Cybercrime is a major concern for individuals, businesses, and governments alike. As technology advances, so do the tactics and sophistication of those who seek to exploit it for nefarious purposes. Data shows that, on average, a cyber attack occurs every 39 seconds, affecting one in three Americans annually.

You can mitigate the risk of ransomware attacks by regularly backing up your data, updating your device with the latest software, implementing least-privilege access, using a business password manager and educating employees about security awareness, among other things. Ransomware attacks occur when organizations are prevented from accessing files and data until they’ve paid a ransom to the cybercriminal who infected their devices with malware.

The Trustwave SpiderLabs team regularly collects a trove of data while protecting clients from email-based attacks. HTML attachments, malicious QR codes, and business email compromise (BEC) are the favored attack methods. A recent snapshot of data from June 2024 from Trustwave MailMarshal shows that email-based threat actors still favor HTML attachments to deliver a variety of malware types.

Happy International Dog Day! This official holiday celebrates our furry friends and the joy they bring to our lives! Today is particularly special for all of us at Snyk because of our four-legged mascot, Patch the Doberman. But what exactly does a dog have to do with application security? Here at Snyk, we see the idea of a “guard dog” protecting someone’s home as similar to how AppSec solutions can protect today’s development practices.

The Internet of Bodies, or IoB, represents a groundbreaking shift in the healthcare industry, connecting vital health management devices like pacemakers, insulin pumps, and health monitors to the Internet. While these advancements come with many remarkable benefits, they also expose these essential devices to new cybersecurity vulnerabilities.

One doesn’t have to be a magician to understand how to track the hundreds, if not thousands, of applications that are running on your network. To lighten the load and eliminate the need for having supernatural abilities, let’s go over some simple tasks a security defender can take to track, detect, and even block application threats.

Aner Izraeli is the Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) at Torq. He leads Torq’s cybersecurity strategy with a focus on innovation and resilience. Aner’s career spans over two decades in the cybersecurity field, where he has consistently demonstrated expertise in SIEM/SOC, incident response, and network security.

SPIFFE stands for Secure Production Identity Framework for Everyone, and aims to replace single-factor access credentials with a highly scalable identity solution. This blog post provides some practical applications of SPIFFE in real-world environments.

In November 2023, Datadog announced the launch of Security Inbox, a solution that equips security and engineering teams with valuable insights for mitigating security risks. Security Inbox takes the guesswork out of addressing the most pressing security risks by automatically organizing them into an actionable list for remediation. As of today, Security Inbox has already served thousands of security and engineering teams, giving them the right context at the right time for protecting their environments.

Cyber insurance has a strange past: AIG first took cyber insurance to market in 1997 despite a total lack of actuarial data to inform premiums or policies. Essentially, the industry ran on guesswork. Even today, the cyber insurance market is remarkably unpredictable compared to long-established insurance policies such as those for housing or health.