Threat Landscape stories - Page 58

With a cybersecurity skills gap of 1.8 million professionals looming, companies like IBM are turning to AI to bolster defences and create new collar jobs.

NETSCOUT has released its Arbor Active Threat Level Analysis System (ATLAS) report for the first half of 2018, exclusive on SecurityBrief.

One of the biggest challenges in the fight against ransomware is that there are thousands of variants; tiny pieces of code used over and over again.

Three in four IT decision makers are being misled by the hype surrounding AI and machine learning in cybersecurity, according to new research from ESET.

Trustwave's annual survey found that for the fifth consecutive year security professionals are feeling more stress, but there are some bright spots.

Symantec unveils Asia Pacific's largest Security Operations Center in Chennai, bolstering cybersecurity across the region with advanced AI and ML capabilities.

Mimecast acquires Solebit for $88m, bolstering cyber defence against sophisticated malware and phishing attacks.

Despite facing a growing threat landscape, only 53% of 1150 IT decision-makers surveyed cite IoT as a security risk.

Risk-taking doesn't necessarily mean that the majority of a company's workforce is deliberately being bad actors.

While blockchain technology isn't at the same maturity stage as cloud, the channel should start ramping up their security capabilities in that space.

The fourth annual IT Operations survey of SMBs and midmarket enterprises shows security remains the top concern and data backup is a key opportunity.

In its early stages SIEM was a trailblazer but now there are many that say it can't keep up with today's cybercrime - LogRhythm says different.

Threat hunting starts with the assumption that bad actors have already breached perimeter defences and are operating inside the environment.

Cybersecurity incidents could potentially cause catastrophic economic losses for large organisations in Malaysia.

There's no doubt email is the number one vector used to initiate attacks on organisations, and of those email attacks, phishing is king.

Cybersecurity firm AlienVault will soon become part of AT&T as the companies agreed to an acquisition deal worth an undisclosed amount.

The surges are leading experts to warn businesses that they will need every security tool in their toolbox to keep threats at bay.

Cryptojacking is becoming the new go-to method for cybercriminals to monetise their malware, with a surge of 28% per quarter globally.

IDC has released the results of its 2018 APAC vendor assessments for managed security services and threat lifecycle services.

Senior director of data protection services Gary Marsden talks about whether we were prepared for GDPR and how the channel going through a transition.