As with many other aspects of life and business, 2022 held fewer overall surprises in cybersecurity than in recent years — thank goodness. Instead, many trends brewing over the past…
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Worms of Wisdom: How WannaCry Shapes Cybersecurity Today
WannaCry wasn’t a particularly complex or innovative ransomware attack. What made it unique, however, was its rapid spread. Using the EternalBlue exploit, malware could quickly move from device to device,…
How the DNSChanger Shutdown Changed Cybersecurity
On the morning of July 9, 2012, the world braced for an “internet doomsday”: a full-scale crash of the global internet. Except it didn’t happen. And that non-event represented the…
Defending Education from Cyber Threat Attackers
Threat actors — and particularly ransomware attackers — have education institutions in their crosshairs. From Vice Society’s September attack on schools in California to Snach’s late October assault on schools…
What CISOs Want to See From NIST’s Impending Zero Trust Guidelines
Cybersecurity at U.S. federal agencies has been running behind the times for years. It took an executive order by President Joe Biden to kickstart a fix across the agencies. The…
Survey Connects Cybersecurity Skills Gap to Increase in Breaches
The skills gap in cybersecurity isn’t a new concern. But, new research revealed in Fortinet’s 2022 Cybersecurity Skills Gap report confirmed what many experts have assumed. The skills gap increased…
Cyber insurance costs soar amid ransomware attacks
Ransomware attacks and recurring breaches cause insurers to rethink risk as prices rise and policies get increasingly harder to obtain. That cyberattacks have been on the rise is one fact…
Everything CISOs Need to Know About NIST
It’s never been harder to be a chief information security officer (CISO). In 2021, there were 50% more attacks each week compared to 2020. Without a plan, maintaining a robust…
What TrickBot tells us about the future of
What TrickBot tells us about the future of malware Malware attackers are increasingly sophisticated. Here’s what to know On TrickBot and the future of malware Malware threats have plagued organizations for…
The Great Resignation: How to Acquire and Retain Cybersecurity Talent
If you’ve been following reports and whispering with industry colleagues, you know what’s going on: the cybersecurity skills gap is difficult to close, and the Great Resignation is here. The…