ChatGPT confirms data breach, raising security concerns
When ChatGPT and similar chatbots first became widely available, the concern in the cybersecurity world was how AI technology could be used to launch cyberattacks. In fact, it didn’t take very long...
View ArticleInsider hacks exfiltrate five times as many records
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...
View ArticleZombie APIs are a top security concern as API attacks surge 400%
Organizations of all sizes rely on application programming interfaces (APIs). The API explosion has been driven by several factors, including cloud computing, demand for mobile/web applications,...
View ArticleProven methods to prevent human-based security mistakes
The most recent Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report reveals the human element continues to be a key driver of 82% of breaches, including social attacks, errors and misuse. Undoubtedly, human...
View ArticleEasy configuration fixes can protect your server from attack
In March 2023, data on more than 56,000 people — including Social Security numbers and other personal information — was stolen in the D.C. Health Benefit Exchange Authority breach. The online health...
View ArticleBeware of the growing scourge of job recruitment scams
Job recruitment scams have grown into a huge problem. The BBB reports that in the U.S. and Canada alone, an estimated 14 million people are exposed to job scams every year, with $2 billion in direct...
View ArticleThe MOVEit breach impact and fallout: How can you respond?
The MOVEit breach could be the most devastating exploitation of a zero-day vulnerability ever, and the effects continue to ripple across the globe. The widely used file-transfer program’s...
View ArticleHow credential stuffing works (and how to stop it)
In December 2022, Norton users were put on high alert after threat actors compromised the security application with a credential-stuffing attack. Norton’s security team locked down about 925,000...
View ArticleShould you worry about state-sponsored attacks? Maybe not.
More than ever, state-sponsored cyber threats worry security professionals. In fact, nation-state activity alerts increased against critical infrastructure from 20% to 40% from 2021 to 2022, according...
View ArticleLessons learned from the Microsoft Cloud breach
In early July, the news broke that threat actors in China used a Microsoft security flaw to execute highly targeted and sophisticated espionage against dozens of entities. Victims included the U.S....
View ArticleBeware of rogue chatbot hacking incidents
For years, chatbots have been a useful tool to help automate customer-facing applications. But what happens if the chatbot goes rogue? Recent reports have revealed that this may have happened to the...
View ArticleThe compelling need for cloud-native data protection
Cloud environments were frequent targets for cyber attackers in 2023. Eighty-two percent of breaches that involved data stored in the cloud were in public, private or multi-cloud environments....
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