In a rather unexpected act, the operators of the Darkside ransomware group donated $20K from their ransom amount to two nonprofits charities. The threat actors claimed that they are planning to make more donations like this in future.
According to...
For a world that is beset by numerous health and economic woes, one extra challenge seems anything but fair. But from the perspective of a cybercriminal, COVID-19 has opened a range of opportunities, a distraction that has caught victims...
IT security software and services provider ESET Middle East signed a strategic partnership deal with Credence Security to provide a series of specialized cybersecurity solutions, digital forensics, and GRC across the Middle East region. The new alliance creates additional...
Marking the National Cybersecurity Awareness Month (NCSAM), it is imperative that we assess the cybersecurity implications of COVID-19 and how several leaders had to expedite cloud migration plans due to the pandemic, and it is also important that we...
New Zealand’s Office of the Privacy Commissioner (OPC) launched a new data breach reporting tool “NotifyUs” to help organizations report data breaches and assess whether a security incident is notifiable or not.
The new online tool is launched ahead of...
A stack-based buffer overflow flaw in SonicWall Network Security Appliance (NSA) could affect nearly 800,000 SonicWall VPNs across the globe, if not patched. According to security researcher Craig Young from Tripwire VERT, the vulnerability CVE-2020-5135 can be exploited by...
What do Jeffrey Dahmer, Ted Bundy, Wayne Gacy, Dennis Rader, and Frank Abigail all have in common, aside from the obvious fact that they are all criminals? They are also all master manipulators that utilize the art of social...
Last week, Microsoft released the Patch Tuesday Update for October 2020. For the first time in seven consecutive months it fixed less than 100 vulnerabilities, 87 to be precise. The U.S. Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has taken...
Threat intelligence team from GreatHorn uncovered a series of ongoing phishing campaigns targeting users of Microsoft's Office 365 and Google's Gmail. The attackers are using imposter open redirector domains and subsidiary domains of various popular brands and sending tens...
Check Point Research, a global cybersecurity solutions provider, has published its Brand Phishing Report for Q3 2020. In its previous report for Q2 2020, Google and Amazon made it to the list of being the most impersonated brands. However,...
