A research from cybersecurity firm Keeper Security revealed that lack of cybersecurity resources and strategies lead to an increase in the number of cyberattacks on financial institutions. It is found that 69% of financial organizations globally have suffered a...
A database of an infamous darknet forum called WeLeakData.com was breached, exposing private messages of malicious actors who used the site. Cybercriminals used WeLeakData.com for discussing, trading, and selling databases that are stolen during breaches and combo lists used...
Toward the end of his recent webinar with CISO MAG, hacker, security researcher and CISO, Chris Roberts took questions from the audience on the security needs for contact-tracing apps surrounding the COVID-19 cases. He said, “I want to believe tracing...
Weak data sharing security controls are keeping several organizations in the education sector at risk of data security incidents. A research from cybersecurity firm Netwrix revealed that the ongoing remote learning due to the COVID-19 pandemic is increasing the...
Cybersecurity news: While the world struggles with the impacts of COVID-19, cybercriminals see it as an opportunity. Since February, IBM X-Force has observed a 4,300 percent increase in coronavirus-themed spam. While organizations worry about newly pressing concerns—workforce well-being, shift...
Nuspire, a Managed Security Services Provider (MSSP), recently announced its “Quarterly Threat Landscape Report Q1 2020” that detailed the cybercriminal activities, tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) during the first quarter of 2020. The research found that cybercriminals have been...
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and the broader U.S. government released a list of the top ten commonly exploited security vulnerabilities between 2016 and 2019. The agencies issued a security alert...
Cybersecurity firm Sophos recently announced the findings of its global survey “The State of Ransomware 2020,” which revealed that paying ransom for data decryption post a ransomware attack is far more expensive. The research said that the total cost...
With the growing proliferation of COVID-19 also comes an increasing potential for phishing campaigns as threat actors capitalize on the changing dynamics around remote work. Exploits including ransomware that can expose passwords, and data or attack vectors launched through...
Websites of the Texas Supreme Court and the state’s appellate courts remained shuttered after being hit by a ransomware attack. The attack affected websites of key Texas judicial organizations including the Office of Court Administration (OCA), which provides IT...
