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First, I want to make sure we’re all on the same page. Special category data is personal data that is considered sensitive and requires additional safeguards when processed, as it can have a significant impact on an individual's life.

Advanced Persistent Threats or APT are a growing concern in the business world. Hackers are constantly improving their tactics and adopting new vulnerabilities. Organizations are scrambling with the increasing sophistication of attacks and are ready to invest in cybersecurity solutions in the hopes of early Advanced Persistent Threat detection and mitigation. However, before choosing a solution, it is important to understand the meaning and nature of APT.

India tops the world’s population with 1.4 billion people. Sixty percent of that population fall under the working age group, which is expected to increase over the next decade. The world’s eyes are on India, as the country sees a fair amount of digitization among all tiers of its cities.

Remote and hybrid workplaces are here to stay. In August 2023, 20% of U.S. employees worked from home at least once. By 2025, more than 36 million U.S. employees will work remotely, up from 19 million in 2019. That’s good news for employers who want the widest talent pool and employees who want to do their best work from anywhere. However, it’s also potentially good news for cyber criminals, who can exploit remote access policies to compromise cloud data.

In the ever-evolving landscape of cybercrime, malware-as-a-service (MaaS) has emerged as a lucrative business for cybercriminals. One of the most notorious examples is Raccoon Infostealer, malware designed to harvest personal and financial information from unsuspecting victims worldwide. The mastermind behind this operation, a Ukrainian national named Mark Sokolovsky, recently pleaded guilty in a U.S. federal court to his role in the cybercrime network.

The need for an iron-clad email security solution is once again making headlines. On October 3,the US Department of Justice (DoJ) reported that, working with Trustwave partner Microsoft, it had disrupted a Russian government-based scheme to steal Americans’ sensitive information, using seemingly legitimate email accounts to trick victims into revealing account credentials.

You need an API security solution. That much is a given (although some may argue it isn’t!). While essential for business growth and innovation, APIs, or Application Programming Interfaces, expose the organizations that use them to cyber threats. Attackers are both aware of and actively exploiting this fact: Wallarm recently revealed that attacks on APIs impacted 98.35 million users in Q2 2024.

In today’s digital age, companies across various sectors are increasingly vulnerable to cyber attacks. Among the most alarming tactics cybercriminals use is leveraging stolen data to launch targeted attacks on businesses. With this data in hand, attackers can craft sophisticated schemes to exploit vulnerabilities and cause serious harm to companies. Let's dive into the methods cybercriminals employ using stolen data and how it affects businesses like yours.