If one topic has been on the minds of CISOs and CIOs alike over the last three years of Covid and post-Covid hybrid enterprise work environments, it’s ransomware. A distributed tech workforce — using distributed software services — proved to be no match for highly automated ransomware bots and malware executing encryption attacks. But this year, like the end of War of the Worlds, the attacking bots may suddenly fall silent.

Reporting revealed declining ransomware profits in 2022, a new backdoor based on the CIA’s Hive malware is discovered, and a new wave of BackdoorDiplomacy attacks are targeting Iranian government entities.

Security teams can greatly strengthen their cyber resilience by adopting a left-of-bang strategy.

PyPI packages use Cloudflare tunnels to bypass firewalls, new Raspberry Robin malware variant targets financial institutions in Portugal and Spain, and IcedID malware strikes again.

APT hackers turn to malicious Excel add-ins as initial intrusion vector, PurpleUrchin bypasses CAPTCHA and steals cloud platform resources, and Russia’s Turla APT piggybacks on other hackers’ USB infections.

To help the utility serve its 10+ million customers, Tanium provides a single platform that delivers complete, accurate endpoint data in real time — regardless of scale or complexity.

A venerable leader in the property and casualty and life insurance space, Zurich shares how it fights cybercrime with help from Tanium.