Cyber Threats Articles

Healthcare providers are particularly prone to cyberattacks due to the type and importance of the information they process. We’re going to look at why healthcare organizations are attacked, the dangers inherent in these attacks, and how to enhance cybersecurity with an XDR solution.

Most SMBs have valuable enterprise data resources and IT environments that need to be protected. While the headlines may concentrate on data breaches and exploited vulnerabilities affecting larger companies, falling victim to a cyberattack can be devastating.

We are going to look at the ways generative AI is poised to positively and negatively impact cybersecurity. As the technology matures, it will be incorporated into defensive cybersecurity solutions. Unfortunately generative AI will also provide new opportunities that can be exploited by cybercriminals and threat actors.

We are going to look at how behavior analytics can be used to help identify threats to the environment that escape detection from traditional cybersecurity measures. Effective use of behavior analytics can improve an organization’s security posture and better protect it from threat actors.

Failing to adequately protect the facility housing a company’s hardware and employees presents a different category of risk. It can also offer an additional attack vector through which malware can be introduced to the environment.

Whaling is a targeted form of spear phishing that focuses on an organization’s high-profile targets and senior executives. It is a type of cyberattack that entices the target into performing a secondary action that can be extremely detrimental.

Smishing is a form of phishing that employs SMS text messages to entice the victim into divulging sensitive information or clicking on a malicious link. The outcome of a successful smishing attack can be identity theft, compromised credentials, or malware delivery.

Polymorphic malware is malicious software with the ability to change its identifiable characteristics as it traverses an IT environment or system. Typically this involves techniques such as changing encryption keys or file names to modify its signature.

2023 promises much on the horizon with regard to the development of new technologies, innovations, and gadgets. As always, novel threats often lurk in uncharted territory, and this is especially true within the cyber landscape. What are the things to look out for in 2023 to ensure you stay protected from cyberattacks?