Summer: A Time for Vacations & Cyberattacks?

[TechWeb]( Follow Dark Reading: [RSS]( July 12, 2019 Top!Top?elq_mid=91912&elq_cid=22844169 LATEST SECURITY NEWS & COMMENTARY [Summer: A Time for Vacations & Cyberattacks?]( About a third of cybersecurity professionals believe that their companies see more cyberattacks during the summer, but the survey data does not convince on the reasons for the perception of a summer bump. [APT Groups Make Quadruple What They Spend on Attack Tools]( Some advanced persistent threat actors can spend north of $1 million on attacks, but the return on that investment can be huge. [Data Center Changes Push Cyber Risk to Network's Edge]( Changes in fundamental enterprise architectures coupled with shifts in human resources mean that companies are considering new risks to their infrastructure. [How to Catch a Phish: Where Employee Awareness Falls Short]( Advanced phishing techniques and poor user behaviors that exacerbate the threat of successful attacks. [Persistent Threats Can Last Inside SMB Networks for Years]( The average dwell time for riskware can be as much as 869 days. [Most Organizations Lack Cyber Resilience]( Despite increasing threats, many organizations continue to run with only token cybersecurity and resilience. [The Security of Cloud Applications]( Despite the great success of the cloud over the last decade, misconceptions continue to persist. Here's why the naysayers are wrong. [Software Engineer Charged for Taking Stolen Trade Secrets to China]( Xudong Yao reportedly stole proprietary information from his employer and brought it to China, where he is believed to currently reside. [Monroe College Hit with Ransomware Attack]( All campuses are affected, with attackers demanding $2 million in Bitcoin in exchange for decryption keys. 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