The number of cybersecurity events faced by companies and businesses across the globe has grown exponentially since the pandemic began. Without adequate network security monitoring practices and around-the-clock monitoring in place, the chances of a cyber incident happening are highly likely. However, not all companies can afford to have a team of highly trained network admins watching over their network 24×7.

The FBI’s 2021 Elder Fraud Report leads off with a staggering, sobering statistic: adults 60 and over were swindled out of $1.7 billion dollars last year. That’s with a B. Even worse, that marks an increase of 74% year-over-year. Clearly seniors are an attractive target for cybercriminals. Here are five of their favorite ways to target our elders, and what can be done to stop them.

archTIS Director of Federal and Defense, Bill Kalogeros recently presented a CMMC 2.0 Workshop with FCW on new controlled unclassified information or ‘CUI’ marking requirements for CMMC 2.0 which is expected to go into effect in May of 2023. Here’s a summary of his session and a link to the recording to learn more about the pending changes to CUI handling and how to prepare.

According to a recent analysis, 17 million Ethereum transactions between Q4 2017 and Q1 2022 were associated with both criminal and licit operations. The overall cyber money laundering activities increased by 30% in 2021 compared to 2020, with hackers laundering a total of US$8.6 billion in cryptocurrencies.

Globally, fintech firms saw 2.5 times more attacks in Q1 2022. The BFSI industry is prone to cyberattacks every day. Fintech firms carry some vital data. Cybercriminals know it. They aim to exploit your system’s flaw to access the data. The worst part is they will use it for financial fraud. A successful data breach causes penalties and reputation losses. It scares away your customers. It is even motivating cybersecurity in Fintech. How do you make a secure financial platform?

This is the first of a six-part blog series that highlights findings from a new Mend white paper, Five Principles of Modern Application Security Programs. Be sure to look out for our upcoming blogs on each of the five principles. The COVID-19 pandemic accelerated the digitalization plans for global organizations by three years, while the adoption rate for digitized products and services increased by seven years.

Security is the biggest threat facing organizations that strive for faster software delivery. Organizations are witnessing increasing attacks due to application code gaps and security weaknesses. According to a Forrester report, software security flaws accounted for cyberattacks in about 47% of organizations.

2022 is the year that much of the world managed, to varying degrees of success, to get back to normal. People ramped up traveling, returned to in-person activities and many returned to the office. The pandemic changed most aspects of day-to-day life, but hackers and other bad actors generally continued making life difficult for businesses, governments, and non-profit entities.

In our previous Cyber Security Awareness Month (CSAM) blog we talked about the added value we as cybersecurity practitioners can bring to the table by sharing knowledge we take for granted with individuals across the organization that will ultimately help strengthen defenses. The first topic we covered was multi-factor authentication (MFA). CSAM’s next topic is using strong passwords. Here are a few tips we have found useful to share with colleagues, as well as family and friends.

Working in cybersecurity is stressful. You’re responsible for protecting businesses from cyberattacks which can put their profits and reputation at risk. So it’s unsurprising that working in cybersecurity poses problems for staff mental health. A huge 91% of cybersecurity professionals report feeling stressed in their role — and almost half of these said their work-related stress levels have increased over the last year. 45% have even considered quitting their jobs due to stress.