Closing the Critical Skills Gap for Modern and Effective SOCs
July 30, 2020
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Twitter Hack of High-Profile Accounts Raises a Lot of Questions, But Most Have Yet to Be Answered
Strange things started happening on Twitter toward the end of the U.S. business day on July 15. A number of famous people began posting what appeared to be a crude “Bitcoin doubling” scam: Bill Gates, Kanye West, Elon Musk, Jeff…
Read MoreJuly 28, 2020
Why Security Professionals are Facing More Work Stress
Security professionals often face a host of stressful factors as they strive to do their jobs. Lately, the coronavirus pandemic and the resulting shift to remote working have added more strain to an already challenging role. But even under normal…
Read MoreJuly 28, 2020
93% of Security Professionals Lack the Necessary Tools to Detect Security Threats, According to LogRhythm Report
LogRhythm today announced the release of its report, The State of the Security Team: Are Executives the Problem? The surprising primary findings include 93% of security professionals lack the tools to detect known security threats, and 92% state they are still in need of the appropriate preventative solutions to close current security gaps.
Read MoreJuly 28, 2020
LogRhythm CSO: Put Visibility & Monitoring at the Center of Cybersecurity Strategy
The remote work model kicked cybersecurity projects into an overdrive, yet organizations are struggling to build reliable defenses against cyber threats. LogRhythm’s CSO & VP James Carder lays out how the pandemic is helping accelerate cybersecurity awareness and why CISOs…
Read MoreJuly 27, 2020
Cozy Bear Targets COVID-19 Vaccine Research Centers
The same threat group is well-known for its sophisticated attack on the U.S. Democratic National Committee in 2016 and the hackers often employs advanced spear-phishing and custom malware campaigns (as reported in the New York Times). The Russian government has refuted the…
Read MoreJuly 24, 2020
DNA Companies Vulnerable to Phishing, Privacy Violations After Attacks
There are potential privacy law and regulatory ramifications at stake as well, particularly now that the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) is actively being enforced. James Carder, chief security officer and VP at LogRhythm,said the GEDmatch incident “will be an implicit test of CCPA and…
Read MoreJuly 24, 2020
LogRhythm Releases Version 7.5 of NextGen SIEM Platform and New Open Collector Technology
“Organizations produce more data today than ever before, so security teams need comprehensive visibility across their environment,” said Sue Buck, chief technology officer of LogRhythm. “But we also don’t want the amount of data needed for full visibility to ultimately overwhelm…
Read MoreJuly 22, 2020
IoT: In Healthcare, We Call it “I uh-oh T”
Healthcare uses broad and diverse “Internet of Medical Things” devices in caring for patients. IoT medical devices include items as diverse as patient monitors, blood refrigerators, and linear accelerators used for radiation therapy. An average patient comes in contact with…
Read MoreJuly 22, 2020
LogRhythm Releases Version 7.5 of NextGen SIEM Platform and New Open Collector Technology
LogRhythm today announced the launch of version 7.5 of the LogRhythm NextGen SIEM Platform, as well as the inaugural release of its Open Collector technology. LogRhythm 7.5 provides enhanced analyst workflow experiences and visibility, while Open Collector simplifies the process of onboarding cloud data sources for more holistic monitoring.
Read MoreJuly 22, 2020
