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

An analysis of around 2,000 WannaCry samples from 2018 shows they were adapted to bypass the famous kill switch, but unable to encrypt data.

Kaspersky's Global Privacy Report 2018 reveals that 39.2% of users trade private data for increased safety, with many freely sharing social media details.

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

Adobe's latest report reveals over 75% of NZ businesses lack adequate MarTech capabilities due to insufficient investment in talent and appropriate training.

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

The research, which comprised a series of qualitative interviews and a quantitative survey, identified three key barriers.

Global cyber attacks on medical devices have dropped since the WannaCry ransomware, but the Asia Pacific region sees no such decline, warns Kaspersky.

Attackers could theoretically pull in an estimated $1.6 million annually by leveraging this attack model, which began about two years ago.

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

McAfee Labs saw an average of 504 new threats per minute in Q1 and a resurgence of ransomware along with changes in campaign execution and code.

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.

Sophos report reveals APJ companies face cybersecurity challenges due to lack of expertise and inadequate employee training, urging a shift in approach.

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.

A report found small businesses are paying a hefty price to scammers; on average losing $38,845 and recovering much less than half.

Australia's small businesses are excelling in digital engagement, with 55% reaching high or advanced levels, up from 39% in 2017, Deloitte reports.

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.