Hackers succeed more to stay undetected in a corporate network
The number of Kerberoasting identity attacks has increased almost sixfold in the past year. Legitimate RMM tools, in turn, are being used three times more by hackers. Above all, these trends seem to show that hackers are looking for ways to fool around unseen in a corporate network for a longer per... Read more
Kaspersky: ‘Companies lack knowledge on how to handle data breaches’
Kaspersky notified 258 companies worldwide last year that their private data was being offered for sale online. The voluntarily made up initiative revealed that many companies handle data breaches incorrectly. During Kaspersky's NEXT 2023, we took some time to talk with the lead researcher behind t... Read more
NTT report: ‘cloud technology most important for customer experience’
Customer experience (CX) and employee experience (EX) are top priorities for organizations. This is because organizations see a strong link between CX, EX and their net profits. Interestingly, organizations believe that cloud-based technologies will significantly impact these top priorities, not AI... Read more
Kubernetes best practices often not followed
Research from software vendor Fairwinds points to a number of ongoing problems regarding Kubernetes. In the Kubernetes Benchmark Report 2023, the researchers focus on a number of core issues: reliability, security and cost-effectiveness. What stands out most is that 2022 shows worse numbers in some... Read more
Zscaler’s latest report raises red flags about ransomware
Despite consistent efforts to thwart it, ransomware remains a persistent problem for businesses and consumers worldwide.
Zscaler has released its latest report titled ThreatLabz 2022 Ransomware Report. The study has revealed the number and scope of ransomware attacks has grown unabated, generati... Read more
‘Automation delivers cost savings and competitive advantage’
Appian has released its Automation Maturity Index. This tool allows companies in the financial sector to investigate how their use of automation compares to other large companies.
The tool is based on a survey that Appian conducted in conjunction with Longitude, a Financial Times company. 500 C-... Read more
Growth in cloud usage accelerates
More and more companies are making the switch to a cloud-based infrastructure, according to a new report.
The research was conducted by CloudCheckr, a cloud visibility management platform. The company surveyed more than 300 IT professionals and stakeholders working at companies with more than 50... Read more
SAP: attackers only need 72 hours to turn patch into exploit
SAP warns its users to be quick about installing security patches. The company claims that attackers are able to reverse-engineer the patches at lightning speed, with the result that unpatched systems are extra vulnerable.
This is the conclusion of a report drawn up by SAP together with security... Read more
‘Businesses get stuck on integration, costing them millions’
Integration remains a problematic obstacle for many companies. IT teams spend more than a third of their time on integration projects, costing companies millions in labour costs.
This was revealed in the 2021 Connectivity Benchmark Report by Mulesoft, a company that specialises in integration so... Read more
‘Over half of ransomware victims pay the ransom’
More than half of users who fall victim to ransomware decide to pay the ransom. However, only around a quarter of all victims actually manage to recover their lost files.
This is shown in research by security company Kaspersky. The company asked 15,000 people around the world about their experie... Read more