ISBuzz Team

Vulnerability scanning is the process of using automated tools to identify potential security weaknesses and vulnerabilities in an organization’s infrastructure. It is an essential step in maintaining the security of a system as it helps identify any potential points of attack or entry for malicious actors. In 2023, vulnerability scanning will be more essential than ever as the threat landscape evolves and grows more complex. Some organizations’ systems, environments, software, or websites have security flaws that attackers can use as soon as they are set up. These flaws are caused by security flaws that are built into the system or…

Abnormal Security, the leading behavioral AI-based security platform, today released its H1 2023 Email Threat Report, which examines recent developments in the email threat environment and focuses on the growing risk employees pose to an organization’s cybersecurity. The latest Abnormal research found that between July–December 2022, the median open rate for text-based business email compromise (BEC) attacks was nearly 28%. Additionally, of the malicious emails that were read, an average of 15% were replied to. And while less than one percent of recipients engaged with more than one attack, 36% of replies were initiated by employees who had previously engaged with an earlier…

BlackBerry Limited (NYSE: BB; TSX: BB) today released new research revealing that the majority (76%) of UK IT leaders believe that foreign states are already using ChatGPT for malicious purposes against other nations, with almost half (48%) predicting that we are less than a year away from a successful cyberattack being credited to the technology. The survey of 500 UK IT decision makers – commissioned by BlackBerry and conducted by OnePoll in January 2023 –exposed a perception that, although 60% of respondents see ChatGPT as generally being put to use for ‘good’ purposes, 72% are still concerned by its potential to…

Cybersecurity is an ever-evolving field and with the increasing number of cyber-attacks and data breaches. It has become crucial for organizations and individuals to be aware of the tools available to protect their online presence. With the advancement of technology, the tools and techniques used by cybercriminals are becoming more sophisticated and advanced. We need to be equipped with the latest tools and techniques to tackle these threats. This article will explore some of the most popular and widely used cybersecurity tools, their features, and their use cases. CyberSecurity Tools And Their Use Case 1. OSINT Framework: OSINT stands for Open…

Only one-third of UK organisations have a validated plan in place to handle cyberwarfare; and 57% have stalled or stopped digital transformation projects due to the threat of cyberwarfare Armis, the leading asset visibility and security company, today announced preliminary findings from the Armis State of Cyberwarfare Report, which measures global IT and security professionals’ perceptions of cyberwarfare. It found that while 84% of UK organisations claimed they had programmes and practices in place to respond to cyberwarfare threat, only one-third (32%) said their plans are validated by best practice frameworks, which is less than the global average of nearly…

The Outpost24 research team have released the results of attack data gathered from a network of honeypots deployed to gather actionable threat intelligence. In total, 42 million attacks were registered between January 1st and September 30th 2022, with 20 honeypots evenly distributed around the world. A detailed research report, which is available to view here, uncovered the following key attack findings: A honeypot is a decoy system (computer, network, or software) that imitates a real system to attract malicious users and collect information about how they operate. The collected information allows administrators to develop the right defences on production systems, like blocking known attack IPs,…

[17.01.23] VIPRE Endpoint Detection & Response (EDR) delivers streamlined, sophisticated, high-performing cloud-based EDR management in a single, easy-to-navigate console. VIPRE Security Group, an industry-leader and award-winning global cybersecurity, privacy, data, and user protection company, announced today the launch of its latest cybersecurity solution – VIPRE Endpoint Detection & Response (EDR). VIPRE EDR is designed to help small- and medium-sized enterprises and the IT partners that serve them to navigate the complexities of EDR management from a single, easy-to-use console. VIPRE EDR delivers the sophistication of a high-performing, cloud-based solution without the challenges that users might expect from an EDR solution.…

Global security & privacy leader Avast has uncovered that Pro-Russia hacktivist group NoName057(16) is conducting a campaign of Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks on Ukraine and NATO organisations, which began in the early days of the war in Ukraine. Targets have included government organisations and critical infrastructures, where the hacktivist group has started a project called “DDosia”, inviting volunteers to join their activities of driving DDoS attacks on targets that they find to be “anti-Russian”. Volunteers can earn up to 80,000 Rubles for a successful attack. The NoName057(16) group is primarily focused on disrupting websites important to nations critical of Russia’s…

According to Comparitech’s worldwide ransomware tracker, 2022 saw a huge dip in the number of publicly-reported ransomware attacks. In 2022, 769 attacks were collated by the researchers, compared to 1,365 in 2021.  But that’s not to say hackers have been any less prevalent or successful. Interestingly, the data stolen in ransomware attacks throughout 2022 has risen exponentially. In 2021, 49.8 million records were noted as having been impacted by ransomware attacks. In 2022, this more than doubled to nearly 115 million. Moreover, the average number of records impacted in each ransomware attack was 587,048–nearly five times the average noted in 2021…