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Proofpoint offices in Toronto, Canada. (Raysonho @ Open Grid Scheduler / Scalable Grid Engine, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons) Researchers issued a warning on Wednesday to any company running cloud apps, reporting that in 2020 they detected more than 180 different malicious open authorization (OAuth) applications attacking 55% of their customers with a success rate of 22%. In a blog post, the Proofpoint researchers said that while OAuth apps add business features and user interface enhancements to major cloud platforms such as Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace, they’re also a threat because...

Finance is among the sectors that has struggled most in compliance with a standard for storing and transmitting credit card information. (Uris at English Wikipedia/CC BY-SA 3.0) Researchers on Thursday reported that despite a 50% increase in mobile device management (MDM) adoption during the past year, average quarterly exposure to phishing attacks on mobile devices in the financial sector rose by 125% – and malware and app risk exposure increased by more than five times. In a blog post, Lookout researchers said as more users access cloud services and infrastructure from mobile devices, ...

'); //]]>//--> By John P. Mello Jr. Apr 27, 2021 4:00 AM PT The notorious Emotet botnet software began uninstalling itself from some one million computers Sunday. According to SecurityWeek, the uninstall command was part of an update sent to the infected computers by law enforcement servers in the Netherlands after Emotet's infrastructure was compromised in January during a multinational operation mounted by eight nations. The poisoned upgrade cleans the Windows registry key that enables the botnet's modules to run automatically, as well as stop and delete associated services. "The threat pos...

Cyber Lite Ready, Get Set, CONNECT! Interactive Workbook. Mike East, vice president, EMEA at Menlo, began by highlighting the expansion of the internet, which, while enriching, “sadly also we have to be painfully aware that not everything on the internet is good, and there is quite a lot of malicious intent.” Although there have been huge advancements in the cybersecurity industry over recent years, this has been primarily aimed at protecting organizations. “But who is looking after our children? Who is looking over their shoulders to make sure they’re safe?” he asked. East went on ...

2 hours ago IT Security Teams Face Unprecedented Challenges from Record-setting Cyberattacks, Skilled Personnel Shortages, and Low Security Awareness Across the Workforce ANNAPOLIS, Md.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–CyberEdge Group, a leading research and marketing firm serving the security industry’s top vendors, today announced the availability of its eighth annual Cyberthreat Defense Report (CDR). The award-winning CDR has rapidly become the de facto standard for assessing organizations’ security posture, for gauging perceptions of information technology (IT) secu...