Governments, businesses, and various other entities are constantly monitoring the internet for various reasons. While at times their activities make sense, most of their programs are immoral and unethical because they don’t involve user consent. With data becoming a...
Security researchers from Griffin Law discovered that HSBC bank customers in the U.K. are being targeted by a new smishing campaign, which is intended to trick them into entering their bank login credentials.
The researchers stated that the smishing attack,...
It seems Google’s Play Store did not hear the joker laughing. Confused? Yes, it is true! An old yet familiar malware family, the Joker malware, has been found to be secretly hiding out in legitimate Google Play applications. According...
A latest survey from cloud security firm Bitglass revealed that the surge in remote work has encouraged businesses globally to embrace BYODs (Bring Your Own Devices) concept in the workplace.
According to the survey “2020 BYOD Report”, 69% of businesses...
Security experts from risk protection solutions provider Digital Shadows found threat actors trading more than 15 billion usernames and passwords, including over 5 billion unique credentials on various hacking forums.
In its security investigation study, “From Exposure to Takeover,” Digital...
The situation for China-based social media company TikTok seems to be getting grim by the day as the U.S. Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo has already made it clear that the country is “looking at” options to ban TikTok...
A research from technology firm Honeywell revealed that the severity of USB threats to operational technology (OT) systems doubled over a 12-month period, with the number of threats capable of disrupting OT systems rose from 26% to 59%.
The research,...
A cloud security survey by cybersecurity firm Sophos revealed that 70% of organizations suffered at least one public cloud security breach in 2019, including other security incidents like ransomware attacks (50%), compromised accounts (25%), exposed data (29%), and cryptojacking...
A survey report from KnowBe4, a provider of security awareness training for social engineering, spear phishing and ransomware attacks, revealed that rising ransomware attacks on municipalities continue to impact state and local governments across the U.S.
In its report “The...
The Middle East region has often been quick to embrace emerging technologies and comprehensive countermeasures to fortify its cybersecurity prowess. The scenario was not very different even during the time of the COVID-19 pandemic. With the heightened need for...
