The COVID-19 pandemic has brought to the fore the emergence of new cybersecurity threats to organizations of all sizes. It is worth noting that at a given time when the economic conditions of businesses have taken a beating, constrained...
A survey from cybersecurity firm Netwrix revealed that the public sector is extremely concerned about a variety of cyberattacks. Nearly 88% of government enterprises said that cloud misconfiguration is a top security threat, while only 25% said it was...
“Global Ethics Day” is celebrated on the third Wednesday of October across the world. This year it is celebrated on October 21, 2020. Founded by Carnegie Council in 2014, it was instated to inspire and make people aware about...
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...
