Research
New Perspective on Cybersecurity Budgeting
As cyberattacks grow in frequency, sophistication and financial impact, organizations face a deceptively simple but increasingly urgent question: How much should we spend on cybersecurity?
Manufacturers Investing in Security, but Not Resilient
There is a disconnect between confidence in comprehensive cybersecurity protection and operational risk, a new report found.
Visibility Key to Reducing Security Risk: Report
There remains a disconnect between how organizations perceive the maturity of their cybersecurity programs and their actual operational readiness across critical infrastructure, a new report found.
Manufacturing Continues to Lead in Ransomware Attacks
For the fifth consecutive year, manufacturing continues to lead the pack in terms of ransomware attacks, according to a new report just released by third-party cyber risk management provider, Black Kite.
Breaking Down Ransomware Characteristics
Ransomware groups may carry different names, but the infrastructure behind their attacks appears very similar, new research found.
AI Linked to Over Half of Cybercrime in Africa
Artificial intelligence (AI) is continuing its growth across the globe and a perfect case on point is AI is enabling 55 percent of reported cybercrimes across Africa, according to a report released by Interpol.
Working Toward a Safer, Secure AI
Artificial intelligence (AI) is moving from being just behind screens into cars, drones, service robots and collaborative machines that can perceive, reason and act.
Machine-to-Machine Connectivity a Blind Spot
In the growing age of AI the way machines connect to one another are not the way humans connect to applications and that is becoming an area security and technology officials say they are least equipped to secure.
Manufacturing a Top Q2 Attack Target: Report
Healthcare was the most targeted industry vertical by attackers in the second quarter this year, followed by manufacturing and public administration, a just-released report found.
Agentic AI Browsers Rife with Risk
In the last year or so, artificial intelligence companies have rolled out a spate of web browsers equipped with AI agents.
Ransomware in Europe Rises with Manufacturing Most Affected: Report
When it comes to Europe and cybersecurity, three forces are converging: Ransomware is accelerating, supply chains are becoming a primary attack path, and regulations are placing greater emphasis on third-party risk, a new report found.
Library of ‘Chemical Fingerprints’ Expanded
Whether you’re a researcher stumped by a mystery compound or a manufacturer perplexed by an unknown substance, the library of chemical fingerprints, known as mass spectra just got an update.
AI Not Making Inroads with Threat Actors
AI has been making inroads in all sectors of the workplace these days, and the big fear if the good guys are using it, then what are the threat actors doing?
Ransomware Tops Manufacturing Breaches: Verizon Report
No matter the year, technology or types of attacks, end users need to understand, develop and consistently apply the basics of cybersecurity to ensure a more secure environment at all times.
Q1 Exploited Vulnerabilities Rise: Report
Exploited vulnerabilities rose 43 percent in the first three months of the year, fueled by AI-enabled supply chain attacks and a surge in actively exploited zero-day vulnerabilities, a new report found.
Threat Actors Utilizing AI for Attacks: Report
For those thinking AI is something that is in its nascent stages, think again as threat actors are leveraging AI for vulnerability exploitation, augmented operations, and initial access to systems, this new report discovered.
Reactions Muted to Mandatory Cyber Incident Reporting
As more U.S. companies must report cybersecurity incidents, mandatory disclosure does not prompt reactions from investors or stock analysts, instead the main benefits appear to materialize within firms themselves, a new study found.
Microsegmentation Works, but Usage Lacking
Microsegmentation is a solid way to increase cybersecurity capabilities, but a new survey found 99 percent of security leaders want microsegmentation deployed, yet over 90 percent have protected fewer than 80 percent of their critical systems.
Cyber Threat Activity Precedes Vulnerability Disclosure
There is a connection between surges in scanning and exploitation activity and subsequent disclosures of Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVEs) in edge technologies, a new report found.
Cyber Experts Looking to Leave Jobs
Cybersecurity jobs for qualified workers remain abundant, and it shows as just over one third of professionals plan to stay with their current employer, according to a just released report.