Security Strategy, Plan, Budget

Nearly 500,000 people had their personal data compromised as a result of a data breach at Illinois-based medical practice Christie Business Holdings Company, or Christie Clinic, last year.

Ninety-nine percent of IT and cybersecurity professionals across North America and western Europe reported that their organizations either had much or somewhat stronger ransomware preparedness, compared with two years ago, but only 21% reported not being impacted by any ransomware attack during the previous year.

Seventy-eight of all malware distributed through encrypted connections were evasive zero-days that could evade primary defenses.

Employees and job seekers in cyber want high pay and job growth, but they also want remote work options and robust wellness and health initiatives.

Company reports that 73% of organizations had at least one intrusion that can be partially attributed to gaps in cybersecurity skills.

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has required federal civilian agencies and other organizations across the U.S. to patch the actively exploited high-severity privilege escalation vulnerability in WatchGuard Firebox and XTM firewall appliances.

Operators of the Qbot botnet, also known as Qakbot, Quakbot, and Pinkslipbot, have begun leveraging phishing emails with malicious MSI Windows Installer package-laced ZIP archive attachments to spread malware instead of the traditional approach of malware distribution through phishing emails containing Microsoft Office documents with malicious macros.