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By Tilo Weigandt, co-founder, Vaultree Data is everywhere and anywhere, and as a result, data management is out of control. Once a user or customer has signed up for a service or purchased a product, they usually have no idea about where their data is being stored, with whom it is shared or how it is secured. The adoption of cloud services – while very beneficial in many ways – have made it nearly impossible…

Some of the most effective tricks used for social engineering attacks are being overlooked or underestimated. That’s according to security vendor Proofpoint, whose 2022 Social Engineering report concluded that many companies mistakenly assume that cybercriminals are unwilling or unable to use tactics such as extended conversations, legitimate services and hijacked email threads in order to dupe their targets into opening malware and following phishing links. Proofpoint, which specializes in tools and services to counter…

Organizations are still neglecting to secure their supply chains, according to panellists at a session during Infosecurity Europe 2022. Panel chair and security consultant Peter Yapp warned that fewer than 10% of organizations have reviewed their suppliers’ security. “Attacks on the supply chain will only increase,” he said. Firms face a growing volume of attacks on their software vendors, and managed service providers. Criminal groups are following the lead of nation-state actors in using the…