The State of Louisiana took a huge hit in the past year with a large volume of cyberattacks recorded since July 2019, including Louisiana’s municipal and government offices; the Sheriff’s office, and even public-school systems. Owing to this spate...
The U.S. Departments of Defense (DoD), Department of Energy (DoE), and Department of Homeland Security (DHS) have agreed to jointly work on a new initiative “Energy Sector Pathfinder”, which is intended to protect the U.S. Energy Critical Infrastructure and...
It was recently reported that the U.K.’s cybersecurity market is currently worth £8.3 billion (approximately US$10.8 billion), witnessing an annual increase in revenue in the cybersecurity sector by 46 percent. The sector also received more than £348 million (approximately...
Grammy Award nomination is a prestigious affair for its nominees and cybercriminals are using this opportunity to abuse them by spreading malware through their songs. Kaspersky researchers have found a staggering 39 percent rise in attacks which includes attempts...
In late April 2019, researchers from Cisco Talos came across a strain of ransomware that raided a web server. The entry point was a remote code execution vulnerability in Oracle WebLogic Server software discovered about a week earlier. The...
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has collaborated with major cybersecurity participants in Nigeria to build a robust cybersecurity ecosystem to protect the country’s Information and Communication Infrastructure (ICT) networks. Until now, the commission initiated nationwide cybersecurity awareness campaigns to educate security...
A threat intelligence report from security firm Dragos recently uncovered “EKANS” ransomware targeting industrial control systems (ICS). Researchers said EKANS is the first kind of file-encrypting malware intended to infect the network systems that control operations in manufacturing environments.
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Ireland is among the leading EU member states when it comes to uptake and use of digital technologies (ranks 7 out of the 28 EU member states in the European Commission Digital Economy and Society Index 2019). This...
The Philippine Government stepped up its efforts to strengthen its cybersecurity landscape, in order to protect its energy sector from foreign intruders. The decision comes in the wake of concerns raised by the country’s lawmakers about the unauthorized access...
The World Health Organization (WHO.) has declared the outbreak of 2019 Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) a public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC). However, hackers and threat actors are taking huge advantage of the fear and panic the virus has...
