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Email Remains The Biggest Vulnerability, According To A Survey - Ever since email came into
existence in the 1990s and the high level of awareness of the risks involved, 94% of the
organizations surveyed said that it was still a major vulnerability. At the same time, email threats are
expected to increase in the coming year, according to 87% of the 280 decision-makers in Europe, the
Middle East and Africa polled by security firm Barracuda, with 75% reporting a steady increase in
email attacks in the past three years. Email threats are expected to increase in the coming year, and
according to 87% of decision-makers in Europe, Africa and in the Middle East have confirmed that in
the last 3-years 75% report a stable email attack.

Source: https://hackercombat.com/email-remains-the-biggest-vulnerability-according-to-a-
survey/

Vietnamese hacking group has a ‘Swiss Army knife’ of tools at its disposal - A set of remote access
tools used by Vietnam’s top hacking group remained largely undetected for years despite their
reliance on sloppy code and other hacking techniques that fall short of the group’s normally high
standard, according to research published Monday by BlackBerry Cylance. The OceanLotus group,
also known as APT32, has gained notoriety in recent years for using carefully crafted tools to breach
companies with business interests in Vietnam, particularly in the manufacturing and hospitality
sectors. But use of the newfound remote access trojans (RATs), known as Ratsnif, is out of character
for OceanLotus, a technically advanced group that projects power in cyberspace in support of
Vietnamese interests.

Source: https://www.cyberscoop.com/apt32-vietnam-blackberry-cylance/

“Cloud Apps Make Us Targets” Say 49% of Companies - IT decision makers believe the most likely
reasons their organization may suffer a cyberattack are insecure infrastructure including Internet-of-
things (IoT) devices (54%), web portals (50%) and cloud applications (49%), a recent survey by
Thales found. The research also indicates that companies are increasingly recognizing the
importance of a CISO. In fact, 38% of firms appointed someone to perform this role in the last year
because of growing worries over data breaches.
Source: https://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/cloud-apps-make-us-targets/

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