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Key Findings During the reporting period (August 1, 2024–January 31, 2025), the manufacturing sector faced a turbulent threat landscape: Attackers ramped up their abuse of remote external services software, used impersonating domains for targeted spearphishing attacks, and continued to target the sector with ransomware. In this report, we’ll cover: Threat actors increasingly exploiting external remote services, with alerts surging by 130%. Our original research into open ports and insecure port protocols. Predictions on how the shift to a smart factories model will affect cybersecurity considerations. We’ll also detail the tactics and tools attackers are using to target manufacturing and actions…
Key Findings During the reporting period (August 1, 2024–January 31, 2025), the manufacturing sector faced a turbulent threat landscape: Attackers ramped up their abuse of remote external services software, used impersonating domains for targeted spearphishing attacks, and continued to target the sector with ransomware. In this report, we’ll cover: Threat actors increasingly exploiting external remote services, with alerts surging by 130%. Our original research into open ports and insecure port protocols. Predictions on how the shift to a smart factories model will affect cybersecurity considerations. We’ll also detail the tactics and tools attackers are using to target manufacturing and actions…
Keeper Security, a leading provider of zero-trust and zero-knowledge cybersecurity software, has announced the expansion of its relationship with global distributor Ingram Micro in European markets. Having announced the initial relationship in November 2023, the expanded collaboration delivers a joint offering tailored for Managed Service Providers (MSPs). It equips them with state-of-the-art tools to navigate today’s complex cybersecurity challenges while driving operational efficiency and profitability. Building on their successful existing partnership, Keeper® and Ingram Micro are making it easier for MSPs to access Keeper’s award-winning cybersecurity platform, which protects passwords, passkeys, privileged access, secrets and remote connections. Now available across…
San Francisco, United States / California, January 30th, 2025, CyberNewsWire Doppler, the leading provider of secrets management solutions, announced a new integration with Datadog, a cloud application monitoring and security platform. This collaboration provides engineering and operations teams with an integrated solution for securely managing sensitive credentials and gaining insights into cloud environments through real-time monitoring. In an era of rapid cloud adoption, DevOps and security teams face mounting challenges in safeguarding sensitive data across distributed systems. By combining Doppler’s automated secrets management capabilities with Datadog’s comprehensive monitoring platform, this integration enables teams to enhance their security practices while maintaining…
Austin, TX, USA, February 4th, 2025, CyberNewsWire SpyCloud’s Identity Threat Protection solutions spearhead a holistic identity approach to security, illuminating correlated hidden identity exposures and facilitating fast, automated remediation. SpyCloud, a leading identity threat protection company, announced key innovations in its portfolio, pioneering the shift to holistic identity threat protection. By operationalizing its vast collection of darknet data with automated identity analytics that correlate malware, phishing, and breach exposures across individuals’ past and present work and personal personas, SpyCloud enables security and fraud prevention teams to comprehensively uncover hidden identity assets, rapidly remediate exposures, and better protect their businesses from…
World Liberty Financial (WLFI), a DeFi project with ties to Donald Trump’s family, has introduced a strategic token reserve called Macro Strategy.According to a Feb. 11 statement, the initiative is designed to strengthen its financial position while supporting leading digital assets like Bitcoin and Ethereum.WLFI furthered that its move will serve as a financial buffer to enhance stability, foster growth, and build credibility in the crypto ecosystem.The project continued that it aims to manage market fluctuations by diversifying its portfolio while funding promising DeFi innovations. WLFI also reaffirmed its commitment to transparency in managing the reserve.In addition to asset diversification,…
Silver Spring, Maryland, February 5th, 2025, CyberNewsWire Aembit, the non-human identity and access management (IAM) company, today announced that Michael Trites has joined the company as senior vice president of global sales. In this role, Trites will lead Aembit’s global sales strategy, driving adoption of its industry-first Workload IAM Platform. Trites brings over two decades of experience scaling sales organizations at high-growth security companies. He previously served as executive vice president of global sales at Dig Security, a provider of data security posture management, where he helped drive the company’s expansion and go-to-market strategy, leading to its acquisition by Palo…
Luxembourg, Luxembourg, February 11th, 2025, CyberNewsWire Gcore, the global edge AI, cloud, network, and security solutions provider, today announced the findings of its Q3-Q4 2024 Radar report into DDoS attack trends. DDoS attacks have reached unprecedented scale and disruption in 2024, and businesses need to act fast to protect themselves from this evolving threat. The report reveals a significant escalation in the total number of DDoS attacks and their magnitude, measured in terabits per second (Tbps). Key highlights from Q3-Q4 2024 ● Compared to Q3–Q4 2023, the number of DDoS attacks have risen by 56%, which highlights a steep long-term growth…
The need for a robust, and flexible network security architecture has never been more pressing. The distributed nature of modern applications, the complexity of networks, and the explosion of AI applications is preventing progress through complexity. As these hindering complexities shift and grow, our approach to security must evolve to meet them head-on. In the previous blog, we talked about our overall approach to zero trust with Universal ZTNA and Hybrid Mesh Firewall. At Cisco, we are at the forefront of this evolution in protecting applications with our Hybrid Mesh Firewall, and now that the vision is coming to life,…