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How the United States Lost to Hackers, And Why The New President Wants To Fix It With 10 Billion Dollars

Nicole Perlroth, the New York Times cybersecurity reporter, just came out with a very interesting perspective on our troubles with foreign adversaries, in part created by our own ...

One-Fourth of a SOC’s Life Is Researching Sketchy Emails

This is a pretty amazing stat – nearly one-fourth of a security operation center’s (SOC’s) time is spent preventing, detecting, responding to, and researching potentially malicious ...

SOC teams spend nearly a quarter of their day handling suspicious emails

Jeremy Fuchs at Avanan just blogged about a new report they released. It revealed some surprising results about the time SOC teams have to spend investigating suspicious emails reported ...

Hackers are Winning the Cyberwar, Largely Because They Target People

Researchers at HackNotice have found that the number of data breaches is increasing, while the number of breach notifications is declining, SecurityWeek reports. HackNotice analyzed ...

Using Legitimate Services to Bypass Phishing Protections

Researchers at Abnormal Security have identified two techniques that attackers are using to bypass email security filters. The first tactic takes advantage of the fact that Microsoft ...

[On-Demand Webinar] A Master Class on IT Security: Roger Grimes Teaches Ransomware Mitigation

Cyber-criminals have become thoughtful about ransomware attacks; taking time to maximize your organization’s potential damage and their payoff. Protecting your network from this growing ...

CyberheistNews Vol 11 #05 [Heads Up] CISA's New War on Ransomware Awareness Campaign

UK Research and Innovation Becomes Next Victim Hit with Ransomware

UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) has been hit by a ransomware attack that impacted two of its services, BleepingComputer reports. The UK government department said it’s still unsure if ...

[Heads Up] Email Phishing Is Now the Top Ransomware Attack Vector

New data shows that pushback from the ransomware victim “market” may be influencing just how much cybercriminals are asking for as ransom and are being paid.

Trickbot is Targeting the Legal Sector

Researchers at Menlo Security warn of an ongoing Trickbot campaign targeting the legal and insurance industries. Trickbot is a notorious remote access Trojan that was in the crosshairs of ...