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En la última edición de los CIO 100 Awards celebrados en España (el 11 de diciembre de 2024) resultaron premiados los ejecutivos Juan Antonio Relaño, de Bosch, y Olga Forné, de Abertis, como el mejor CIO y CISO del año, mientras que las distinciones a la mejor empresa y administración pública recayeron en ING y la Consejería de Salud de Cantabria. En este amplio suplemento especial realizado por el equipo editorial de CIO y su…

If the mission of cybersecurity is to protect the organization from losses to cybercriminals, we are in deep trouble. Over the past year there has been a dramatic increase in the average ransomware payment made by victims or ransomware attacks, an increase that exceeds 500%. RISK & INSURANCE, a leading media source for the insurance industry, revealed that in 2023 the median ransom demand increased to $20 million from $1.4 million in 2022, and payments…

A newly uncovered phishing campaign is targeting mobile users with advanced social engineering tactics and malicious PDF files designed to compromise sensitive data. The campaign, which impersonates the United States Postal Service (USPS), employs a never-before-seen obfuscation technique to deliver its malicious payload. Breaking Down the Campaign Identified by Researchers at Zimperium, the campaign uses SMS messages to spread a malicious PDF file containing a suspicious link. This link redirects users to a fake website designed…

Software as a Service (SaaS) breaches surged by 300% from in the 12 months from September 2023 as traditional security measures fail to prevent such attacks. This according to new findings by Obsidian Security, which observed that sophisticated cybercriminal groups and nation state actors are now focusing on SaaS platforms to steal sensitive data. Generally, organizations are increasingly relying on SaaS applications for critical operations. These breaches serve multiple objectives, including financial gain, espionage and…

As cybersecurity platforms have become more effective, cyber attackers have shifted their strategy. Rather than challenging defense applications to identify weaknesses, they are now increasingly focused on exploiting human behavior. Their primary method for enacting this updated strategy is phishing. Phishing attacks have increased at an alarming rate in recent years, with reports showing a 58 percent increase in global phishing attacks from 2022 to 2023. The most probable reason for the increase is that phishing remains…

Most CISOs plan to enhance their crisis simulation capabilities in 2025 to better prepare for potential full-scale cyber crises, according to a new study by Hack The Box. Of the 200 UK and US-based CISOs surveyed, 74% said they plan to increase their crisis simulation budgets in 2025.  According to Hack The Box, this decision reflects growing concerns around rising attack volumes, lack of incident response planning and inadequate stress-testing of crisis scenarios.  These concerns…

Jason Richardson is the chief digital officer of Serco Asia Pacific, which provides a wide array of services — including IT systems integration and management, engineering, and facilities management — to governments and private organizations throughout the region. In a recent interview, he described why his group is embracing a cloud-based artificial intelligence (AI)–powered management platform and discussed its strategy for transitioning to a modern, agile environment. Q: What IT issues did your organization want…