New Coalfire Report Reveals CISOs Rising Influence
WESTMINSTER, Colo., Jan. 18, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- In partnership with the world-class Dark Reading research team, global cybersecurity pioneer Coalfire today unveiled its second annual State of CISO Influence report, which explores the expanding influence...
Hunting Insider Threats on the Dark Web
Insider threats are a serious and growing problem. According to recent research, malicious employees contribute to 20% of incidents and the attacks that insiders are involved in are, on...
Bad Bots – How To Fight Them and What Are They
Author: Asim Rahal
Bad internet bot traffic rose by 18.1% in 2019, and it now accounts for nearly one-quarter of all internet traffic
The figure above, which comes from Imperva’s 2020 Bad...
FanDuel Sportsbook Bettors Exposed in Mailchimp Breach
The FanDuel online sportsbook has told its users to be on the lookout for phishing cyberattacks in the wake of a breach of its email marketing contractor, Mailchimp. Mailchimp...
Ransomware Profits Decline as Victims Dig In, Refuse to Pay
In another sign that the tide may be finally turning against ransomware actors, ransom payments declined substantially in 2022 as more victims refused to pay their attackers — for...
Attackers Crafted Custom Malware for Fortinet Zero-Day
Researchers analyzing data associated with a recently disclosed zero-day vulnerability in Fortinet's FortiOS SSL-VPN technology have identified a sophisticated new backdoor specifically designed to run on Fortinet's FortiGate firewalls.The...
Name That Toon: Poker Hand
New year, new cartoon contest! We're flushed with excitement, knowing our clever, cybersecurity-minded readers are going to come up with imaginative captions for our latest cartoon, above. Here are...
DeFi lender Tender.fi suffers exploit, white hat hacker returns funds
This story is updated with new information to reflect the fact that the white hacker has since returned the funds to Tender.fi.An ethical hacker has drained $1.59 million from...
7 DeFi protocol hacks in Feb see $21 million in funds stolen: DefiLlama
Reentrancy, price oracle attacks and exploits across seven protocols caused the decentralized finance (DeFi) space to bleed at least $21 million in crypto in February. According to DeFi data analytics platform...
