Feb 03, 2025Ravie LakshmananVulnerability / Network Security As many as 768 vulnerabilities with designated CVE identifiers were reported as exploited in the wild in 2024, up from 639 CVEs in 2023, registering a 20% increase year-over-year. Describing 2024 as "another banner year for threat actors targeting the exploitation of vulnerabilities," VulnCheck said 23.6% of known … [Read more...] about 768 CVEs Exploited in 2024, Reflecting a 20% Increase from 639 in 2023
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CISA, FBI, NSA Issue Advisory on Severe Increase in Ransomware Attacks
Cybersecurity authorities from Australia, the U.K., and the U.S. have published a joint advisory warning of an increase in sophisticated, high-impact ransomware attacks targeting critical infrastructure organizations across the world in 2021. The incidents singled out a broad range of sectors, including defense, emergency services, agriculture, government facilities, IT, … [Read more...] about CISA, FBI, NSA Issue Advisory on Severe Increase in Ransomware Attacks
Visualize and validate policy, increase remote worker telemetry, and embrace zero trust with Network Analytics Release 7.3.1
We have heard it before. Securing your organization isn’t getting any easier. The remote workforce is expanding the attack surface. We need context from users and endpoints to control proper access, and IT teams need to ensure our data stores are resilient and always available to gain the telemetry they need to reduce risk. Yes, zero trust is a great approach, but network … [Read more...] about Visualize and validate policy, increase remote worker telemetry, and embrace zero trust with Network Analytics Release 7.3.1
CrowdStrike Observes an Increase in IaaS API Key Theft
Companies are increasingly relying on cloud-based infrastructure, especially as more of their employees are working remotely — and may continue to do so. Public, private and hybrid clouds allow access to data and other assets, no matter where an employee is located — but they also create opportunities for cyberattackers to exploit. In recent months, the CrowdStrike® Services … [Read more...] about CrowdStrike Observes an Increase in IaaS API Key Theft
MSPs and MSSPs Can Increase Profit Margins With Cynet 360 Platform
As cyber threats keep on increasing in volume and sophistication, more and more organizations acknowledge that outsourcing their security operations to a 3rd-party service provider is a practice that makes the most sense.To address this demand, managed security services providers (MSSPs) and managed service providers (MSPs) continuously search for the right products that would … [Read more...] about MSPs and MSSPs Can Increase Profit Margins With Cynet 360 Platform
Threat Hunting Report Finds Increase in eCrime
The CrowdStrike® Falcon OverWatch™ elite threat hunting team has released a new report, The 2019 OverWatch Mid-Year Report: Observations from the Front Lines of Threat Hunting. This is the second year for this report, which is once again filled with compelling stories that provide insight into today’s threat landscape, the trends you should be aware of, and the tactics, … [Read more...] about Threat Hunting Report Finds Increase in eCrime
DevSecOps: Blending Critical Operations and Cultures to Increase Data Security
Two major shifts are affecting organizational cybersecurity posture: digital product and service offerings are increasingly powered by mobile, cloud and data analytics; while developers of those products and services are migrating to Development Operations (DevOps) processes for greater agility and scale. Because both of these trends have security implications, CISOs are … [Read more...] about DevSecOps: Blending Critical Operations and Cultures to Increase Data Security