This year's Open Source Security and Risk Analysis Report analyzed the anonymized data of more than 1,200 commercial codebases from 2018. According to the report, managing open source risk continues to pose a significant challenge for industry. The Synopsys Cybersecurity Research Center produces the report, and found that 96 percent of the code … [Read more...] about Security Is Now A Concern For Open Source Software
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Report States Bots Account For 20 Percent Of Web Traffic
How much of the web's traffic would you estimate to be fake, if you had to guess? The answer to that question might surprise you. According to the 2019 Bad Bot Report published security firm Distil Networks, the answer is just over twenty percent. 20.4 percent to be precise. More than one fifth of all traffic on the web is … [Read more...] about Report States Bots Account For 20 Percent Of Web Traffic
Hackers Are Now Using Remote Desktop Services For Ransomware
Ransomware continues to be the weapon of choice for hackers around the world, but their distribution methods are evolving. Recently, a new strain of the ransomware known as CryptoMix was found in the wild, sporting a new distribution methodology. Hackers are beginning to target publicly exposed remote desktop services and installing their … [Read more...] about Hackers Are Now Using Remote Desktop Services For Ransomware
