Over one million Google accounts have been breached by a new and growing vicious malware attack campaign named Gooligan. The breaches are increasing at an additional 13,000 devices each day.1 The malware roots infected devices and steals authentication tokens that can be used to access data from Google Play, Gmail, Google Photos, Google Docs, G Suite, Google Drive, and more....
The DefendEdge team is constantly monitoring the cyber threat landscape. We have identified two emerging threats and a cyber security issue of particular concern, and are calling them out so you can take proactive steps to protect you organization. Below you will find a brief description of each individual threat, as well as links to resources that offer more information regarding the threat....
More than half of U.S. companies have experienced a ransomware incident1, which means that if you haven’t already been attacked by ransomware, there’s a high probability you soon will be. Here’s why. Traditional cyber security is just not doing the job....
Yet another major web breach has occurred, impacting over 400 million customer accounts, as reported in a recent Infosecurity Magazine story. This time it was an adult entertainment company FriendFinder Network, but it could happen to any company....
The statistics are alarming. Nearly 90 percent of healthcare organizations surveyed for a recent Ponemon1 study had a data breach in the past two years, and nearly half had more than five data breaches in the same time period....
The U.S. Director of National Intelligence ranks cybercrime as the No. 1 national security threat. 1 This dangerous threat is not going away and is driving the need for and hiring of cyber security experts within every industry....
The Target: Patient and Employee Data Healthcare, biotech, and pharma industries you are the target. Cyber-criminals and malicious insiders are eager to steal your data, but especially your Intellectual Property (IP). In fact, the highest percentage (48.4%) of breached records in 2016 was in the Medical/Healthcare industry, according to the Identity Theft Resource Center.1...
It Could Happen to You We all know that in today’s aggressive cyber security environment there is a high probability that your organization has already been breached. In fact, you may not even be aware that it happened....
With the latest and continued cyber-attacks, analysts, engineers, managers, and executives are scrambling to deploy solutions that will remedy their world, especially if they have an audit right around the corner. However, available resources - whether funding, people, or competing projects - are often the biggest challenges in any company, so don’t worry; you are not alone. Here are three successful and proven strategies we have used to help our clients prioritize projects....