Security

Akamai 2020 State of the Internet / Security: Financial Services – Hostile Takeover Attempts

In Volume 5, Issue 4 of the State of the Internet / Security report, we focused on the methodologies and tools that criminals use to conduct credential stuffing attacks against the financial services industry. At that time, we noted that attacks against financial services institutions were growing in both quantity and sophistication. This still holds […]

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The 2020 State of Password and Authentication Security Behaviors Report

Cyber threats and attacks on individual users and organizations have not diminished. Phishing scams, stolen credentials, and account takeovers continue to rise, making it imperative for businesses to have policies and practices in place to reduce the risks created by poor password and authentication behaviors. What is perhaps more important is that the security policies

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A False Sense of Security

It’s been a busy time for data protection. The accelerated growth in data privacy regulations such as the GDPR in Europe and CCPA (California Consumer Privacy Act), along with the increase in widely reported data breaches and the resulting fines, means that data privacy and security and regulatory compliance are high-profile issues that raise concerns for

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Joint Report on Publicly Available Hacking Tools

A report by international cyber security authorities highlights the use of five publicly available hacking tools and techniques, observed in recent cyber incidents around the world.

The report is a collaborative research effort by the cyber security authorities of five nations: Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the UK and USA.

‘Reports like this demonstrate our ability to pull together cyber security experts from across the globe, to give people a better understanding of what’s out there and how they can better defend their networks,’ said Alastair MacGibbon, Head of the Australian Cyber Security Centre.

‘Tools and techniques for exploiting networks and the data they hold are by no means limited for use by nation states or criminals on the dark web.’

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