As modern enterprises incorporate more BYODs (Bring Your Own Devices), shadow IoT devices will become an ever-growing risk factor to enterprise network security, suggested a new research from Infoblox, a provider of cloud-managed network services. The study stressed that...
Testing, inspection, and certification services provider TUV Rheinland released its seventh annual report on Cybersecurity Trends for 2020. The report discusses several key cybersecurity trends such as attacks on smart supply chains, medical equipment and exploitation in real-time operating...
Maastricht University (UM), in a press release, revealed that it has paid a ransom of 30 bitcoins for unlocking the servers and systems compromised during a large-scale ransomware attack in December 2019.
Here's What Happened
On December 24, 2019, Maastricht University...
Security experts from Unit 42, a threat intelligence unit of Palo Alto Networks, recently discovered a Kuwait organization’s webpage used in a security exploit. The researchers stated that the webpage contained a hidden image which was observed between June...
Toll Group, Australia’s logistics giant, was targeted by a cybersecurity incident that compromised around 1,000 systems affecting local and global deliveries across the country. As per the findings of the experts from the Australian Cyber Security Center (ACSC), the...
Cybersecurity firm Tripwire recently announced the results of its survey that examined how organizations and security pros are experiencing skills gap issues. The survey findings, based on the responses from 342 security professionals, revealed that 83 percent of respondents...
The social media accounts of social networking and technology giant Facebook were temporarily compromised by a hacking group named OurMine. The incident came to light after the hacking group posted on Facebook’s official Twitter and Instagram accounts, However, it...
A research study from cybersecurity firm SonicWall revealed that cyberattacks on web applications increased by 52 percent in 2019. The research report, “SonicWall Cyber Threat Report”, stated that attackers targeted web applications to obtain financial and personal information from...
The small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) in the U.K. revealed that potential cyberattacks and malware infections trigger severe concern than staffing or cash flow issues. According to a research report, “Securing Growth: How cyber risks among smaller U.K. companies...
Telkom SA, a leading telecommunications service provider in South Africa, is placed in the Category 4 of the Cyber Exposure Index (CEI) with an exposure score of 269.61 (for January 2020). Owing to the high risk of cyber exposure,...
