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The U.S. Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) warned about threat actors targeting users with spoofed websites and domains to steal sensitive information. Attackers are using FINRA members' real names and images to trick users into believing that they are...
A new research from recruitment firm Robert Walters revealed that the cybersecurity sector has been witnessing a significant growth during the ongoing pandemic. The research report “Cybersecurity Building Business Resilience” highlighted that the funding for the cybersecurity startups in...
Free photos and graphics platform, Freepik has admitted it became a victim of a major security breach which may have affected over 8.3 million users. In a security alert, the company stated that hackers unauthorizedly obtained emails and hashed...
Marriott International encountered a London class action from millions of its former guests claiming compensation after their personal information was compromised in a massive data breach between 2014 and 2018. However, this was not the first time for the...
The U.S. law enforcement bodies, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), have in a joint advisory warned of a new attack/scam vector being used to target the remote workforce. Known as phone...
An investigation from AtlasVPN revealed that the U.S Military personnel have lost around $379.6 million to a range of fraudulent schemes from 2015 to June 30, 2020. According to the report, military staff have reported more than 680,000 complaints...
A research from industrial cybersecurity firm Claroty revealed that around 70% of the industrial control system (ICS) vulnerabilities discovered in the first half of 2020 can be exploited remotely. In its report titled “Biannual ICS Risk & Vulnerability Report,”...
The digital threat landscape is constantly changing. Such dynamism makes it impossible for security leaders to properly protect their organizations without formulating a carefully defined plan. They need a strategy through which they can adapt to new digital security...
A recent survey from cloud-based communication platform Twilio found that COVID-19 had sped up digital transformation by an average of six years. This is because, for several organizations, business continuity now depends on their digital capabilities. But alarmingly enough,...
Shortage of skilled cybersecurity professionals continues to be a major concern for most businesses in the U.K., which made 50% of enterprises to opt for outsourced cybersecurity services to protect their digital ecosystems and customer information. According to a...