From 2020 to 2021, there was a 33% increase in the number of reported incidents caused by vulnerability exploitation, according to the 2022 X-Force Threat Intelligence Index. A large percentage…
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X-Force Research Update: Top 10 Cybersecurity Vulnerabilities of 2021
From 2020 to 2021, there was a 33% increase in the number of reported incidents caused by vulnerability exploitation, according to the 2022 X-Force Threat Intelligence Index. A large percentage…
Electron Application Attacks: No Vulnerability Required
While you may have never heard of “Electron applications,” you most likely use them. Electron technology is in many of today’s most popular applications, from streaming music to messaging to…
Which Third-Party Messenger App Is Best for Secure Business?
In October 2021, Facebook (now Meta), and all its platforms (Instagram, WhatsApp and Messenger) shut down across the globe for up to six hours, leaving billions without a messaging service.…
IAM Secures the New, Perimeter-less Reality
Necessity may be the mother of invention, and it also drives change. To remain competitive in 2021, companies had to transform rapidly. Today, many of us work from home. Remote…
IoT Security and the Internet of Forgotten Things
In 2017, the number of connected devices surpassed the world’s human population. That’s a lot of things. However, many of them were not built with security in mind. It didn’t…
Will the Metaverse Usher in a Universe of Security Challenges?
How much do you know about the metaverse? Everyone started talking about the metaverse in the summer of 2021. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg kicked it off with his plan to…
Digital Transformation: Balancing Speed, Security and Innovation
Today, digital transformation (DX) is happening in every industry. Organizations operating in sectors that typically eschew technology are moving to the cloud, leveraging IoT and using analytics. Digital transformation plays…
Omnichannel E-commerce Growth Increases API Security Risk
Today, a lot of the digital innovation we see is largely thanks to the application programming interface (API). Without APIs, rapid development would be nearly impossible. After all, the API…
Cyber Warfare: What To Expect in 2022
Cyberwarfare is not a future threat—it’s a clear and present danger. While the concept of cyber terrorism might sound like something from a fictional movie, our interconnected world is riddled…