Insider threats stories

Amidst escalating cyber threats, 60% of Australian businesses bolster cybersecurity jobs, reveals research by Trellix.

2024 Security Trends: Experts at Integrity360 Flag CTEM Rise, Cloud Reversal, AI Impacts, and Insider Threats.

Ethical hackers could vastly improve cybersecurity, preventing major attacks, according to the latest HackerOne report.

Flexxon's Xsign is an innovative hardware security solution that safeguards confidential data by only allowing access to verified users.

New research shows organisations are failing to address the issue of insider threats during a time when the risk is at its greatest.

Negligent insiders are the root cause of 56% of incidents while credential thefts have almost doubled and are the costliest to remediate. .

80% of global organizations have experienced employees misusing or abusing their access to business applications, according to a survey by CyberArk.

Organisations still operate with limited visibility of user activity associated with web applications, despite the risk of insider threats and credential theft.

The high profile cases of Edward Snowden and Chelsea Manning also provide an enduring yet often overlooked lesson about insider attacks.

Insider threats are costing businesses up to $2 million per attack, with brand reputation and disruption to operations being major consequences.

Bitglass senior director of marketing, Jonathan Andresen, discusses insider attacks and best cybersecurity solutions.

Exabeam and Code42 have partnered to offer a joint solution to help security teams detect and reduce risks from insider attacks.

61% of firms hit by insider attacks as cyber threats soar, finds Bitglass.

The solution employs behavioural analytics algorithms to find malicious user activities and automates the review of privileged account activities.

Proofpoint will hand over US$225 million as part of a new arrangement to acquire insider threat management platform ObserveIT.

While larger organisations and incidents hog the headlines, plenty of illicit activity is slipping under the radar – and staying there.

The financial services sector reported the second-highest number of data breaches in the 12-month period covered by the latest OIAC report.

While strengthening your organisation’s external defences with the latest tools and technologies makes sound sense, it’s only half a battle plan.

The biggest challenge for most external threat actors is gaining access to a target organisation, but insider threats already have this.

Insider threat is real, according to a new report that highlights employee behaviour around sharing corporate information.

Companies are too often hesitant to recognise, report or take action against employees who have become a threat to their organisation.

Cybersecurity professionals could be wasting as many as 10 hours per week on tasks because of software that isn’t fit for the purpose.

Korean insurance provider KB Life has taken on Darktrace machine learning technology to prevent cyber threats.

US insider threat and fraud detection vendor Securonix is eyeing up the Australian and NZ markets, as security breaches from within raise concerns.