“Meow” seems to be on the prowl of unsecured Elasticsearch and MongoDB databases on the web. We’re not talking about cute, furry four-legged creatures. Rather, a new form of attack that is “fast and searches and destroys new clusters...
A joint research report from cybersecurity firms Balbix and Cybersecurity Insiders revealed that security professionals globally are struggling with a lack of visibility into cyberthreats related to endpoint devices, access privileges, and other key security controls. According to the...
The world is rapidly changing, and the evolution of technologies opens new ways to do business, where physical presence may not be a mandatory requirement for many jobs.
COVID-19 has expedited the process, where 88% of the organizations have requested...
In an indictment released on Tuesday, July 21, the U.S. Department of Justice has charged two Chinese nationals, Li Xiaoyu and Dong Jiazhi, for their alleged involvement in attempts of hacking and targeting companies that are testing and developing...
Device-to-cloud cybersecurity company McAfee Labs published its report “McAfee COVID-19 Threat Report: July 2020” that detailed the evolution of cybercriminal activities related to COVID-19 in Q1 2020. McAfee stated that it found an average of 375 new cyberthreats per...
Cybersecurity solutions provider F-Secure published a report detailing how attackers look for backdoors via counterfeit devices. In its investigation report, F-Secure stated that it discovered a pair of counterfeit network switches impersonating the Cisco network switches. The counterfeit devices...
COVID-19 has not only impacted global physical health, but also cyber health. The constant fixation on the Internet is indicative of the stalking behavior, and how perpetrators are using malicious online tactics to harass their targets. Digital security solutions...
With the exponential increase in the social media footprint on the internet, anti-social elements are finding newer ways of spreading fake news by exploiting social media platforms, manipulating algorithms and search engines with malicious intentions. The latest example on...
A research from Merritt Group stated that most CISOs value advice from their peers more than any source when shopping for cybersecurity vendor solutions.
The research report “Marketing & Selling To The CISO” revealed that 64% of CISOs admitted that...
An Argentine telecommunication services provider, Telecom Argentina, reportedly fell prey to a ransomware attack on July 18, 2020. The effects of the attack were first noticed when the Telecom’s employees started facing issues and lag in their systems while...
