By Rudra Srinivas
If there is a thing or two that we can learn from the year that went by, it is the fact that our data is never safe and can be compromised at any given point. All sorts...
By Joshua Blackborne
The world is going mobile. Statista reports that mobiles account for more than half of the global online traffic including 48 percent of all web page views, 62 percent of all video plays, and 64 percent of all...
Researchers noticed a huge database containing email addresses and passwords left online without password protection.
A joint investigation by cybersecurity firm Comparitech and security researcher Bob Diachenko revealed that a database of more than 2.7 billion email addresses exposed online,...
Security experts have observed that Android app makers have not patched the old security flaws, many of which even dates back to 2014. According to Check Point Software Technologies, most of these vulnerabilities exist in popular Android apps on the Google...
“Big Data” – In recent times, these two words are enough to get people all excited. However, the first word, “Big” doesn’t mean that big data is limited to just “bigger” companies or for organizations catering services to even...
It’s that time of the year when CISO MAG editors get together to reminisce about all the big news and events that occurred during the year. Last month, our editors created a rundown on everything that happened—the good and...
Complete Technology Solutions (CTS), a Colorado-based IT services provider to oral-care practices, have reportedly been affected by a “Sodinokibi” ransomware attack.
According to security researcher Brian Krebs, attackers installed Sodinokibi on computers at more than 100 dentistry businesses that rely...
By Rudra Srinivas
Data breaches and security incidents are becoming increasingly expensive. The risk of data breaches got higher after introducing the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) on May 25, 2018.
The year 2019 has already seen organizations slammed...
Electronics manufacturer Panasonic recently described how it boosted its Internet of Things security by connecting them to internet honeypots. The company stated that it’s using two specially developed honeypot sites to lure cybercriminals into attacking its connected home appliances like fridges...
They say “Bad things come in threes.” Well, its 300 million in the case of Airtel, India’s third-largest Telecom Network provider. Airtel said that it has fixed a serious security flaw present in its mobile app’s API that allowed...
