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Study: Great danger from old weak points
September 15, 2021
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Trend Micro Study: Old vulnerabilities pose great risk. Around a quarter of the exploits traded in the cybercriminal underground are over three years old. Trend Micro, one of the world's leading providers of cybersecurity solutions, publishes a new study calling on companies to focus their patching measures on the vulnerabilities that pose the greatest risk to their business - even if they are several years old are. 3-year-old exploits remain in demand Trend Micro Research found that 22 percent of exploits traded on underground forums are more than three years old….

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Ransomware attacks are increasing by 64 percent worldwide
September 12, 2021
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Ransomware attacks worldwide increase by 64 percent within a year. Barracuda analyzes attack patterns from August 2020 to July 2021. Cloud security specialist Barracuda has published its annual report on the development of ransomware attacks. The current investigation is already the third report and provides information on ransomware attack patterns that took place between August 2020 and July 2021. Analysis of ransomware incidents The company's analysts identified and analyzed 121 ransomware incidents during the said period. They recorded an increase in attacks of 64 percent compared to the previous year. According to this, cyber criminals have it primarily on municipalities, the healthcare sector and ...

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The human vulnerability in security
September 6, 2021
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Classic cyber attacks often start with an email. A user opens it and innocently clicks on the link inside and... the lights go out in the company. No wonder that many tend to have identified the cause of the problem with the "user" vulnerability. An analysis by Trend Micro. The realization that users are the problem said more than half of the respondents to two webinars in German and English (for Europe) that took place in July 2021 with a total of over 1000 participants. In each case, the question was asked which of the following problems was the...

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Study: Every 10th security incident is serious
September 1, 2021
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A Kaspersky MDR study shows that one in ten corporate security incidents is serious. A third of the incidents classified as serious are due to targeted attacks or APTs. The public sector is most affected. One in ten (9 percent) prevented cybersecurity incidents in companies would have caused massive disruptions or unauthorized access to the IT systems of the companies concerned, as a current Kaspersky analysis shows. Kaspersky IT security specialists rate the majority of incidents (72 percent) as moderate. Cyber ​​defense is growing in companies If these had not been discovered and stopped, they would have ...

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Attacks on IIoT in the German healthcare system
August 27, 2021
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Attacks on IIoT in the German healthcare system

Kaspersky study: Attacks on IIoT platforms in the German healthcare system increased. 21,3 percent of German companies experienced an increase in cyber attacks on their IIoT platforms during the Covid 19 pandemic. Only 30,7 percent believe that their IIoT is adequately secured. The health industry has been increasingly threatened by digital attacks since the corona pandemic. In the health sector, IIoT platforms and thus devices such as magnetic resonance imaging (MRT) and computed tomography (CT) are also affected. Portable medical devices for remote monitoring of patients, such as measuring devices for blood sugar or blood pressure, are also vulnerable, provided they are connected to the office infrastructure. More than the half…

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2020: Retail was main target for ransomware
August 19, 2021
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Main target of ransomware and data theft in the pandemic year 2020: 63 percent of the retail trade in DACH was affected by ransomware. A Sophos study shows that total costs per attack in DACH average 1,2 million euros. Sophos has published detailed results of a global survey entitled “State of Ransomware in Retail”. The new report describes the extent and impact of ransomware attacks on medium-sized retail companies worldwide and compared to countries and regions in 2020. New trend: Disclosure of stolen data One result is that retail companies are a key target for during the COVID-19 pandemic Ransomware attacks were; ...

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Insider Threats: The Danger From Within
August 17, 2021
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Insider Threats: The Danger From Within

Most companies focus on external attackers in the fight against cybercrime. But there is also a growing threat lurking within our own ranks. The IT security experts at FireEye Mandiant predict that 33 percent of all security incidents will be caused by insider threats in 2021. What can companies do to protect themselves? Legitimate access is essential - the employees have it and the attackers want it. The best security lock on the door is useless if the criminal is already in the house. Every crime fanatic knows that. The situation is similar with cyber attacks that ...

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Cloud environments: new priorities for data protection
August 16, 2021
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Cloud environments: new priorities for data protection

As a result of the pandemic regulations, home office operations seem to be establishing themselves as a permanent organizational pillar in companies. According to the current Remote Work Report from Bitglass, for which 287 IT security managers were surveyed in January 2021, 53 percent of companies plan to permanently move certain job positions to the home office. Apparently, this gives the introduction of cloud technologies a further boost, because a clear majority relies on cloud-based IT ecosystems for home office operations: 71 percent of those surveyed state that their company is switching from on-premises applications and tools to the cloud will. There is above all ...

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Expandable: IT security level in the German healthcare system
August 11, 2021
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Expandable: IT security level in the German healthcare system

Kaspersky study reveals IT security level in the German healthcare system: every third IT decision-maker sees employees as the greatest IT security risk, almost 75 percent of those surveyed experienced attacks during the pandemic and one in four worries about the loss of confidential patient and company data. The Federal Ministry of Health is relying on the increasing digitalization of the health system. But how secure is the industry's IT infrastructure in Germany? As part of a new study, Kaspersky asked IT decision-makers from the healthcare ecosystem about the IT security situation in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. The study participants from the Federal Republic therefore see their own employees as the greatest ...

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Education sector particularly hard hit by ransomware
August 3, 2021
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Education sector particularly hard hit by ransomware

According to a study by Sophos, the education sector saw the highest number of attacks and the highest recovery costs in 2020. In its study “Sophos State of Ransomware in Education 2021”, Sophos investigates the extent and impact of ransomware attacks. The latest ransomware attacks, which are also affecting education, confirm the research results of the Sophos study and the particular vulnerability of educational institutions to cyber threats. The REvil ransomware attack via Kaseya caused a stir in schools in New Zealand, the FBI and the British National Cyber ​​Security Center are issuing warnings for the education sector and also the BSI ...

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