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Supply Chain Attacks Highlight Why You Should Continue to Be Careful with Third-Party Providers

New attacks, growing public awareness, and increased oversight from regulators is highlighting the growing trend of supply chain attacks.

November 4, 2021 Chris Martin Leave a Comment

It is nearly one year since we saw a nation-state attack on the SolarWinds network management system that compromised the supply chains of over 18,000 organizations, including the Pentagon and the Department of Homeland Security. With costs likely to run into the billions, the breach was one of the biggest incidents in recent years with […]

Password Manager Compromised In Supply Chain Attack

April 26, 2021 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

In yet another supply chain attack, a “sophisticated” threat actor has compromised an update of password manage Passwordstate that was available for download for more than two days before the malicious activity was discovered. Click Studios, the Australian company that owns Passwordstate, said customers that performed an in-place upgrade between April 20, at 8:33 p.m. […]

U.S. Agencies: Lookout for Cyberattacks During Holiday Break

FBI and CISA urge organizations to take several actions leading up to the Thanksgiving holiday to proactively protect themselves against cyberattacks.

November 23, 2021 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

Organizations should be on the lookout this holiday season as cybercriminals have shown an increased willingness to launch cyberattacks on organizations on U.S. holidays, federal agencies warn. In a joint announcement, the FBI and U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) warn critical infrastructure operators and other organizations to take several actions leading up to […]

Study: More Than Half of SMBs Experienced Cyberattacks Last Year

Devolutions survey finds 72% of SMBs are more concerned about cybersecurity than they were a year ago, but they still have a long way to go.

November 17, 2021 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

Although the pandemic forced many small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) to scale back their operations—and in some cases close all together—those businesses saw an increase in cyberattacks, according to a new study from remote access and enterprise password management solutions provider Devolutions. The company’s survey of 440 IT professionals and tech decision makers at organizations […]

More than Half of Organizations Not Effectively Defending Against Cyberattacks, According to Accenture Study

November 3, 2021 TechDecisions Staff Leave a Comment

State of Cyber Resilience report reveals key traits of leaders in cyber resilience NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–More than half (55%) of large companies are not effectively stopping cyberattacks, finding and fixing breaches quickly, or reducing the impact of breaches, according to a new research study from Accenture (NYSE: ACN). Based on a survey of more than […]

Microsoft: Russia Dominates Nation-State Cyberattacks

Microsoft’s 2021 Digital Defense Report finds that 58% of nation-state cyberattacks are coming from Russia.

October 8, 2021 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

The constant barrage of ransomware attacks and notable IT supply chain compromises are largely attributed to Russia-based threat actors, and Microsoft’s 2021 Digital Defense Report confirms that the vast majority of cyberattacks are coming from Russia. Specifically, 58% of cyberattacks observed by Microsoft from nation-states have come from Russia from July 2020 to June 2021. […]

Lattice Sentry and SupplyGuard Security Solutions Named Electronics Industry Award Finalist

September 30, 2021 TechDecisions Staff Leave a Comment

Firmware Security Solution Stack and Supply Chain Security Service Nominated for Internet of Things Product of the Year HILLSBORO, Ore.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Lattice Semiconductor Corporation (NASDAQ: LSCC), the low power programmable leader, announced that the Lattice Sentry™ solution stack for secure system control and the Lattice SupplyGuard™ supply chain security service were named as a finalist for […]

Study: Remote Work Directly Linked To Cyberattacks

Eighty percent of security and business leaders say their organizations are more exposed to risk as a result of remote work.

September 24, 2021 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

Reports and research on the habits of organizations embracing remote or hybrid work continue to shed light on the inherent cybersecurity risks, including a recent Tenable study that found 74% of organizations attribute recent business-impacting cyberattacks to remote work tech vulnerabilities. According to the report, conducted with Forrester, cloud services and apps, personal devices and […]

Report: DDoS Attacks Increasing As Record-Setting Year Is Anticipated

Ransomware gangs are using DDoS attacks to further pressure victims into paying large ransoms as attacks surge, new Netscout report finds.

September 23, 2021 Zachary Comeau Leave a Comment

It’s not just ransomware and supply chain cyberattacks that IT pros have to defend against, according to a new report that indicates DDoS attacks are also increasing in frequency and scope. According to cybersecurity company Netscout, there were 5.4 million distributed-denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks in the first half of 2021, which is an 11% increase from […]

Cloud Security Alliance Releases New Guidance for Healthcare Delivery Organizations That Provides Measurable Approach to Detecting and Defending Against Ransomware Attacks

September 16, 2021 TechDecisions Staff Leave a Comment

With 560 ransomware attacks on healthcare providers in 2020, HDOs must architect their cloud for failure to better protect patient data BELLEVUE, Wash.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–#cloud–The Cloud Security Alliance (CSA), the world’s leading organization dedicated to defining standards, certifications, and best practices to help ensure a secure cloud computing environment, today released Ransomware in the Healthcare Cloud, […]