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,...
Japanese companies, Pasco Corp. and Kobe Steel, rendering services to the Japanese armed forces, disclosed a possible data breach that took place in May 2018 and June 2015, followed by a second attempt in August 2016, respectively.
Pasco Corp. is...
The FBI recently discovered a potential Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack that targeted state-level voter registration and information site, according to the federal body’s Private Industry Notification (PIN) obtained by Bleeping Computer.
It’s said that the voter registration and...
In April 2019, with a view to prevent abuse, Google engineers showed the desire to block certain HTTP file downloads that load via an HTTPS URL. The proposal has finally materialized and shall soon be rolled-out in six phases,...
The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) recently published a new set of cybersecurity standards, known as the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) version 1.0. The new standards will require defense companies to adhere to a set of rules and...
This might be a piece of great news for purists and enthusiasts of both worlds—cybersecurity and automotive. British automaker McLaren, credited with gifting the world the likes of F1, P1 and the Senna, signed a multi-year partnership with AI...
With rising global competition in the cybersecurity market, Israel is dealing with a decline in the cyber startups ecosystem, according to Zohar Rozenberg, Vice President (VP) of Cyber Investments at Elron and RDC. Rozenberg, who has been elemental in...
SpiceJet, India’s low cost and privately owned airlines, suffered a data breach due to an unsecured database that contained personally identifiable information (PII) data of 1.2 million fliers. According to TechCrunch, a security researcher from U.S. discovered the flaw...
