Expert assessments on the question of whether and why educational institutions are particularly attractive targets for hackers. Educational institutions are increasingly under attack by cybercriminals. This finding seems to emerge at least from the headlines: For...
Jochen Koehler, Vice President EMEA Sales at Ontinue (Source: private) IT protection is becoming more and more elaborate in view of the increasing number of cyberattacks and different types of attacks. Unfortunately, companies do not always recognise whether their...
Chris Meidinger, Technical Director, EMEA, Beyond Identity Successful cyber attacks can often be complex in their entirety, but usually the origins are very simple or even trivial vulnerabilities. As the weakest link in the security chain, passwords have long been a...
With the new Data Privacy Framework, the EU Commission wants to create a legal basis for the transfer of personal data from the EU to the US after the Privacy Shield 2020 was declared invalid by the European Court of Justice. There is clear criticism of the new plans...
Looking back on the year 2022, it can be seen that cloud environments also increasingly became the focus of cyber attackers. Although the basic techniques and methods of the attackers have not changed significantly, an increase in attacks using so-called long-chain...
In 2022 - after the two Corona years - it became apparent that our society and economy had suffered from the effects of the pandemic. And this development did not simply pass the security industry by. In spring, companies tentatively opened their doors again and...
Fran Rosch, ForgeRock: wave of layoffs leads to increased insider security risks "Even in 2023, third-party security risks to businesses will not simply disappear. Faced with an impending economic downturn, many companies are imposing hiring freezes and in many cases...
In late October, defense contractor Thales suffered a cyberattack by Russian-language hacker group LockBit 3.0, which had announced that "all available [captured] data" would be released by Nov. 7 unless a ransom was paid. On Nov. 11, LockBit 3.0 finally released...
The automotive supplier Continental was the victim of a ransomware attack. The initial attack was already discovered in August, but underestimated by the company: only recently did it become apparent that a large amount of data had been stolen. The case shows how...
Trend Micro, one of the world's leading providers of cybersecurity solutions, released a new study revealing that 86 per cent of healthcare companies and institutions worldwide that were affected by ransomware suffered operational losses. According to the study by the...
