What happens when attackers breach local government, police departments or public health services? What would happen if attackers compromised the U.S. Treasury’s network? These types of incidents happen every month…
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How Cybersecurity Policy Has Changed Since the SolarWinds Attack
Major cyberattacks since 2019 jolted the U.S. government and software industry into action. The succeeding years have seen executive orders, new funding, two summits and a newfound resolve. Because of…
How EDR Security Supports Defenders in a Data Breach
The cost of a data breach has reached an all-time high. It averaged $4.35 million in 2022, according to the newly published IBM Cost of a Data Breach Report. What’s…
Incident Response for Health Care IT: Differences and Drivers
Threat actors continue to target the health care industry. IBM’s Threat Intelligence Index for 2022 rates the industry as the sixth most targeted. That puts it close behind the energy…
Security Automation Can Save You $3.05M in a Data Breach
When it comes to reducing security breach costs, companies with security artificial intelligence (AI) and automation can save millions, per a new report. According to the most recent IBM Cost…
U.S. Cybersecurity Policy Has Changed Since the Colonial Pipeline Attack
More than a year ago, a ransomware attack made the news across the nation. The Colonial Pipeline Company announced on May 7, 2021, that the DarkSide Ransomware-as-a-Service group, based in…
20 Years Ago in Cybersecurity: Massive DDoS Attack Hits the Roots of the Internet
It was considered the “largest ever” internet attack in 2002. This distributed denial of service attack hit seven of the 13 servers at the top of the internet’s domain name…
What Cybersecurity Teams Can Learn From the US Cyber Command’s ‘Hunt Forward’
After decades of playing defense, the United States government went on the offense in the past few years against global state-sponsored cyber attackers. U.S. Cyber Command conducted “hunt forward” operations…
Lessons Learned by 2022 Cyberattacks: X-Force Threat Intelligence Report
Every year, the IBM Security X-Force team of cybersecurity experts mines billions of data points to reveal today’s most urgent security statistics and trends. This year’s X-Force Threat Intelligence Index…
How Dangerous Is the Cyber Attack Risk to Transportation?
If an attacker breaches a transit agency’s systems, the impact could reach far beyond server downtime or leaked emails. Imagine an attack against a transportation authority that manages train and…