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News May 22, 2023

Google’s Bug Bounty Hits $12 Million: What About the Risks?

4 min read - Bug bounty numbers have never been better. In 2022, Google rewarded the efforts of over 700 researchers from 68 different countries who helped improve the security of the company’s products and services. The total amount of awards grew from $8.7…

News May 17, 2023

Swiss Army Knife Malware Slices Through Systems In so Many Ways

4 min read - What if one single malware strain could cut through any security that tried to stop it? In a new study of more than 550,000 live malware strains, the Picus Red Report 2023 has unveiled a trove of over 5 million…

News May 15, 2023

Will Threat Actors Face Layoffs in 2023?

2 min read - You can’t look at the news these days without reading about layoffs in the technology sector. Roger Lee, founder of Layoffs.fyi told Investors.com that more than 120,000 tech employees lost their jobs in 2023 as of Feb 27, compared to…

News May 10, 2023

How the Rise and Fall of BreachForums Impacts Cybersecurity

4 min read - In mid-March 2022, the underground cyber forum BreachForums quietly made its debut. Within a year, the platform became one of the most prolific cyber crime forums in history. According to the FBI, BreachForums illegally posted hacked data pertaining to nearly…

News May 8, 2023

Inflation, Budget Cuts and Small Teams Worry Security Pros

4 min read - Even before the current geopolitical and economic crisis, security teams were feeling squeezed. Back in 2018, (ISC)² conducted a global survey of 1,500 cybersecurity professionals in North America, Latin America, Asia-Pacific and Europe. They found that 59% felt their organizations…

News May 3, 2023

Insider Hacks Exfiltrate Five Times As Many Records

4 min read - How secure is your organization from the inside? If you’re not sure, it might be worth finding out. According to recent data, the rate and cost of insider threats are growing fast. And when an insider breach occurs, the number…

News May 1, 2023

Hacking Caused 80% of Healthcare Data Breaches in 2022

3 min read - Reporting on cybersecurity issues tends to focus on the results of a breach. However, the most important takeaway is how an event happened in the first place. By understanding the incident’s cause and the direction of cyber crime trends, healthcare…

News April 26, 2023

Are Meta and Twitter Making Cybersecurity Less Accessible?

2 min read - Customers pay for additional features along with their purchases all the time. You can upgrade a car’s seats from fabric to leather, or pay for more analytics on a marketing automation platform. But the new upcharges for security features on…

News April 24, 2023

Why Are a Record Low Number of Ransoms Being Paid?

4 min read - It wasn’t long ago when it seemed like ransomware had the world by the throat. In 2020, a study surveying over 5,000 IT managers found that ransomware hit over half of them in the prior year. Another study showed that…

News April 19, 2023

Pipedream Malware Can Disrupt or Destroy Industrial Systems

4 min read - In the lead-up to the 2021 Super Bowl, a water treatment plant 15 miles away from Raymond James Stadium in Tampa was targeted in a cyberattack. The perpetrator manipulated the water’s sodium hydroxide levels from 100 parts per million to…