A research report from CrowdStrike Inc., the developer of cloud-delivered endpoint protection solutions, revealed that eCrime activities and other malicious actions of state-sponsored actors have increased during the first half of 2020. The “2020 Threat Hunting Report: Insights from...
The U.K.’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) released a new “Vulnerability Reporting Toolkit,” which is intended to help organizations manage their vulnerability disclosure processes in a simplified manner. The Toolkit is helpful for all types of organizations that are...
Australia has been a hotbed for cyberattacks and the country’s Prime Minister, Scott Morrison, has been very vocal about it. Owing to the surge in cyberattacks, especially targeted towards the country’s critical infrastructure, Morrison recently allocated AU$1.66 billion (approximately...
Cybersecurity solutions provider Abnormal Security announced its strategic alliance with Microsoft to provide comprehensive cloud email security and other cybersecurity solutions to organizations. The partnership integrates Abnormal’s security platform with Microsoft Azure to further enhance existing capabilities for advanced...
In a bid to boost cybersecurity of the nation and to bolster information security talent, Taiwan would be establishing a cybersecurity excellence center in the country by 2022. A budget of NT$818 million (US$28 million) has been earmarked for...
The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Office of Management disclosed a data breach incident that exposed the sensitive information of around 46,000 veterans. In an official release, the authorities stated that one of the Financial Services Center’s (FSC)...
Belarus, the former part of the Soviet Union, has always had a political turmoil since gaining freedom in 1991. But currently, the unrest has reached a level higher as mass protests broke out from August 9, 2020, against the...
A new investigation from the consumer advocacy organization Which? has uncovered hundreds of critical security vulnerabilities on the websites of popular airlines, hospitality chains, and travel companies. Which? researchers and security experts from 6point6 evaluated the security of websites...
When it comes to cybersecurity, no organization can be 100 percent safe. Even organizations that use advanced security technologies may face problems with such key elements as people, business processes, technologies, and associated intersection points.
There are many methods that...
A recent vulnerability on Netlogon patched in the Microsoft August Patch Tuesday was a nightmare, reaching a CVSSv3 score of 10.0. The vulnerability dubbed as 'Zerologon,' also identified as CVE-2020-1472, could allow attackers to hijack the Windows domain controller....
