Cyberattacks grow every year in sophistication and frequency, and the cost of data breaches continues to rise with them. A new report by IBM and the Ponemon Institute, the 2024 Cost of Data Breach Study, details the financial impacts of…
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PR vs cybersecurity teams: Handling disagreements in a crisis
Check out our first two articles in this series, Cybersecurity crisis communication: What to do and Crisis communication: What NOT to do. When a cyber incident happens inside an organization, everyone in the company has a stake in how to…
Surging data breach disruption drives costs to record highs
Security teams are getting better at detecting and responding to breach incursions, but attackers are inflicting greater pain on organizations’ bottom lines. IBM’s recent Cost of a Data Breach Report 2024 found the global average breach hit a record $4.88…
Unveiling the latest banking trojan threats in LATAM
This post was made possible through the research contributions of Amir Gendler. In our most recent research in the Latin American (LATAM) region, we at IBM Security Lab have observed a surge in campaigns linked with malicious Chrome extensions. These…
Crisis communication: What NOT to do
Read the 1st blog in this series, Cybersecurity crisis communication: What to do When an organization experiences a cyberattack, tensions are high, customers are concerned and the business is typically not operating at full capacity. Every move you make at this…
Cybersecurity crisis communication: What to do
Cybersecurity experts tell organizations that the question is not if they will become the target of a cyberattack but when. Often, the focus of response preparedness is on the technical aspects — how to stop the breach from continuing, recovering…
Cybersecurity crisis communication: What to do
Cybersecurity experts tell organizations that the question is not if they will become the target of a cyberattack but when. Often, the focus of response preparedness is on the technical aspects — how to stop the breach from continuing, recovering…
Brands are changing cybersecurity strategies due to AI threats
Over the past 18 months, AI has changed how we do many things in our work and professional lives — from helping us write emails to affecting how we approach cybersecurity. A recent Voice of SecOps 2024 study found that…
CDK breach compromises customer data from 15,000 car dealers
In late June, more than 15,000 car dealerships across North America were affected by a cyberattack on CDK Global, which provides software to car dealers. After two cyberattacks over two days, CDK shut down all systems, which caused delays for…
39% of MSPs report major setbacks when adapting to advanced security technologies
SOPHOS, a leading global provider of managed security solutions, has recently released its annual MSP Perspectives report for 2024. This most recent report provides insights from 350 different managed service providers (MSPs) across the United States, United Kingdom, Germany and…