Fraudsters target account takeovers during the pandemic
Attempted account takeovers grew by 282 percent over the last year, while ATO rates for physical eCommerce businesses -- those that sell physical goods online -- have jumped 378 percent since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Q3 2020 Digital Trust and Safety Index released today by Sift finds that between Q2 2019 and Q2 2020, ATO attacks happened in discrete waves about a week apart, indicating that fraudsters are turning to bots and automation in order to overwhelm security.
UK IT leaders plan to migrate SAP apps to the cloud in the next two years
Research released today from managed services provider Ensono reveals that 79 percent of UK IT leaders plan to migrate their SAP applications to the public cloud within the next two years.
While the majority of SAP applications are still housed on-premise, 70 percent of those responsible for SAP believe migrating to the public cloud will be more beneficial than keeping it in-house. In fact, 61 percent state that migrating SAP to public cloud is critical for their business success.
Developers and security professionals sacrifice security for speed
In order to meet short deployment cycles, 73 percent of security professionals and developers feel forced to compromise on security according to a new report.
The study into DevSecOps from open source security and license management specialist WhiteSource, based on responses from over 560 developers in the US and Europe, finds that 20 percent of respondents describe their organizations' DevSecOps practices as 'mature', while 62 percent say they are improving, with only 18 percent being classed as 'immature'.
The importance of employee experience in a remote world [Q&A]
Digital transformation initiatives often focus on the customer experience. But in a world where remote working has become increasingly commonplace, employee experience is under the spotlight more than ever.
We spoke to Bill Hewitt, president and CEO of digital experience specialist Aternity, to find out more about the importance of making systems work for employees and how businesses can ensure that they do.
Most organizations face challenges when moving to the cloud
Hybrid cloud is increasingly seen as the way to go in terms of business agility, but a new report from Nutanix shows that 94 percent of respondents' organizations have experienced challenges when moving to the cloud.
A majority of respondents also admit to feeling concerns surrounding security (90 percent), reliability (75 percent), cost (72 percent) and/or performance (69 percent) when using public cloud services.
Record-breaking numbers of DDoS attacks in first half of 2020
Cybercriminals have launched a record number attacks on online platforms and services this year, with more than 929,000 DDoS attacks occurring in May, the single largest number of attacks ever seen in a month.
The latest threat intelligence report from NETSCOUT also reveals that 4.83 million DDoS attacks occurred in the first half of 2020, a 15 percent increase, and attack frequency jumped 25 percent during the peak pandemic lockdown months of March through June.
Half of organizations experience remote work security incidents
Between March and July 2020, almost half of companies experienced a data breach or security incident according to a new report, and half of these were caused by phishing attacks.
The study from Tessian also reveals that 82 percent of IT leaders think their company is at greater risk of phishing attacks when employees are working away from the office.
The challenges of hybrid cloud adoption [Q&A]
Cloud is used for all kinds data processing nowadays, but there are still some things that need to be kept in-house, either for performance, compliance or other reasons.
This has given rise to the hybrid model, offering a mix of cloud and on-premise solutions, becoming increasingly popular. We spoke to Derek Taylor, lead principal security consultant at Trustwave, to find out more about the security and supply chain challenges that hybrid adoption presents.
Employees say finding information is harder when working from home
New research from enterprise search specialist Sinequa reveals that 61 percent of UK workers say it's harder to find the information they are looking for when working remotely.
The top reasons given for this are that systems are slower from home (25 percent), that information is scattered in lots of locations (24 percent) and because they can’t ask colleagues for an answer (24 percent).
Moving business securely to the cloud [Q&A]
A large majority of enterprises are now using the cloud, but moving to cloud-based solutions inevitably presents challenges, not least in security.
We spoke to Sam Humphries, Security Strategist at SIEM (Security Information and Event Management) specialist Exabeam to get her views.
Security awareness training needs to be interesting to be effective
A new survey of 1,000 US employees has found that boring security awareness training doesn't make them want to be secure.
The study conducted by Osterman Research for MediaPRO shows that employees get far more benefit out of interesting and engaging training, which shouldn't really surprise anybody.
Building on existing networks risks exposes 5G to old risks
Today's 5G networks mostly rely on the infrastructure of previous-generation 4G LTE networks. The non-standalone architecture has proved a quick way to provide subscribers with 5G access, however, this also exposes both the next-generation network and 5G subscribers to the same threats as older networks.
A new white paper from Positive Technologies details how mobile network operators (MNOs) who have already begun upgrading to 5G networks can migrate from previous generation networks without exposing themselves and their subscribers to existing and new risks.
API investments remain strong despite tough times
Around half of respondents to a new survey say that investment of time and resources into APIs will increase over the next 12 months, while another third think investments into APIs will stay the same, despite a tough economic environment.
The study from development collaboration platform Postman shows over 60 percent of survey respondents rate themselves as five out of 10 or better in terms of embracing an 'API-first' philosophy.
Pandemic provides boost to AI and ML adoption
Companies are planning to increase their spending on AI/ML as a result of the pandemic, and many have realized that those initiatives should have been a higher priority for their organizations all along.
A new survey of enterprise IT leaders from Algorithmia, a provider of ML operations and management solutions, shows that 91 percent of respondents were spending at least $1,000,000 annually on AI/ML prior to the pandemic, and 50 percent say they are planning to spend more than that going forward.
How BEC attacks have adapted to the pandemic [Q&A]
Business Email Compromise (BEC) attacks are increasingly used by attackers as a way of targeting organizations. New research from Abnormal Security indicates that these attacks have adapted to the pandemic, with Zoom becoming the most impersonated brand and COVID-themed attacks surging.
We spoke to Evan Reiser, CEO of Abnormal Security to find out more about what’s been happening and what trends we can expect to see as the year progresses.
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Ian spent almost 20 years working with computers before he discovered that writing about them was easier than fixing them. Since then he's written for a number of computer magazines and is a former editor of PC Utilities. Follow him on Mastodon
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