Microsoft discovered 71 new ransomware families in first half of 2017
Microsoft recently came out with its Security Intelligence Report which highlighted a global increase in ransomware. The researchers discovered 71 new families of ransomware...
Critical security flaw in Apache Struts puts Fortune 100 companies at risk
A team of security researchers at LGTM recently discovered a security flaw in Apache Struts that allows hackers to easily breach an affected server...
77% of educational institutions are not prepared for IT risks: Survey
Netwrix Corporation, provider of a visibility platform for data security and risk mitigation in hybrid environments, recently announced the release of its 2017 IT...
More than 700 million email addresses leaked by misconfigured spambot
A misconfigured spambot leaked more than 700 million email addresses and millions of passwords in a massive data breach. Considered to be one of...
OurMine group hacks WikiLeaks to answer “Hack Us” challenge
The anonymous hacking group OurMine recently hacked WikiLeaks, the data-leaking site owned by Julian Assange. The users of the website were redirected to a...
Cyber attack on IT marketplace CeX; two million customer records stolen
In a recent cyber attack on second-hand electronics dealer CeX, the hackers may have stolen personal details of as many as two million customers....
