Managed service providers (MSPs) have been a boon to midsize enterprise. They allow for offloading technical debt to an agent with the skills and resources to manage it, thereby giving an organization room to focus on growing a business, rather than the particulars of infrastructure. For a long while, third-party service providers were not targeted dire

Back in July, a group of cyberattackers called Magecart made the e-commerce word shake. Its malicious skimming code, which is inserted into the websites of these businesses to steal personal and financial data from their customers when making purchases, was discovered on nearly 18,000 domains. And this incident wasn’t the only one. A year ago, British Airway

This partnership is perfectly in line with Panda Security’s strategy of developing its network of partners in order to accelerate its growth on the B2B market in France. Panda Security France officially announces a new distribution agreement with Infinigate France, one of the main European VADs operating in the cybersecurity sector. This decision fol

“14 Jobs That Will Soon Be Obsolete.” “Can A Robot Do Your Job?” “These Seven Careers Will Fall Victim to Automation.” For each incremental advance in automation technology, it seems there’s an accompanying piece of alarmist clickbait, warning of a future in which robots will be able to do everything we can, only better, cheaper, and for longer. Proponents o

The Internet of things (IoT) has revolutionized the business world. It has helped to streamline industrial processes, reduce costs, and has even created new business models. But, as is often the case, all of these advantages go hand in hand with a series of disadvantages. The most important of these disadvantages is the significant increase in the attack sur

Ransomware is back. Well, in fact, it never went away. However, what is true that from time to time we see more aggressive campaigns with a wider impact, or attacks that are more striking or more flashy. The list of institutions affected by this kind of malware this year keeps growing. In May, the city of Baltimore was attacked with a strand of ransomware ca

The logistics industry is a vital part of the modern economy. The services provided by this sector ensure the availability of goods and products as essential as food and medicine. It could be seen as the backbone of the economy in many senses. The cybersecurity issues in the industry are, therefore, particularly worrying. A recent report reveals that only 35

The subject of cybersecurity within the education sector is a key topic at the moment, particularly with the rise in reported ransomware incidences and data breaches. The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC), tasked with providing cybersecurity advice and support to the UK public and private sectors, has released a report on The cyber threat to Universities

Over the last few years, fake news has been a major worry. Fake news is believed to have played an important role in such important electoral processes as the 2016 US presidential election and the Brexit referendum on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union the same year. There is now another kind of fake that is causing concern: deep fa

BEC scams (business email compromise) are big business for cybercriminals. According to the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), these scams generate around $301 million every month, or $3.6 billion a year. The aim of a BEC scam is to trick an employee into carrying out a fraudulent bank transfer. To do this, cyberattackers send an email impersonat

Last year, an average of 45 vulnerabilities were discovered every day. This is almost three times more than in 2016. . Cyberincidents as well-known as WannaCry, the Equifax data breach, and the cyberattack on the Winter Olympics are were all facilitated by a vulnerability. Last month, a vulnerability in the WebAdmin plugin of OpenDreamBox 2.0.0.0 was discove

One of the oldest tricks in the cybercrime playbook is phishing. It first hit the digital scene in 1995, at a time when millions flocked to America Online (AOL) every day. And if we know one thing about cybercriminals, it’s that they tend to follow the masses. In earlier iterations, phishing attempts were easy to spot due to link misspellings, odd link redir

In the past, a signature-based cybersecurity solution could be relied on to protect your organization against malware – with updates being posted to you on a floppy disk each month. Signature based solutions are very efficient and accurate at spotting known malware. Signature detection was sufficient until polymorphic techniques (compression and encryption)

When organization leaders think about cybersecurity, it’s usually about which tools and practices they need to add to their stack—email protection, firewalls, network and endpoint security, employee awareness training, AI and machine-learning technology—you get the idea. What’s not often considered is which items should be taken away. Nearly

Defending enterprises against the growing frequency and complexity of cyberattacks is becoming an ever-increasing burden to cybersecurity budgets and manpower. An ESG enterprise-class cybersecurity technology platform white paper commissioned by McAfee shows CISOs have “reached a tipping point where the current cybersecurity point tools are no longer accepta