Security researchers from vpnMentor discovered a massive data breach (estimated 7.26 million), which exposed records connected to India’s mobile payments app BHIM (Bharat Interface for Money). The website in question (www.cscbhim.in.) was developed by developed by a company called...
The new survey report from Information Systems Audit and Control Association (ISACA) states that organizations with understaffed cybersecurity roles and teams are less confident in their ability to respond to threats and are exposed to a greater number of...
Researchers at Promon, a cybersecurity firm better known for its in-app security protection, had earlier discovered a vulnerability in the Android operating system named “StrandHogg”. This vulnerability enabled cybercriminals to hijack legitimate apps and perform malicious operations. But having...
Cybercriminals are known to leverage global phenomena for personal gain, be it the elections or the Olympic Games. And COVID-19 is no different. Scammers are using the pandemic to capitalize on a public scare that is already dire.
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Microsoft has warned organizations globally about a new type of data stealing Java-based ransomware dubbed “PonyFinal”. The tech giant described the malware as human-operated ransomware, which is distributed in an automated way by attackers.
“PonyFinal is a Java-based ransomware that...
Cybersecurity research firm Cyble recently disclosed that threat actors kept details of 80,000 credit cards on the darknet forum for sale in exchange for cryptocurrency. It was found that the stolen credit card details include both Visa and MasterCard...
A new survey report from the Canadian Internet Registration Authority (CIRA) revealed that most Canadians refuse to provide their personal information to access free online services.
The report “2020 Canadians Deserve a Better Internet Report” disclosed that except online banking...
CISO MAG hosted its fourth webinar in its Fireside Chat series with Bryan Ware, Assistant Director for Cybersecurity, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), Department of Homeland Security (DHS). In this role, Ware leads CISA’s mission of protecting and...
It is almost impossible to monitor a cybersecurity news cycle without reading about another organization experiencing a breach caused by an exploited third-party vendor vulnerability. For example, 1 million of healthcare provider Kaiser Permanente’s health records were exposed by...
Australia’s AFL fan website is the latest victim of a security breach where private data of 70 million users’ were compromised. Researchers from SafetyDetectives stated that they found around 132GB of data from a leaky Elasticsearch database including private...
