According to Forrester, ZTE will be most helpful with securing and enabling remote workers while removing the difficult user VPNs. Image: iStock/ValeryBrozhinsky Remote work has unleashed an unprecedented wave of cyberattacks that have touched every industry and struck fear among all enterprises. In a new report, analysts from Forrester touted the Zero Trust Edge model as a way for organizations to unify networking and security infrastructure while also securing and enabling remote workers. SEE: Zero trust…

The UK government has welcomed draft decisions by the European Commission to grant the UK adequacy status for data transfers, but has urged a quick completion of the approval process. Published today, the draft decisions, which have followed months of discussions between the two parties, recognized the UK’s high data protection standards, paving the way for the free flow of data to continue from the EU to the UK. This relates to two areas, one…

Jack Wallen shows you how to gain a bit more security on your Linux servers by blocking users from adding cron jobs. Image: Pixabay You’re a new Linux admin and you’re familiar with how cron works. You’ve been tasked with hardening your Linux servers and one thing you’d like to do is prevent users from setting up their own cron jobs. After all, shouldn’t that task fall into your hands?  You certainly don’t want users…

DDoS attacks fell by almost a third (31%) in Q4 of 2020 compared to Q3, according to new figures from Kaspersky. The researchers believe this reduction is linked to the surge in cryptocurrency costs, with cyber-criminals increasingly turning their attention to cryptomining. Kaspersky statistics showed that while the number of cryptominers declined throughout 2019 and at the start of 2020, from August 2020, this form of malware has gone up slightly. With cryptomining becoming more lucrative, it…

Cybersecurity trends emerging from nearly a year of remote working were highlighted by a panel of experts during a RSAC 365 Innovation Showcase webinar. Robert Ackerman JR, founder and managing director, Allegis Cyber, described how the “virtualization” of organizations’ perimeters has significantly expanded the attack surface for cyber-criminals. He believes COVID-19 lockdown measures have accelerated this new perimeter by five years in the space of one, and encouragingly, there has been “a lot of innovation…

The Dark Web allows cybercriminals to create a Cyber Attacks-as-a-Service ecosystem that outmaneuvers security defenses. Here are tips on how businesses can try to thwart cybercrime. Image: gorodenkoff, Getty Images/iStockphoto A group at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) studied why cybercriminals are way ahead when it comes to technical innovation. Cybersecurity researchers Keman Huang, Michael Siegel, Keri Pearlson and Stuart Madnick in their paper Casting the Dark Web in a New Light, published in…

SANTA CLARA, Calif., Feb. 19, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Palo Alto Networks (NYSE: PANW), the global cybersecurity leader, announced today that members of its management team will be presenting at the following financial community event: Morgan Stanley Technology, Media and Telecom ConferenceTuesday, March 2, 20218:00 a.m. PST Additional information about upcoming investor event participation and a live audio webcast of each presentation will be accessible from the “Investors” section of the Palo Alto Networks website at…