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    Countering multidimensional threats: lessons learned from the 2024 election

    In 2024, election officials and law enforcement shared intelligence closely to counter complex threats.

    Nov. 18, 2024
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    The company you keep: your most trusted vendor could be your biggest security risk

    Your trusted vendor might be your biggest security risk. Learn how to mitigate third-party threats.

    By Joel Burleson-Davis, SVP Worldwide Engineering, Cyber, Imprivata • Nov. 11, 2024
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    Risk Management

    Now, public companies have to detail their cybersecurity risk management in annual filings, raising awareness on what many cyber experts already knew — security issues are business issues. 

    By Cybersecurity Dive staff
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    AI increases fraud risk, fintechs say

    Financial firms monitor for fraud by looking for unusual activity, but an artificial intelligence model can be trained to transact like a real person.

    By Patrick Cooley • Nov. 5, 2024
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    Enterprise executives cite AI-assisted attacks as top emerging risk, Gartner finds

    The analyst firm’s survey underscores growing concern about potential, yet unrealized, scenarios involving AI’s potential role in attacks.

    By • Nov. 4, 2024
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    Iran-linked attackers hit critical infrastructure with brute force

    CISA and the FBI warn healthcare, government, IT and other sectors of password spraying and multifactor authentication push bombing.

    By • Oct. 17, 2024
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    State CISOs up against a growing threat environment with minimal funding, report finds

    A report by Deloitte and NASCIO warns that states do not have the resources necessary to fight state-backed and criminal threat groups.

    By • Oct. 2, 2024
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    Phishing remains cloud intrusion tactic of choice for threat groups

    The long-lasting effectiveness and success of phishing campaigns underscores the most central challenge in cybersecurity — people are the weakest link.

    By • Oct. 2, 2024
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    CISA again raises alarm on hacktivist threat to water utilities

    The alert comes just days after an attack against a water treatment facility in Kansas.

    By • Sept. 26, 2024
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    Data privacy concerns swirl around generative AI adoption

    IT and business professionals fear the technology's adoption can lead to data leakage, according to a Deloitte report.

    By Roberto Torres • Sept. 25, 2024
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    Dark web exposure is ‘highly correlated’ with cyberattack risk

    Organizations that are mentioned in dark web market listings are more than twice as likely to experience an attack, Marsh McLennan found.

    By Alexei Alexis • Sept. 24, 2024
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    Cybersecurity firm flags attack on construction accounting system

    Users of Foundation Software, which serves 43,000 construction pros, may be at risk of intrusion if they still use default credentials, according to cybersecurity firm Huntress.

    By Matthew Thibault • Sept. 20, 2024
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    Port of Seattle official flags a cyber dilemma, ‘one-way street’ with federal agencies

    A ransomware atttack disrupted the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport for weeks. Part of the problem, one official said, is that federal cyber recommendations are not timely.

    By • Sept. 19, 2024
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    Open source maintainers, under security pressure, remain largely unpaid after XZ Utils

    A report by Tidelift shows an equity gap remains between open source developers and well-resourced software users who are pushing for higher security standards.

    By • Sept. 17, 2024
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    Valid accounts remain top access point for critical infrastructure attacks, officials say

    CISA attributed 2 in 5 successful intrusions to valid account abuse last year, but that is down from 2022.

    By • Sept. 17, 2024
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    Keeping data secure in the age of generative AI

    Generative AI is reshaping industries, but with innovation comes new data security challenges. Are your cybersecurity practices keeping up?

    By Rob Juncker, CTO of Code42, now part of Mimecast • Sept. 16, 2024
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    Mastercard’s $2.65B Recorded Future acquisition to buttress its security business

    While Mastercard has cybersecurity oversight needs for its cards and payments businesses, it also sells security services to other companies, including banks and fintechs. 

    By Lynne Marek • Sept. 13, 2024
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    Cyber insurance keeps growing, as threats spur competition

    Concerns remain about aggregation risk as highlighted by the July outage of Microsoft Windows devices, according to a report from Moody’s Ratings.

    By • Sept. 9, 2024
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    Deepfake scams escalate, hitting more than half of businesses

    The vast majority of corporate finance professionals, 85%, now view such scams as an “existential” threat, a Medius study found.

    By Alexei Alexis • Sept. 4, 2024
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    Prolific RansomHub engaged in attack spree, feds warn

    The group has been among the most active threat groups of 2024, and is linked to a tool that can neutralize endpoint security.

    By • Sept. 4, 2024
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    Microsoft is training developers on the intricacies of threat intelligence

    Cybercrime wonk Sherrod DeGrippo is taking Microsoft’s software developers and engineers on a journey into her world, the depths of threat intelligence.

    By • Sept. 4, 2024
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    Halliburton confirms data stolen in August cyberattack

    The company continues to incur expenses related to the attack, but does not expect a material impact. 

    By • Sept. 3, 2024
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    Iran-linked actors ramping up cyberattacks on US critical infrastructure

    Nation-state attacker are exploiting vulnerabilities in products from Check Point Software, Palo Alto Networks and others to attack multiple industries.

    By • Sept. 3, 2024
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    Volt Typhoon exploiting zero-day in campaign targeting ISPs, MSPs

    Researchers from Black Lotus Labs warn the state-linked adversary is exploiting a vulnerability in Versa Director using custom web shells against the telecom sector.

    By • Aug. 28, 2024
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    Marketing data security threats are rising: Where CMOs see gaps

    While marketers prioritize working with data security teams, effective communication remains a struggle, according to research from the CMO Council and KPMG. 

    By Peter Adams • Aug. 23, 2024
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    DDoS attacks surge since late 2023, telecom still in hot seat

    The report comes just weeks after a DDoS attack disrupted Microsoft Azure for about eight hours.

    By • Aug. 15, 2024