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Phil Muncaster • 26 Oct 2021 • 4 min. read
Business Security
Putting cybersecurity first: Why secure-by-design must be the norm
Organizations that aim to pull ahead of the competition need to develop a strong security culture from top to bottom
Phil Muncaster • 26 Oct 2021
What’s lurking in the shadows? How to manage the security risks of shadow IT
Employee use of unsanctioned hardware and software is an increasingly acute problem in the remote and hybrid work era
Phil Muncaster • 22 Oct 2021
Ransomware
$5.2 billion worth of Bitcoin transactions possibly tied to ransomware
Threat actors are increasingly using advanced tactics to obfuscate and launder their illicit gains, a report by the US Government finds
Amer Owaida • 19 Oct 2021
Employee offboarding: Why companies must close a crucial gap in their security strategy
There are various ways a departing employee could put your organization at risk of a data breach. How do you offboard employees the right way and ensure your data remains safe?
Phil Muncaster • 14 Oct 2021
Ransomware cost US companies almost $21 billion in downtime in 2020
The victims lost an average of nine days to downtime and two-and-a-half months to investigations, an analysis of disclosed attacks shows
Amer Owaida • 11 Oct 2021
Threat Reports, ESET Research
ESET Threat Report T2 2021
A view of the T2 2021 threat landscape as seen by ESET telemetry and from the perspective of ESET threat detection and research experts
Roman Kováč • 30 Sep 2021
CISA and NSA release guidance for securing VPNs
What your organization should consider when it comes to choosing a VPN solution and hardening it against attacks
Amer Owaida • 29 Sep 2021
Plugging the holes: How to prevent corporate data leaks in the cloud
Misconfigurations of cloud resources can lead to various security incidents and ultimately cost your organization dearly. Here’s what you can do to prevent cloud configuration conundrums.
Phil Muncaster • 22 Sep 2021
Ransomware, Business Security
Are you, the customer, the one paying the ransomware demand?
Ransomware payments may have greater implications than you thought – and not just for the companies that paid up
Tony Anscombe • 19 Aug 2021