This Week’s Top Cybersecurity Headlines
Here’s a quick review of the top security headlines from this week, July 10 – July 14, 2017.
It’s War!
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How to Prepare for DFARS Compliance
How to Prepare for DFARS Compliance Want to see if Cybriant is right for you? Try a no-risk free trial today! How to Prepare for DFARS Compliance DFARS: Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement. A supplement to the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) used by the Department of Defense. Any contractor that does business with the Department […]
Are Credit Unions Prepared for Cybersecurity?
Members are the highest priority for credit unions, but are credit unions ready to do their part to protect their members from cybercriminals?
MSPs and the Cybersecurity workforce shortage
According to Cybersecurity Ventures, the cybersecurity workforce shortage will reach 1.5 million by 2019. How can MSPs help their customers?
Cybersecurity Issues That Concern Decision Makers Most
According to the FBI, the financial impact of cybercrime in general is hard to assess. But they estimate that ransomware alone cost organizations $209 million in the just the first three months of 2016.
Verizon: “Most Breaches Trace to Phishing, Social Engineering
Breaches Trace to Phishing, Social Engineering. BankInfoSecurity wrote: “90% of data breaches seen by Verizon’s data breach investigation team have a phishing or social engineering component to them. Not coincidentally, one of the hottest commodities on underground or dark web marketplaces are credentials, which attackers can use to log into enterprises and make it appear that […]
Scary new malware
Scary new malware hides in memory, uses DNS Want to see if Cybriant is right for you? Try a no-risk free trial today! Scary new malware hides in memory, uses DNS to communicate, and spreads through phishing Cisco has a separate threat research group called Talos. They just published a report on a scary new form […]
Scam Of The Week: Mystery Shopper Scam Email
Becoming a mystery shopper can seem like a dream job – getting paid to shop! However, a new mystery shopper scam is circulating that may leave you feeling duped. The scam begins by having mystery shoppers apply for a mystery shopping test on an illegitimate website posing as an official mystery shopping company. While […]
Cloudbleed, Cloud Pets, and More…
It turns out that if you crawl enough of the Internet, pages start bleeding into one another. At least that’s the case for Google Security Researcher, Tavis Ormandy, who discovered a severe flaw in Cloudflare’s service. The flaw, eerily reminiscent of the infamous Heartbleed bug, resulted in revealing uninitialized memory containing sensitive information ranging from […]
