4 Key Elements of A Good Cyber Hygiene
Here are 4 simple ways to take care of your organization’s cyber hygiene.
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Top Recent Third-Party Breaches
The average company can’t do business without their third parties. Vendors, suppliers, partners, distributors, and contractors — third parties make it so much simpler to build, distribute and sell a product or service.
How to Prevent Whaling Attacks: A Complete Guide
Senior-level executives handle sensitive data and information daily – making them an enticing target for cybercriminals. One of the most complex schemes to date is the whaling attack, in which hackers impersonate high-ranking employees to gain access to computer systems and networks. Whaling attacks have seen a dramatic 131% increase between Q1 2020 and Q1 2021, costing enterprises around $1.8 billion in damages.
What Are Attack Surfaces and How to Protect Them
Attack surfaces are the different endpoints, subsidiaries, business units, and devices that a hacker could go after. For example: We have a client who had a Japanese subsidiary that spun up a server for QA testing. They used it for a couple of years and then forgot about it and stopped maintaining it. But the server was still there. And the attackers found it and tried to use it to break into the client’s infrastructure.
Banish Shadow IT With Digital Footprint
It’s out there. In the deep, dark corners of your IT estate, it’s been hiding. Maybe it’s that “killer app” one of the department heads brought back from a trade show. Or maybe it’s that campaign microsite that marketing had a contractor develop for a “skunkworks” launch. Shadow IT is more than an asset management problem. It’s a security problem because you can’t secure what you can’t see.
This Is the Reason Behind 70% Of Data Breaches
70% of the data breaches involve the negligence of a 3rd party. Let’s understand this with Target’s classic example. In 2013, they were using a contractor, Fazio, to do maintenance of their air conditioning systems. The hackers got into the Fazio systems and used it as a jumping pod to infiltrate and hack into Target’s infrastructure. Big companies like Audi and Volkswagen have also suffered such cyberattacks due to 3rd party negligence.
SecurityScorecard Discovers new botnet, 'Zhadnost,' responsible for Ukraine DDoS attacks
SecurityScorecard (SSC) has identified three separate DDoS attacks which all targeted Ukrainian government and financial websites leading up to and during Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Details of these DDoS attacks have not yet been publicly identified.
Understanding the Basics of Cyber Insurance: What You Need to Know
Data breaches and cybercrime are all too common. And in recent years, ransomware attacks have caused many organizations to face hefty extortion payments, legal fees, and reputational damage – not to mention the major headache that comes with each. Cyber insurance has become a powerful tool in the world of cyberattacks to help protect organizations from the implications of a ransomware attack, but many don’t understand what a cyber insurance policy actually covers.
Breach Costs - Millions of Lost Revenue
At the end of 2021, Capital One agreed to pay a settlement of $190 million to 98 million customers whose personal data was stolen in a 2019 data breach. Similar class-action lawsuits were filed in 2021 against T-Mobile, Shopify, and Ledger. When it comes to the cost of breaches, however, those are just the legal fees. Every year, businesses lose millions of dollars in revenue to cyberattacks and data breaches.
Gain a full view of your vendor ecosystem with Automatic Vendor Detection
SecurityScorecard is the global leader in cybersecurity ratings, empowering you with trusted data and the confidence to make smarter and faster decisions. Security ratings give you an outside-in view of the cybersecurity posture of any organization in the world across ten key risk factor groups. Our Automatic Vendor Detection (AVD) instantly gives you a view of your entire third and fourth-party ecosystem, enabling you to visualize and take proactive steps to mitigate risk.