 62

Financial Services Cybersecurity Computers and Electronics Banking 62

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

MAY 9, 2022

However, even after the Colonial Pipeline attack, less than half of businesses (48%) have a formal ransomware plan according to the 2022 Thales Data Threat Report. In addition, the report found that one in five businesses have paid or would pay a ransom to get their data. Criminals can use them to launch phishing attacks.

Cyber Insurance 71

Cyber Insurance Insurance Backups Ransomware 71

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

MARCH 27, 2019

Employees are the first line of defense when it comes to averting phishing attempts and distracted employees are off their game. Our 2019 Data Threat Report-Global Edition , revealed that 97% of survey respondents reported their organization was already underway with some level of digital transformation.

Digital transformation 61

Digital transformation Encryption IoT Threat Reports 61

CyberSecurity Insiders

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

According to the SonicWall Cyber Threat Report, the global volume of ransomware is increasing by 98%. Phishing Targeted Attacks. F5 posted last year that there was a 45% increase in phishing emails from 2020-2021. Expect that the number has again increased when this report is published for 2022.

Phishing 134

Phishing Mobile Technology Ransomware 134

Security Boulevard

AUGUST 6, 2024

Dynamic DNS Services Used by Threat Actors Dynamic DNS services have many benign users but they can also be used by threat actors in phishing attacks and within malware to communicate with command and control (C2) infrastructure. Want more threat intel on a weekly basis?

DNS 69

DNS Malware Social Engineering Engineering 69

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

APRIL 20, 2021

The FBI’s Cyber Division received as many as 4,000 complaints of digital attacks a day in H1 2020, reported by The Hill. This could be due to the fact that fewer than a third (31%) of respondents to Proofpoint’s 2020 State of the Phish admitted to having changed the default password on their Wi-Fi router. Encryption.

Mobile 71

Mobile Architecture Data breaches Authentication 71

eSecurity Planet

MAY 2, 2024

Fortunately, vendor surveys identify five key cybersecurity threats to watch for in 2024: compromised credentials, attacks on infrastructure, organized and advanced adversaries, ransomware, and uncontrolled devices. Read on for more details on these threats or jump down to see the linked vendor reports.

Cybersecurity 121

Cybersecurity DDOS Penetration Testing Passwords 121

Webroot

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

Throughout the last year, we’ve seen huge spikes in phishing, malicious domains, malware and more, and we don’t expect that to slow down. As the threat reports Webroot produces each year have shown — not to mention the increasing number of major hacks in the headlines — threats keep evolving, and their growth is often exponential.

Backups 100

Backups Ransomware Encryption Phishing 100

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

Avast explains that one of the biggest IoT security threats is the use of vulnerable devices to access organizations’ network and thus may gain access to sensitive information. Vulnerable devices could be used to spread malware within the enterprise, used for corporate espionage, surveillance of personnel, or plan whaling phishing campaigns.

IoT 122

IoT Risk Energy and Utilities Healthcare 122

Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

The phishing email contains a.zip file named “slavneft.zakaz.zip”, which means something like “slavneft order” in English, showing a direct reference to “Slavneft”. Shade encrypts all the user files using an AES encryption scheme. Background of the infected machine, after encryption phase. Technical analysis.

Ransomware 98

Ransomware Encryption Malware Advertising 98

Webroot

MARCH 31, 2021

We were encrypting the hard drives, so we didn’t lose any data to the wild as the encryption couldn’t be cracked. Sources: 1 SonicWall Capture Labs 2 VMware/Carbon Black Global Threat Report June 2020 3 Webroot RTAP. We came in one day to find the office doors busted down and the computers raided.

Backups 67

Backups Data preservation Ransomware Encryption 67

Security Affairs

APRIL 9, 2023

billion rubles.

Computers and Electronics 98

Computers and Electronics Backups Cybercrime Marketing 98

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

OCTOBER 23, 2018

In our 2018 Data Threat Report-Retail Edition , we found 50% of respondents reported a data breach this past year, so it goes without saying that the holiday shopping season is a prime time for cyber criminals to target both retailers and consumers alike. No phishing here. Protecting Consumer Data is Priority #1.

Retail 70

Retail Data breaches Mobile Threat Reports 70

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

APRIL 18, 2023

Be in control of your encryption keys and their location, and how to control access to your sensitive data and digital services to comply with emerging data sovereignty requirements. By attending our live sessions at the Thales booth, you will learn how to: Discover and classify your data wherever it resides.

Digital transformation 71

Digital transformation Marketing Insurance Technology 71

McAfee

DECEMBER 4, 2020

government.GOV validation and HTTPS encryption among county election websites in 13 states. The team saw an average of 375 new threats per minute and a surge of cybercriminals exploiting the pandemic through COVID-19 themed malicious apps, phishing campaigns, malware, and more. Election Website Security Shortcomings.

Cyber threats 94

Cyber threats InfoSec Big data Architecture 94

Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JUNE 2, 2021

2021 Data Threat Report: How Covid Changed Everything. The 2021 Thales Data Threat Report serves exactly this purpose – it is a crucial reflection of 2020. Only 17% indicated that they have protected more than 50% of their sensitive cloud data with encryption. Cloud Encryption Gateway. Data security.

Threat Reports 71

Threat Reports Encryption Technology Digital transformation 71

Security Boulevard

AUGUST 12, 2024

SSL Termination: Reverse proxies can manage SSL/TLS encryption and decryption, relieving backend servers from the computational load of handling these tasks. Training should focus on recognizing phishing attempts and avoiding the installation of unauthorized software. Want more threat intel on a weekly basis?

DNS 64

DNS Malware Accountability Network Security 64