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Cybersecurity Insights with Contrast CISO David Lindner | 8/30/24
Insight #1: North Korean IT spies The threat of state-sponsored cyber espionage is real and evolving. Recent reports reveal North Korean IT professionals are using stolen identities and advanced tactics to infiltrate ...
LockBit, RansomHub Lead Ransomware Attacks in July
Global ransomware attacks surged by 19% in July compared to June, climbing from 331 to 395 incidents, according to the latest data from NCC Group ...
Cyber Resilience Lacking, Organizations Overconfident
There are significant gaps in cyber resilience, despite growing confidence in organizational strategies, according to a Cohesity survey of 3,100 IT and security decision-makers across eight countries ...
Russia-Backed Brute-Force Campaign Targets Microsoft Infrastructure in EU
The European Union (EU) is currently confronting a significant surge in cyberattacks, primarily originating from Russia and these brute-force assaults are targeting corporate and institutional networks ...
Cybersecurity Insights with Contrast CISO David Lindner | 7/19/24
Insight #1 It's been a while since I reminded everyone that one of the single greatest controls to implement to prevent account compromise is multifactor authentication (MFA). Do it today! ...
Authy Breach: What It Means for You, RockYou 2024 Password Leak
In episode 338, we discuss the recent breach of the two-factor authentication provider Authy and its implications for users. We also explore a massive password list leak titled ‘Rock You 2024’ that ...
AT&T Says 110M Customers’ Data Leaked — Yep, it’s Snowflake Again
Should’ve used MFA: $T loses yet more customer data—this time, from almost all of them ...
‘Russia’ Breaches TeamViewer — ‘No Evidence’ Billions of Devices at Risk
SolarWinds hackers strike again: Remote access service hacked—by APT29, says TeamViewer ...
How to Enhance Security Without Affecting the Customer Experience
Navigating the landscape of customer interactions is a delicate balancing act that requires constant calibration between security and operability (or usability, if speaking from a customer’s perspective) ...
Three Nation-State Campaigns Targeting Healthcare, Banking Discovered
Researchers have identified three distinct nation-state campaigns leveraging advanced highly evasive and adaptive threat (HEAT) tactics ...