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Google recently announced the increase in bug bounty rewards, making them more lucrative to security researchers. The search engine giant stated that it has raised the bounties for Chrome and Google Play bugs. Google launched the vulnerability rewards program in...
Russia becomes the latest victim of a hacking attack that compromised the country’s Federal Security Service (FSB). According to the official statement, the hackers allegedly gained access to 7.5 terabytes of data from a major contractor Sytech. The incident exposed...
Sectigo, a provider of purpose-built and automated PKI management solutions, recently announced its partnership with computing technology firm NetObjex. Sectigo offers enterprises purpose-built and automated PKI management solutions to secure websites, connected devices, applications, and digital identities. NetObjex is an...
Microsoft says it has detected more than 740 intrusion attempts by state-sponsored attackers last year targeting the U.S.-based political parties, campaigns, and other democracy-focused organizations, who are subscribed to Microsoft's AccountGuard service. The Microsoft AccountGuard provides free cyber threat detection...
The Federal Trade Commission and Consumer Financial Protection Bureau have fined Equifax for around $700 million following a massive data breach in 2017 that leaked a massive amount of information of more than 143 million people in the U.S....
The mid-market businesses in the UK have lost around £30 billion ($37 billion) in the past 12 months due to security breaches. A research from business and financial adviser Grant Thornton UK LLP discovered that cyber-attacks are a present...
We may be in 2019, but that doesn’t mean that the world’s biggest brands have prepared themselves for the massive threats to cybersecurity. One of the biggest data breaches last year was the attack on Marriott International. Since then,...
The U.S.-based telecommunications firm Sprint recently revealed that hackers broke into customers’ accounts through a Samsung.com "add a line" website. In a letter to its customers, Sprint said the attack occurred on June 22, 2019, and compromised customers’ sensitive information,...
The U.S. President Donald Trump recently voiced his opinion on cryptocurrencies, mentioning Bitcoin and Libra specifically. Trump posted his comments in a series of tweets on July 11. “I am not a fan of Bitcoin and other Cryptocurrencies, which are...
Drake did it, the Jonas Brothers did it, it has also broken the internet. Millions are uploading photos of their future aged versions using the FaceApp. Thanks to the aging challenge that’s doing rounds on Instagram, Facebook and several...