Half of cyberattacks are from repeat offenders

Half of attacks on organizations that caused severe business disruption were by repeat offenders according to a new study carried out by Ponemon for threat intelligence firm Team Cymru. What's more, 61 percent of the victims of these attacks say they were unable to remediate these compromises, leaving critical systems and data at risk. The survey queried almost 1,800 cyber security leaders and practitioners and only 35 percent of respondents say they are using their security analysts effectively, indicating a lack of maturity with regards to threat hunting. Threat hunting, particularly external threat hunting, has empowered more sophisticated security organizations… [Continue Reading]