Complexity and cost chip away at SOCs’ perceived return on investment
51% of 17,200 surveyed IT and security practitioners said that
their SOC’s ROI has gotten worse.
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Tool shows what bad bot traffic ‘sounds’ like. Is there a practical application?
“Botronica” translates human bot traffic into sounds as a creative way to generate awareness of malicious bot activity.
Cyber skills gap shrinks, but lack of talent remains major risk factor
Two recent reports reiterate that even with progress, the skills gap continues to pose a significant threat to organizations.
New report suggests the bug bounty business is recession-proof
Organizations during the ongoing COVID-19 crisis and global recession may find themselves relying more on external assistance from the greater hacking community as a way to augment their internal efforts to mitigate vulnerability risk.
ID theft protection for employees can boost productivity, worker loyalty
Unlimited vacation, 401K-matching and… identity compromise protections? A new study finds that anti-ID theft services offered as a workplace benefit can be attractive to both employees and employers.
To reduce security errors, employers must relieve stress and fatigue
Working professionals are blaming stress, time pressure, fatigue and distractions for lapses in safe cyber practices – and current conditions caused by the Covid-19 pandemic may only be exacerbating the problem. According to a newly published research report from Tessian, a survey of 2,000 working professionals in the U.S. and UK found that 43 percent…
CISOs value peer advice most when researching cyber solutions
A majority of surveyed CISOs said that when shopping for cybersecurity vendor solutions, they value input from their peers first and foremost – more than analyst reports, vendor content or any other source of information, according to a newly published research. A joint project of communications agency Merritt Group and technology and Tech Exec Networks…
15B credentials available on dark web; average selling price below $16
There are more than 15 billion stolen account credentials being sold or even shared for free on the dark web, with individual entries selling for an average of $15.43, a new research report states. Roughly one-third of the credentials, or about 5 billion, are unique, according to Digital Shadows, whose researchers reached these totals following…
Risk assessments reveal businesses remain deficient in security compliance, training
InfoSec World 2020 – An analysis of more than 100 risk self-assessments conducted by business organizations across a cross-section of industries revealed that over 65 percent admitted to achieving zero-to-minimal compliance of U.S. state data privacy and security regulations, including myriad breach laws and the California Consumer Privacy Act. The discouraging findings show that business…
Hacker group announces jailbreak for iOS 11 – 13.5
Users of iPhones, iPads and iPod Touches that run on iOS 11 through 13.5 can now jailbreak their devices with new downloadable software from the hacking group Unc0ver. The jailbreak is reportedly made possible thanks to a zero-day kernel vulnerability discovered by Unc0ver hacker @Pwn20wnd. [1, 2, 3] Jailbreaks are hotly anticipated events for certain tech…
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