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Malware-free attacks surged in 2024 as attackers drop malicious software for legitimate tools
Cyber attacks leveraging trusted services to conduct malicious activities are becoming the norm, according to new research, as malware takes a backseat among hackers. CrowdStrike’s 2025 global threat report found a shift towards malware-free attack techniques was one of the defining trends shaping the threat landscape in the past five years. The report stated that 79% of CrowdStrike’s threat detections…
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Software security debt is spiraling out of control – remediation times have surged 47% in the last five years, and it’s pushing teams to breaking point
Software security flaws are taking longer to fix than ever, new research shows, with remediation times having grown by 47% in the last five years. Statistics from Veracode’s 15th State of Software Security report show the average time it takes an organization to fix a vulnerability has risen from from 171 days in 2020 to 252 days today. This marks…
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Data center hardware spending surged last year
Last year saw record worldwide spending on data center hardware and software – and the boom is set to continue. Spending grew by a third, according to analysis from Synergy Research Group, but while there was growth across the board, the rise was mostly down to a 48% jump in spending on public cloud infrastructure, which now accounts for 55%…
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Fake CAPTCHA attacks surged in late 2024 – here’s what to look out for
A new variant of social engineering attack using fake CAPTCHA pages to deceive victims has spiked in the last few months, security experts have warned. Recent analysis from cyber specialists Reliaquest revealed criminals were leveraging fraudulent CAPTCHA pages that mimic trusted services like Google and Cloudflare to trick users into running malicious scripts on their machines. Although the campaign was…
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Open source malware surged by 156% in 2024
The growth of open source malware has continued apace in 2024, according to new research, with cyber criminals taking advantage of the proliferation of open source software. A report from software supply chain management firm Sonatype found there was a 156% increase in malicious packages identified on open source repositories over the past year. Sonatype has identified 778,529 malicious open…
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