Cyber Risk Modeling firm Kovrr recently raised US$ 5.5 Million in a financing round led by venture capital firms StageOne Ventures and Mundi Ventures, along with the participation from Banco Sabadell and other private investors. The Tel-Aviv based company...
Cybersecurity and Defense company Trend Micro recently revealed a 265 percent increase in Fileless Attacks in the first half of 2019 when compared with the same period in 2018.
A Fileless Attack, also known as a zero-footprint attack or non-malware...
In what can be considered a sophisticated Vishing attack, cybercriminals used voice-mimicking software to imitate a company’s CEO voice to trick the other party into transferring €220,000 (US$ 243,000) to their account, the Wall Street Journal reported.
According to an...
Cybersecurity has now become a concern for the board room and the rest of the hierarchy. According to new research by Infosys Knowledge Institute (IKI), the research arm of Infosys, titled ‘Assuring Digital-Trust’ nearly half i.e. 48 percent of...
An unprotected server hosting a database leaked millions of Facebook users’ phone numbers online. According to TechCrunch, the server wasn’t password-protected, allowing anyone to access the Facebook database.
The database contained more than 419 million records of Facebook users across...
A recent cybersecurity audit revealed that four out of five schools in the United Kingdom have suffered a security incident like phishing, malware, and ransomware attacks. And many of these attacks were conducted by the schools’ students and staff.
The...
Security experts revealed that more than half of modern Android smartphones, including models by Sony, LG, Samsung, and Huawei are vulnerable to a text-based phishing attack.
According to security firm Check Point Software Technologies, malicious actors are using fake phone...
Google recently announced the launch of its new Developer Data Protection Reward Program (DDPRP) and the expansion of Google Play Security Reward Program (GPSRP), which are intended to detect and mitigate data abuse issues in Chrome plugins, Android apps,...
Internet of Things (IoT) startup Astrocast recently secured US$ 9.2 million (€8.3 million) in a Series A round of funding. The Swiss startup said the new proceeds will help it accelerate the production of IoT modules and the deployment of...
Cybersecurity experts stated that using someone else charging cable might bring threats to your mobile devices. Attackers could exploit charging cables/cords to access sensitive information from the victim’s mobile.
According to security professionals, hackers could implant Malware into charging cords...
