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...
In its latest research, cybersecurity solutions provider Trend Micro revealed how advanced hackers could leverage unusual and new attack vectors to disrupt smart manufacturing units. For the research, Trend Micro collaborated with Politecnico di Milano in its Industry 4.0...
As per the reports shared with ILNA news agency, Ports and Maritime Organization’s systems (PMO) recently faced a failed attempt of cyberattack. Although the cybercriminals were able to gain access to private operating systems installed at the Strait of...
A security researcher at the Eindhoven University of Technology, Bjorn Ruytenberg, have discovered that Thunderbolt-equipped computers contain vulnerabilities that could leave millions of computers exposed to “Thunderspy” attacks. Ruytenberg revealed that he found seven vulnerabilities in Intel's Thunderbolt port...
Working within dispersed teams is often part and parcel of a CISO’s job. In fact, before COVID-19, 7% of Americans were working remotely either part or full-time, according to the 2019 National Compensation Survey from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. But...
Security researchers from Atlas VPN found nearly 404 million malware infections during the last 30 days (in April 2020) globally, which is over 10 million cases per day. According to the data compiled by Atlas VPN, more than 64%...
