In 2017, the Australian Signals Directorate (ASD) updated its list of mitigation strategies designed to help organisations reduce the risk of unauthorised access and minimise the exposure of sensitive information in case of a breach. In this new version, the directorate extended its core policies known as the Top 4 to encompass eight essential mitigation strategies. This paper seeks to provide assistance with privileged access security under these new guidelines.

This paper takes a look at a smaller Ransomware family that has not received as much press as the other bigger ransomware families.

This report looks at China’s evolving approach to integrated strategic deterrence. Drawing on a variety of Chinese military writings, this report explores the origins of this concept, how it relates to Chinese development of counter-intervention capabilities, and how Beijing’s assessment of its external security environment influences its requirements.

This report provides key takeaways that can inform both executive stakeholders and security professionals how to respond to intrusions more effectively. Most importantly, it offers recommendations that organizations can implement proactively — right now — to improve their ability to prevent, detect and respond to attacks.

This report takes a look at cyberbreach responses and gives guidance as to what might be the best way to respond to a cyberbreach.

This report contains observations from DDoS attack attempts in Q2 2017 and Q3 2017, as well as comparisons against previous quarters. The data represents the frequency and sophistication of DDoS attacks that organizations face today.

This whitepaper explains the trends and developments in computing that have made host-based behavioral analysis and exploit interception necessary elements of computer security and provides an overview of the technology and methodology used by DeepGuard, the Host-based Intrusion Prevention System (HIPS) of F-Secure’s security products.

This paper takes a look at cloud sandboxing and how that can be used to protect governments from Ransomware.

This report is focussed on providing insights based on events in 2017.

To determine real-world costs posed by DDoS attacks in 2014, Incapsula commissioned a survey to gauge real organizations’ experiences with them. By compiling these statistics, they hoped to provide some perspective. Additionally, they wanted to underscore the importance of investing in a truly impenetrable mitigation solution.

This report, out of Great Britain, focuses on the WannaCry Cyber Attack and what they learned in their investigation.

This report presents the results of an in-depth primary market research survey of cyber security decision-makers in small to mid-sized businesses in the United States, conducted during August and September 2017. The goal of their research was to understand how SMBs, undertake decision-making in the context of their internet security, how they evaluate security solutions, and their budgetary concerns.

This report takes a look back at 2017 and a look forward to 2018. It focuses specifically on malware attacks.

Released in 2017, this report details the cyberthreats that Minerva dealt with in 2016.

This article from the UK discusses ways that organizations can protect themselves from future Malware attacks.

This Quarterly report offers key takeaways from the third Quarter of 2016. Those takeaways come from Email, Exploit Kits, Web-Based Attacks, and Social Media and Domain Research.

This report from Symantec gives a variety of information about ransomware. It gives an overview, discusses the factors driving the growth and persistence of ransomware, infection vectors, platforms affected, the major ransomware families and finally, how businesses are going to be impacted.

This paper details the history and abilities of Ransomware, and where it is headed in the coming years.

This report focuses on software vulnerabilities, software vulnerability exploits, malware, and unwanted software. It is the hope that readers find the data, insights, and guidance provided in this report useful in helping them protect their organizations, software, and users.

This report takes a look at how cyberattacks impact the utility industry.

This report presents the results of a survey undertaken in the United States, Canada, Germany and the United Kingdom on ransomware and related issues. The survey was conducted during June 2016 with 165 organizations in the United States, and 125 each in the other nations for a total of 540 surveys completed.