Reports provide structured accounts of cyber incidents, vulnerabilities, and controls, helping readers assess security risks and responses.
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A report is a documented account of an event, investigation, assessment, or analysis, supported by evidence and presented for others to review. In information security, the term commonly covers incident findings, vulnerability research, threat-intelligence assessments, audit results, and surveys of security practices. A useful report states its scope, methods, evidence, timeframe, and level of confidence rather than presenting conclusions without context.
Reports help practitioners prioritize remediation, validate controls, and improve incident response, but their details require careful interpretation. A vulnerability report should identify affected versions, exploit conditions, and mitigation steps; an incident report should distinguish confirmed facts from assumptions and protect sensitive personal or investigative data. Threat reports may contain indicators of compromise that need verification before being used in detection systems. Reports used for compliance or executive decisions should preserve a clear evidence trail, since incomplete scope, outdated findings, or undisclosed conflicts can lead to misplaced security priorities.
The FBI said Friday afternoon it is investigating Chinese nation-state hacking into to commercial telecommunications infrastructure following a news report that Beijing actors targeted data from phones used by Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump and running mate, Ohio Sen. JD Vance.
A government report's criticism of the 100x metric often used to justify fixing software earlier in development fuels a growing debate over pushing responsibility for secure code onto developers.
Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed a security flaw impacting Amazon Web Services (AWS) Cloud Development Kit (CDK) that could have resulted in an account takeover under specific circumstances
A new Fortinet FortiManager flaw dubbed "FortiJump" and tracked as CVE-2024-47575 has been exploited since June 2024 in zero-day attacks on over 50 servers, according to a new report by Mandiant. [...]
It may come as a surprise to learn that 34% of security practitioners are in the dark about how many SaaS applications are deployed in their organizations. And it’s no wonder—the recent AppOmni 2024 State of SaaS Security Report reveals that only 15% of organizations centralize SaaS security within their cybersecurity teams. These statistics not only highlight a critical security blind spot,
45% of security breaches in the energy sector in the past year were third-party related, according to a report by Security Scorecard and KPMG
The trend toward remote working over the last several years has bred all kinds of tools intended to help us improve productivity and facilitate easier, faster digital communications with colleagues. So why does workplace productivity still feel impossible to achieve? Unfortunately, email—one of the most integral vehicles for business communication—is also one of the biggest drains on employee time and energy. According to data from Microsoft, employees spend as much as 8.8 hours each week checking and responding to email. And while many email communications are essential, one recent report found that nearly half of all emails are spam or other unwanted mail.
AI tools are being used to launch over half a million cyber-attacks daily on retailers, according to a new report
Long-lived credentials in the cloud put organizations at high risk of breaches, a report from Datadog has found
As TSMC defends itself against report it may have helped Huawei Tesla has denied it was involved in illegal-map making activities in China after Beijing asserted an unnamed foreign firm working on a smart car project had done so – and even stolen state secrets – through a collaboration with a local business.…