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    4 cybersecurity trends to watch in 2025

    Critical industries are up against never before seen challenges to remain secure and operational, while regulatory pressures have completely upended the role of the CISO in corporate America.

    By , • Jan. 9, 2025
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    National cyber director calls for deterrence against China-affiliated cyber threats

    Harry Coker Jr. said China and other adversaries cannot be allowed free reign to conduct malicious cyber activities.

    By • Jan. 9, 2025
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    Risk Management

    An esclation of cyber risks facing businesses and government has made cyber resilience a major priority. 

    By Cybersecurity Dive staff
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    Investors narrow scope of cyber funding deals in 2024

    Total funding was up 9% year over year to $9.5 billion. More than half of all dollars raised went to late-stage rounds, Pinpoint Search Group said.

    By • Jan. 8, 2025
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    White House program to certify the security of IoT devices goes live

    The White House is also working on an executive order to limit federal purchasing of connected products that meet the minimum security standards under the program.

    By • Jan. 8, 2025
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    What companies need to help secure AI

    Experts say MLOps will bridge the gap between development and operations, creating room for the inclusion of security and privacy practices, too.

    By Sue Poremba • Jan. 6, 2025
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    Cyber leaders are bullish on generative AI despite risks: report

    Executives say they would overhaul tooling in exchange for better generative AI capabilities, according to a CrowdStrike survey.

    By Lindsey Wilkinson • Jan. 3, 2025
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    White House says 9th telecom company hit in Salt Typhoon spree

    A senior official blamed the intrusions on lax security and said in one case the compromise of a single administrator account led to access of over 100,000 routers.

    By • Dec. 27, 2024
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    CISA mobile security advice gets personal in wake of telecom intrusions

    The agency’s recommendations are not for the technically inept. Yet the extraordinary measures, including the use of encrypted apps, are applicable to all audiences.

    By • Dec. 19, 2024
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    Pennsylvania representative pitches bill to double cyber assistance for local water systems

    The proposed legislation comes amid a surge in ransomware and state-linked attacks against U.S. water utilities.

    By • Dec. 17, 2024
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    CISA’s pre-ransomware alerts nearly doubled in 2024

    The federal agency’s efforts to improve defenses surged in fiscal year 2024. Yet, attacks continue to climb.

    By • Dec. 17, 2024
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    Executives see another CrowdStrike-level IT outage on the horizon

    IT and business leaders admit to prioritizing security at the expense of service disruption readiness, a PagerDuty report found.

    By Matt Ashare • Dec. 13, 2024
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    Snowflake to phase out single-factor authentication by late 2025

    The security policy change starts one year after a wave of attacks targeted more than 100 Snowflake customer environments without MFA.

    By • Dec. 10, 2024
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    Credit risk rising as attackers strike larger companies: Moody’s

    Cybercriminals are deploying generative AI tools in their efforts at ransomware and fraud, Moody’s Ratings said.

    By Jim Tyson • Dec. 10, 2024
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    Frontline workforce tech predictions for 2025: A new era of efficiency and security

    2025 Predictions: Boosting frontline efficiency with passwordless tech and identity and access management innovations

    By Joel Burleson-Davis, SVP Worldwide Engineering, Cyber • Dec. 9, 2024
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    For IT pros, the CrowdStrike crisis was a ‘call to arms’

    The global outage triggered investments in people, processes and technologies to beef up enterprise resilience, Adaptavist research found.

    By Matt Ashare • Dec. 6, 2024
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    Protecting the cloud: combating credential abuse and misconfigurations

    To defend against two of today’s biggest cloud security threats, organizations must adapt and develop proactive strategies, Google Cloud’s Brian Roddy writes. 

    By Brian Roddy • Dec. 5, 2024
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    T-Mobile undeterred as telecom sector reels from attack campaign

    Cybersecurity Dive spoke with CSO Jeff Simon about how the carrier says it thwarted a threat group resembling Salt Typhoon despite its past security failures.

    By • Dec. 5, 2024
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    UK cyber chief warns country is at an inflection point as digital threats rise

    In his first major speech, NCSC CEO Richard Horne said state linked and criminal threat groups are working to undermine the nation’s reliance on technology. 

    By • Dec. 3, 2024
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    When password rules change, who benefits?

    As the National Institute of Standards and Technology rolls out updated password guidance, some experts want to make passwords a thing of the past.

    By Sue Poremba • Dec. 2, 2024
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    FBI, CISA warn of heightened risk of BEC attacks during holiday season

    Authorities encouraged prompt reporting, which can help recover stolen payments.

    By • Nov. 27, 2024
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    CrowdStrike avoids customer exodus after triggering global IT outage

    The cybersecurity vendor reported $33.9 million in expenses related to the July 19 incident, which caused the company to swing to a loss.

    By • Nov. 27, 2024
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    As holiday season begins, US braces for looming risk of cyberattacks

    Security teams are on the alert for nation-state threats and ransomware as millions of workers break for a holiday.

    By • Nov. 26, 2024
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    Healthcare providers will need to boost cyber defenses amid AI adoption: Moody’s

    AI could ease labor shortages, but health systems will need to increase cybersecurity spending to manage heightened risks, according to the credit ratings agency.

    By Emily Olsen • Nov. 22, 2024
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    Microsoft unveils resiliency, security enhancements following July global IT outage

    The updates are part of a larger effort at the company to overhaul its internal security culture.

    By • Nov. 21, 2024
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    Palo Alto Networks boasts as customers coalesce on its platforms

    The cybersecurity vendor said it ended its fiscal Q1 with 1,100 platformization deals and remains on pace to reach at least 2,500 such deals within five years.

    By • Nov. 21, 2024