Overall ransomware frequency grew by 64% in 2023, with increases in both direct and indirect ransomware. Victims paid $282,000 in ransom on average, a 77% drop in price, and half the companies avoided paying a ransom completely.

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VFCFinder analyzes commit histories to pinpoint the most likely commits associated with vulnerability fixes.

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New account passwords, often used during onboarding, are vulnerable to sophisticated attacks from malicious actors.

Good idea to check: What’s your company using?

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Modern CISOs have a new task cut out for them: determining how to navigate AI as both challenge and opportunity.

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Bad actors are always ready to exploit political strife to their own ends. Right now, they’re doing so with the conflict in the Middle East. A holistic defense against influence networks requires collaboration between government, technology companies and security research organizations.

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The attack cut off access to electronic healthcare records (EHRs) and ordering systems, plunging the organization and its health services into chaos.

A GAO review of NASA projects found that, while some cybersecurity challenges have been addressed, many security policies and standards remain optional.

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Stagnating security budgets and mounting job pressures are weighing on CISOs, a quarter of whom expressed discontent with their salary and overall compensation.

Show me the money: The average total compensation for tech CISOs stands at $710,000.

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AI is rapidly increasing the pace of API creation within organizations, leading to API security becoming as significant as traditional application security.

Here’s what you can learn from the top five API breaches of the last quarter.

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No degree? No problem. The federal government and private industry leaders are coordinating to prioritize skills-based hiring to shore up the nation's cybersecurity workforce.

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The centralized system helps organizations identify, track, and reduce risks, addressing the challenges of incomplete risk visibility and manual processes.

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A report found more than 40 million exposures are impacting 11.5 million critical business entities, with more than half related to cloud platforms.

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Patch now: Cyberattackers are exploiting CVE-2023-7028 (CVSS 10) to take over and lock users out of GitLab accounts, steal source code, and more.

The targeted operation utilized CVE-2017-8570 as the initial vector and employed a notable custom loader for Cobalt Strike, yet attribution to any known threat actor remains elusive.