The phishing emails use a Microsoft logo within an HTML table, which is not analyzed by security programs, says Inky. Image: Getty Images/iStockphoto Cybercriminals who specialize in phishing campaigns are always inventing new tactics to sneak past traditional security tools. In a recent campaign discovered by email security provider Inky, attackers impersonating Microsoft are using a devious method to spoof the software giant’s latest logo. Released on Wednesday, Inky’s report “The Microsoft Table Logo Impersonation…

Hotspots, for those who don’t know, are points of internet connection, allowing you to access them. One you may be familiar with is the one found on your mobile device and the ones available at cafes, restaurants, hotels, airports, and other public places. Your phone, in this case, acts as a router. But is your phone having its hotspot open safe? And what about public Wi-Fi hotspots? The ones anyone can just enter? Let’s explore:…

Palo Alto Networks’ cloud-native security suite is getting a bundle of new features to automate VM security and add malware protection to CI/CD workflows, among others. Image: Palo Alto Networks Palo Alto Networks has announced a series of updates coming to its Prisma Cloud platform that the company said automatically protects cloud-hosted virtual machines and can “increase automation and detection, simplify compliance checks and deepen visibility into malware threats for containers and hosts.” Prisma Cloud…

Prisma Cloud Adds Industry’s First Comprehensive Cloud Native Attack Framework to Protect Hosts, Containers and Serverless SANTA CLARA, Calif., April 28, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Palo Alto Networks (NYSE: PANW) today is delivering innovations to Prisma® Cloud to help organizations ensure no workload is left unprotected. The new capabilities also increase automation and detection, simplify compliance checks, and deepen visibility into malware threats for containers and hosts. Additionally, Palo Alto Networks is unveiling the industry’s first cloud…

There needs to be a transformation in identity access management (IAM) as a result of digital acceleration during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to Tricia Phillips, sr director analyst, Gartner, speaking during the Gartner Identity & Access Management Summit – EMEA. Phillips firstly highlighted how lockdown restrictions had disrupted our everyday lives, including the way we work, parent, bank and socialize. This distributed world has had a major impact on cybersecurity, where “control and access has…

Cybersecurity spending across the US and Europe has surged over the past year, but so too have security breaches, from 38% to 43% of businesses surveyed by Hiscox. The insurer’s annual Hiscox Cyber Readiness report has become a useful gauge of how mature and effective organizations’ cybersecurity strategies are. This year the firm engaged Forrester Consulting to poll over 6000 such companies across the US, UK, Belgium, France, Germany, Spain, the Netherlands and Ireland. It…

The average payment to ransomware groups has surged by 43% over the past quarter, driven by the threat actors behind the Accellion attacks, according to Coveware. The security vendor’s quarterly report for Q1 2021 revealed that the average ransom was $220,298 during the period, with data exfiltration now a major extortion tactic present in the vast majority (77%) of attacks, up 10% from the previous quarter. Yet while most ransomware groups simply steal data for…