Companies must up their game on cyber awareness, says GlobalData
January 17, 2023
Following news that Royal Mail has been hit by a ransomware attack, David Bicknell, principal analyst on the Thematic Intelligence team at GlobalData, offers his view on how companies can improve their cybersecurity measures.
Malicious actors abuse the importance of domain names by registering ones that are identical or similar to existing trademarks, company names, or personal names, hoping to profit from the confusion. It is called cybersquatting.
When a company experiences a data breach, the financial impacts of the compromise can be detrimental. Share prices are estimated to fall 3.5% within four months, and 8.6% after a year. But which global companies have experienced the most expensive data breaches?
Only a few tools and remediation actions are effective to neutralize the analyzed malware
October 31, 2022
Recently, the Pradeo Security solution neutralized an application using Android accessibility services for malicious purposes on a protected device. The identified malware was installed through a phishing link.
Digital Shadows found that the top 50 most common passwords are incredibly easy to guess and simply use the word “password” or a combination of easily remembered numbers.
Almost half of CSOs say their organizations are not well-prepared for today's rapidly evolving threat landscape
October 7, 2022
On average, organizations experienced 15% more cybersecurity incidents in 2021 than in 2020. In addition, "material breaches"— defined as "those generating a large loss, compromising many records, or having a significant impact on business operations" — jumped 24.5%.