A new report -- Webroot® Threat Report: Mid-Year Update -- has found that one in 50 URLs are malicious, nearly one-third of phishing sites use HTTPS and Windows® 7 and exploits have grown 75 percent since January 2019.
A new report highlights the ways in which cybercriminals target people, rather than systems and infrastructure, to install malware, initiate fraudulent transactions, steal data, and more.
Eighty percent of companies surveyed experienced a cybersecurity incident in the past year, the most common being malware attacks, according to the Better Security And Business Outcomes With Security Performance Management Report by Forrester Consulting.
On the premise that the best defense is understanding the real nature of the offense – or, in this case, offenses, since cyber security addresses a multi-front battleground – it’s useful to think in terms of concentric circles, broad steps any small or midsize business can take to maximize safety.
More than 3,800 data breaches were reported from January through June 30, exposing over 4.1 billion records, according to the 2019 MidYear Data Breach Quickview Report.
Over the past year, organizations faced on average more than nine Domain Name System (DNS) attacks, an increase of 34 percent, says the IDC 2019 Global DNS Threat Report.
