Security pros stated rebooting a computer after a ransomware attack could lead to restarting a crashed file-encryption process and cause potential loss of encryption keys stored in memory. Instead, the victims should hibernate the computer or disconnect it from...
Libarchive is a default compression library that is optimized for reading and writing compressed archive files in a single go. It means that Libarchive can process large archive files that cannot be stored on a disk and instead process...
The Australian government recently announced that it’s going to spend AU$8.5 million to create a national freight data hub. The government stated the new data hub helps businesses and governments make better operational decisions.
"A well-designed hub will improve access...
The Government of Nunavut is the latest victim of a sophisticated ransomware attack. In an official statement, the Premier of Nunavut, Joe Savikataaq, stated he noticed a new and advanced type of ransomware that affected their network systems across...
The number of reported data breaches in Canada increased by six times after the country implemented a new breach-reporting regulation.
The new regulation, the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA), went into effect on November 01, 2018. As...
By Joshua Blackborne
Cyberattacks have become a part of the reality of doing business in today’s digital landscape. Almost every company relies on computers, digital tools, and the internet these days, and this leaves us all exposed to cyberthreats.
Hackers and...
Cybersecurity research firm FireEye revealed that nearly 51 percent of organizations don’t believe that they’re capable of handling threats like cyberattacks or data breaches.
In its latest report, FireEye Cyber Trendscape Report 2020, FireEye stated that it surveyed over 800...
Enterprise cybersecurity and compliance company, Proofpoint, recently announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire ObserveIT in an all-cash deal for US$ 225 million. The California-based company stated that the new acquisition helps the company to...
It seems that Russia wants to build its own Internet Firewall platform to monitor internet traffic in the country through government servers. The Russian government recently launched its controversial “Disconnect from the Internet” Law.
According to the reports, the new...
BlueKeep, a critical remote code execution flaw, has been spotted by security researchers for the first time in the wild to launch a mass hacking operation.
The BlueKeep flaw exploitation was predicted by security researcher Kevin Beaumont recently when his...
