Research has revealed that since 2021 there has been a material increase in QR code phishing (or ‘quishing’), as cybercriminals continue to exploit available technology and their widespread familiarity. The once rare payload is nearly fourteen times more common in 2024 than it was three years ago, accounting for only 0.8% of attacks in 2021. This figure jumped to 1.4% in 2022, a staggering 12.4% in 2023, and has plateaued at 10.8% from January to March 2024.

Сyberattacks and the threats they pose are becoming more complex every day. Therefore, no user, including Mac users, is immune to viruses, malware, and cyberаttacks. For a long time, Mac computers were thought to be less vulnеrable to such threats than Windows ones. But that does nоt mean they do nоt need reliable protection. After all, as mentioned above, nothing stands still and threats are also improving.

Eleven years ago, the White House issued Executive Order 13636, which tasked the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) with the creation of a cybersecurity framework (CSF) that would help better protect the nation’s critical infrastructure.

Container security has experienced significant transformation over the past decade. From the emergence of foundational tools like Docker to the maturation of orchestration platforms such as Kubernetes, the container security landscape looks different than it did even a few years ago. With Gartner predicting 95% of organizations will be running containerized applications in production by 2028, it’s clear that container security is going to be a key priority for most organizations moving forward.

Data theft, data protection and the leakage of passwords or secrets are the top two cloud security concerns for 2,400 cybersecurity experts, according to the recently released CyberArk 2024 Identity Security Threat Landscape Report. In an ever-brewing digital ecosystem of multi-cloud environments, countless on-prem and SaaS applications – and third-party and fourth-party providers, 94% of organizations report having faced at least one identity-related breach in the last 12 months.

As we near the halfway point of 2024, it is apparent that the epidemic of extortionary cyber attacks will continue unabated into the foreseeable future. Now more than ever, I believe that until organizations adopt cultural approaches to cybersecurity, breaches will continue to wreak havoc on companies and industries. But why is this? There are far too many reasons to enumerate here, but in my experience the biggest factors are.

In this blog post, we provide an in-depth insight into the role of SOC services, how they work, and their benefits and potential challenges.

On May 27, 2024, Check Point released hot fixes for an information disclosure vulnerability being leveraged by threat actors to target Check Point VPNs. This vulnerability was labeled as CVE-2024-24919 and is rated as high severity, as a remote threat actor can exploit the vulnerability to access information on Gateways connected to the Internet, with IPSec VPN, Remote Access VPN or Mobile Access enabled.

We are trusted by the world’s most iconic brands with protecting their valuable business assets. Being named The Official Cyber Network Provider of The Boston Red Sox and Fenway Park demonstrates the importance for companies to adopt intelligence powered cybersecurity. When you have millions in revenue on the line like the Red Sox, you can’t afford to ignore intelligence.

Both fraud alerts and credit freezes are free of charge, but there are some differences between the two you should be aware of if you’re deciding on placing one over the other. Both fraud alerts and credit freezes are meant to protect you from identity theft and fraud, however, fraud alerts add an extra layer of verification and only last a year, whereas credit freezes prevent new credit from being opened and don’t expire.