Why your company’s business partners may be its weakest link By now, most companies have gotten the message that failure to implement cybersecurity best practices exposes their enterprise to alarming risks. But what many don’t realize is that their attack surface may be larger than they think – and the weakest link may exist outside their organization with their business partners. From cloud providers to professional service firms to outside software and hardware, almost every business relies on third-party vendors to support core functions – and it’s common for many of these vendors to
Why the Future of Malware is Fileless
A new kind of malware is giving hackers an edge in the war on cybercrime Fileless malware attacks are on the rise – soaring a whopping 94 percent in the first half of 2018 – and cybersecurity experts are warning that this hard-to-detect infection method is trailblazing a whole new category of cyber-attacks that represents a stealthier future for malware. Typically, malware relies on files that install malicious software onto a machine’s hard disk. Fileless attacks – also known as zero footprint, macro, or non-malware attacks – give hackers an edge against most security tools and enterprise
CyberGlass WAN Protection, Part 1
How to keep bad online actors out of your network Once upon a time, building a strong defense around a company’s perimeter was considered the best protection against cybercrime. But while that’s still important, it’s no longer enough to stop clever hackers as the perimeter blurs and organizations connect more and more of their business to the Internet. Cybersecurity is a daily struggle for businesses. And the U.S. Director of National Intelligence Daniel R. Coats recently warned that the “potential for surprise” will continue to rise as billions of more devices are connected to the Internet