For a legion of cybersecurity experts from across the globe, CISO MAG hosted a Fireside Chat with Dr. Erdal Ozkaya on the topic, “AI: The Ultimate Weapon in the War against Cyber Criminals.” Dr. Ozkaya is a an award-winning CISO...
With the surge in the number of data breaches, experts opined that small businesses must evaluate their data security measures. As employees are working remotely during the pandemic, cybersecurity for small businesses become especially critical. According to a new...
Three British private equity firms were duped into making bank transfers worth £1.1 million (around US$1.3 million) following a sophisticated Business Email Compromise (BEC) attack, according to Check Point’s newly released threat report. Check Point’s Incident Response Team (CPIRT)...
With over 5,000 suspected emails flagged and more than 80 malicious campaigns taken down, NCSC’s Suspicious Email Reporting Service (SERS) is a success on its launch day itself. The service was launched on Tuesday, April 21, 2020, as part...
The World Bank recently ranked Ghana ninth out of 11 countries in Sub-Saharan Africa that are vulnerable to cyberattacks. It is said that South Africa is the first country in Sub-Saharan Africa with the highest security vulnerabilities. Kenya and...
In the first part of this series, I wrote about some ways to secure home networks, password creation guidelines, two-factor authentication, and mobile security. In this article, I will cover application security and OS security. As we’re becoming more...
Data breaches are unfortunate events in present digital lives. Billions of people have had their personal data exposed as data leaks increase in scale. Apart from a spectrum of collateral damage and hefty fines, the data breaches also cause...
Cybersecurity leaders from the FBI said certain state-backed threat actors broke into the U.S. research institutions, which are working on COVID-19-related research, according to a Reuters report. Tonya Ugoretz, Deputy Assistant Director at FBI and head of the bureau’s...
The cybersecurity of many businesses worldwide has been in question since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, as threat actors have used it to leverage various malicious attacks. However, the concerns seem to have elevated, as national and international...
An unsecured database is a reason for yet another major data breach incident. Researchers at vpnMentor found an open database, which belongs to fitness tech company Kinomap, exposing 42 million records (40GB data) of its users for at least...
