Image Source: Pexels Cybersecurity threats are nothing new. Major corporations and small businesses alike are regularly faced with them. However, as technology continues to advance and change, so do those threats. Technological sophistication is important when it comes to providing us with the advancements we’ll eventually become used to. But that means cybercriminals are also becoming more sophisticated in their efforts. The solution? Cybersecurity has to become more sophisticated, as well.

A company’s IT infrastructure and data are some of its most valuable assets today. Consequently, protecting them is an increasingly critical goal to stave off worst-case scenarios and preserve a business’s value. By the same token, robust cybersecurity can make a company more valuable. Many organizations understand the importance of cybersecurity as a defense but may overlook its role as an asset.

In a new 12-minute video Rakesh Shah AVP Product Management and Development of AT&T Cybersecurity, explains Extended Detection and Response (XDR). This video was part of the virtual Black Hat USA event in August. It’s not product-specific and explains what can be a very confusing concept in a delightfully simple way.

Crypto miners are determined in their objective of mining in other people's resources. Proof of this is one of the latest samples identified with AT&T Alien Labs, with at least 100 different loaders and at least 4 different stages to ensure their miner and backdoor run smoothly in the infected systems.

Cloud adoption has gained solid momentum over the past few years. The technology has been helping organizations revolutionize their businesses and optimize their processes for increased productivity, reduced cost, and better scalability. But as organizations pour their entire focus on improving their businesses, they tend to lose control of governance. One of the many reasons that data governance tends to get more out of control is when organizations increasingly adopt a hybrid or multi-cloud model.

One of the main questions I get asked from people looking to get started in Cybersecurity is, “What certification(s) do I need?”. Who you ask and the number of people you ask will determine the number of different answers you will get back on this question. A few short years ago, there was no such thing as a cybersecurity professional. At first, people working in system administration or development were asked to take on the additional role of handling security for an organization.

AT&T Cybersecurity is pleased to announce a code-free way for our USM Anywhere customers to make their own API-driven log collectors and custom parsers. This big advancement in threat detection and response technology will make it possible for customers to collect information from a much larger variety of sources and SaaS services without having to request new integrations or log parsers.

The introduction of mobile devices has rapidly changed the world as we know it, as these small gadgets that are intended to fit into the palm of our hands rapidly gained dominance over our day-to-day activities. Thanks to these portable devices, we now have access to an abundance of information available to us on demand with minimal effort.

In order to secure data and protect against threats like ransomware, it’s critical to take a unified approach to endpoint security. To help security teams achieve this. Lookout and AT&T are expanding their partnership with the introduction of the Lookout AlienApp, which complements existing endpoint protection integrations in the USM Anywhere platform and helps to make the concept of true unified endpoint protection a reality.

Cybersecurity starts with the ability to recognize your cyber risk. We will explore several topics related to taking a practical approach to managing risk and achieving cyber resilience. This is a blog series with collective thoughts from Bindu Sundaresan, Director AT&T Cybersecurity, and Nick Simmons, AVP, Cybersecurity. Cybercrime has become increasingly frequent, complex, and costly, posing a risk to all businesses regardless of size. How do you plan to respond when falling victim to a breach?