The notorious hacking group, OurMine, briefly took over the official Twitter handle of FC Barcelona and the International Olympic Committee’s (IOC) verified and blue ticked handle of Olympics. The hacking and corresponding account takeover occurred on February 16, 2020....
The U.K.’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) partnered with Girlguiding South West England to educate girl students on cryptography, language analysis, and digital forensics using real-life examples. Both the parties also jointly conducted CyberFirst events aimed at developing cybersecurity...
A new survey from University of Phoenix and the International Council of E-Commerce Consultants (EC-Council) found that 59% of surveyed companies with 100 or more employees plan to staff information security professionals in 2020. However, candidates in the job...
Mapua, a Philippines-based technology university, recently joined hands with the security firm Sophos Group to offer cybersecurity courses and training to university students. The new training alliance comes on the heels of a skills shortage in the cybersecurity sector...
The second annual cybersecurity month in Japan kicked off in the first week of February 2019. Following this, a slew of four high profile companies including Mitsubishi Electric, Kobe Steel, Pasco and NEC, having contracts with the Ministry of...
The Port Lavaca City Hall’s server was recently hit by Ryuk ransomware that apparently entered through the email system. The ransomware took down the local government’s server, the city’s billing and auto-pay systems, and disrupted other regular operations. However,...
The talk of the town, the next big thing, a revolutionary breakthrough – the 5G technology lives up to all these clichés. It captures the imagination with potential use cases capitalizing on the impressively high speed, low latency, and...
Amsterdam-California based firm Elastic partnered with Defending Digital Campaigns (DDC) to provide free endpoint security services to the upcoming 2020 U.S. presidential elections and congressional campaigns.
DDC is a non-partisan organization that provides low and no-cost security products and services...
Keysight Technologies, Inc., a technology company that helps enterprises, service providers and governments accelerate innovation to connect and secure the world, released the “Security Operations Effectiveness” survey showing that security professionals are overconfident in their tools with 50% of...
Cybersecurity experts stated that the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries will see an increase in state-sponsored cyberattacks or APTs (Advanced Persistent Threats), compared to other criminal activities in this year. According to Simone Vernacchia, Head of Digital and Cybersecurity...
