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Vendor risk management (VRM) is a big problem. Vendors are cybercriminals’ favorite avenue of attack. 61% of the U.S. organizations experienced data breaches caused by third-party vendors. And these breaches can damage a company’s reputation and stock price. By Mike...
The Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) temporarily halted operations after discovering two cyberattacks on its systems where attackers exploited thousands of stolen usernames and passwords to illegally obtain government services and to compromise Canadians’ data, as reported by CBC. The attacks...
Diners visiting the popular Ritz hotel in London were left with a sour aftertaste as scammers posing as “extremely convincing” hotel staff stole their payment card details. The potential data breach indicates the possibility that this incident may have...
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced the seizure of three cyber-enabled terrorist financing campaigns, involving the al-Qassam Brigades, Hamas’s military wing, al-Qaeda, and the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIS).  This is the U.S. government’s largest-ever...
Recently, the largest cryptocurrency, Bitcoin, rose to more than $12,000 in trading value, which is its highest level since August 2019. The price swings of cryptocurrencies are erratic, attracting both investors and cybercriminals. Since its inception in 2009, there...
Remote working has raised many concerns for businesses of all sizes.   By Stevie Nicks, Digital Editor at Just Another Magazine How do you retain a high standard of workflow? How can you keep your team connected and open to collaboration when...
Despite investments in security modernization and layered security controls, cyberattacks are consistently occurring - particularly during the COVID-19 crisis, as businesses operate with highly distributed workforces and security limitations related to remote working. Attackers continue to successfully infiltrate corporate...
The researchers from Check Point discovered critical security flaws in Amazon’s Alexa virtual assistant platform that could allow threat actors to obtain users’ personal information or spy on user activities remotely by tricking them into clicking a malicious link....
The researchers at Group-IB, a Singapore-based cybersecurity company, have found that a Russian-speaking APT group, RedCurl, has been sniffing through the corporate networks since May 2018 and stealing insider information like employee data and company trade and financial secrets....
Cybersecurity company FireEye, announced that it is making its private bug bounty program public, with a focus on business applications and corporate infrastructure security. The company stated the bug hunting event is open to all security researchers and ethical...