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Data also shows Kali Linux modules cracking malware top ten list and a dramatic year-over-year increase in overall malware volume.

The report uncovered that 99% of misconfiguration incidents in public cloud environments go undetected, exposing companies to data loss.

A follow-up study by Independent Security Evaluators uncovered 125 vulnerabilities in 13 IoT devices, highlighting ongoing and widespread security lapses.

Enterprise networks and communications service providers (CSPs) need attack mitigation as DNS patch adoption creates new threats.

Over 50% of incident response requests in 2018 were made after significant damage had already occurred, says Kaspersky's latest report.

According to Kaspersky data, 232,292 unique users were targeted by such attacks – 46% more than a year ago, in Q2 2018 (158,921).

Barracuda's research uncovered fresh insights into how these popular attacks are evolving and the tactics used by cybercriminals to try to make them successful.

35% of respondents claim that the blue team never or rarely catches the red team, while 62% say they are caught occasionally or often.

Threat actors are quick to try and exploit new vulnerabilities when they emerge, before organisations have had the chance to patch them.

Cyber-adversaries are becoming more sophisticated in their obfuscation and anti-analysis practices to avoid detection.

Ransomware attackers are targeting large, ill-prepared public and private organisations with easy-to-exploit vulnerabilities.

The report demonstrates how the line distinguishing pentesting exercises from actual threat actor behaviour has thinned.

Check Point's mid-year report highlights a 50% rise in mobile banking malware attacks, yet cryptominers see a decline in activity in 2019.

CrowdStrike's latest report highlights the urgent need for speed in cybersecurity, ranking nation-state actors by their breakout times in real-life intrusions.

Gartner recognises Proofpoint as a leader in security training for the sixth year, highlighting the company's top-notch solutions in cybersecurity awareness.

Hackers have launched 12 billion credential stuffing attacks on gaming websites from Nov 2017 to Mar 2019, says Akamai's 2019 report.

Each year, Bitglass conducts research on the state of enterprise cloud security in order to identify key trends and common vulnerabilities.

Businesses are rapidly investing in AI for cybersecurity, with 69% believing they can't combat critical threats without it, says Capgemini study.

Unauthorised access, insecure interfaces, misconfigurations and account hijacking named as the biggest vulnerabilities in the public cloud.

New report by Positive Technologies exposes top threats to web apps, with data theft as the prime attack vector.