Researchers have found that cyberattacks surged by 50% year over year in 2021, peaking in December due to a log4j exploit frenzy. Millions of Log4j targeted attacks have been recorded per hour since the bug was detected last month. The result was a global peak of 925 cyberattacks per week. Source: CPR Now in the
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Ransomware is an ever-evolving type of malware. It is designed to encrypt files on a device and corrupt the device or system that depends on the files. The cybercriminal may encrypt the classified data or block access to the system itself. Later, they will ask the victims to satisfy their demands or threaten them with
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With the uncertainty brought by the pandemic, businesses need to check on their governance, risk, and compliance framework. According to the 2019 State of Enterprise Risk Management, 62% of the surveyed organizations have experienced a critical risk event for three years. Such risks are inevitable, which is why governance, risk management, and compliance must be
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Apache Log4J vulnerability (CVE-2021-44228) commonly known as “Log4Shell,” is a zero-day vulnerability that was first discovered on December 9, has earned a CVSS score of 10 which is the highest possible severity level. Everything from the cloud to developer tools and security devices is affected by the Log4j vulnerability with warnings that it could provide
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