Neustar's Security Operations Center (SOC) saw a 168 percent increase in distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks in Q4 2019, compared with Q4 2018, and a 180 percent increase overall in 2019 vs. 2018.

ISC West, in collaboration with premier sponsor SIA, is rescheduling the ISC West 2020 event to take place October 5-8 at Sands Expo in Las Vegas (SIA Education@ISC: October 5-7 | Exhibit Hall: October 6-8).

The COVID-19 pandemic has turned worldwide social and business interactions upside down, stoking fear and panic everywhere from main street to Wall Street.

A joint advisory published by the UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) and US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) shows that cyber criminals and advanced persistent threat (APT) groups are targeting individuals and organizations with a range of ransomware and malware.

The overnight move to a “virtual workplace” has increased cybersecurity concerns for small business owners, but many still have not implemented remote working policies to address cybersecurity threats, according to a new survey by the Cyber Readiness Institute (CRI).

As the healthcare sector ramps up operations to manage the influx of COVID-19 cases, major organizational and networked system changes may leave them vulnerable to cyberattacks, says the New Jersey Cybersecurity & Communications Integration Cell (NJCCIC). 

General Electric (GE), a global Fortune 500 company, has acknowledged a data breach affecting present and former employees and their beneficiaries. Between February 3-14, 2020, an unauthorized user gained access to the email account of Canon Business Process Services, which GE contracts with to process employee documents. 

Led by Noam Rotem and Ran Locar, vpnMentor’s research team recently discovered a breached database belonging to American software company RigUp, containing more than 70,000 private files belonging to its US energy sector clients. Read more to learn about this data breach and the cybersecurity implications.

Remote video conferencing services company Zoom announced that it has formed a CISO Council and Advisory Board, including security leaders from across industries; and Alex Stamos has joined Zoom as an outside advisor to assist with a security review of the company's platform.

 

CNSI, a provider of health information technology solutions, announced that Mike Jin has joined the company as Senior Vice President, Chief Information Officer & Chief Information Security Officer.