McAfee released its Mobile Threat Report 2020, which found that hackers are using hidden mobile apps, third-party login and counterfeit gaming videos to target consumers. Last year, hackers targeted consumers with a wide variety of methods, from backdoors to...
BAE Systems, a British multinational defense, security, and aerospace company, awarded a five-year US$188.2 million contracts to provide the U.S. Navy’s AEGIS Technical Representative (AEGIS TECHREP) organization with critical large-scale system engineering, cybersecurity solutions, and testing expertise for the AEGIS...
Device-to-cloud cybersecurity company McAfee recently entered into a definitive agreement to acquire browser isolation company Light Point Security. As per the acquisition deal, employees of Light Point Security will join McAfee.
Founded by former NSA employees, Light Point Security protects...
UK’s Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has found Hong Kong-based air carrier Cathay Pacific guilty on various counts of data breach reported by the latter in 2018. Owing to this, Cathay Pacific has been asked to pay a data breach...
Mobile telecommunication company T-Mobile US, Inc. has revealed a security incident that compromised some of its customers’ personal information. In an official announcement, the company alerted customers about the attack against its email vendor that led to unauthorized access...
CrowdStrike Inc. the developer of cloud-delivered endpoint protection solutions, announced the release of the 2020 CrowdStrike Global Threat Report. Findings from the report indicate that during 2019, financially motivated cybercrime activity occurred on a nearly continuous basis. CrowdStrike observed...
This might be a disturbing news for those who highly rely on smart devices. A group of researchers at the Washington University discovered a new trick to attack smartphones via inaudible voice assistant commands. The researchers demonstrated how they...
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has notified patients, health care providers about a set of cybersecurity vulnerabilities mentioned as "SweynTooth." According to a statement from the FDA, attackers can exploit SweynTooth vulnerabilities to remotely crash devices, stop...
Cybersecurity firm Sophos is acquired by Thoma Bravo LLC, a private equity investment firm, in an all-cash deal of US$3.9 billion. Under the terms of the transaction, Sophos stockholders receive US$7.40 per share in cash. As a result of...
In its report titled “Mobile Malware Evolution 2019,” global cybersecurity firm Kaspersky Lab states that Nigeria is among the top 10 countries in the world where users are attacked by mobile malware. The report adds that Nigeria dropped four...
