What We Can Learn from Microsoft’s Cybersecurity Nightmare
Microsoft reported around 250,000 victims, after hackers bypassed authentication measures via zero-day exploits.
The Remote Workforce Isn’t Going Away. Neither Are Cybercriminals.
With remote work here to stay, the mainframe could be exposed to a host of risks. IT teams need to ensure that no one can break-in.
Intelligence-Driven Threat Hunting is the Best Way to Protect the Mainframe
A more active defense strategy for security analysts, threat hunting is an iterative process, based on a hypothesis, to detect threats that have already evaded your system but remain hidden
Ransomware Put Mainframe Security in the Spotlight, but There’s More to Learn
Ransomware put cybersecurity on the map in a way few other security threats have. Pervasive and dramatic attacks brought cybersecurity into the limelight.
Where Do Reluctant Attitudes Toward Mainframe Security Come From?
The security threats we’re dealing with today are worlds apart from what was common decades ago. External hacking threats are constantly evolving and becoming more sophisticated, and as mainframers implement [...]
What Are the Categories of Mainframe Vulnerabilities?
Here at KRI, we’re focused on helping businesses take control of their mainframe security. A large part of that means developing and improving our vulnerability detection technology. It’s also important [...]
The Conspiracy of Silence: A Q&A with Mainframe Researcher Phil Young
Having worked in mainframes for decades, I’ve had a front-row seat to one of the industry’s most persistent problems: its attitude toward mainframe security. For a long time, the common belief has been [...]
A Common Mainframe Vulnerability is Hiding in Plain Sight
By Ray Overby Could your mainframe security practices be putting your organization at risk? Mainframe vulnerability management is notoriously overlooked, and there’s one common mainframe threat that most businesses aren’t [...]
How many threats hit the mainframe? No one really knows
Like any other system, mainframes are subject to ransomware attacks, cybersecurity threats, and code-based vulnerabilities that leave them open to serious exposures, but many CIOs, CISOs and security professionals aren’t aware of these risks.