Home Blog Page 323
A recent survey revealed that the uptick of macro malware in the first half of 2018 was due to Powload malware, which was circulated via spam emails. The researchers from the security firm Trend Micro stated that threat actors...
According to the latest report published by financial services trade association UK Finance, consumers in the United Kingdom lost £393.4m in 2018 to Internet and e-commerce fraud. The report titled Fraud: The Facts 2019 stated the surge in financial...
With the fabric of our society now defined by the technology we use, the issue of cybersecurity has become more important than ever. Time and again, major cybersecurity breaches have shaken up the world, serving as wake-up calls for...
Bison Trails, a new blockchain startup, recently raised an investment of $5.25 million in a seed funding round led by two early-stage venture capital firms Initialized Capital and Accomplice along with the participation from Notation Capital, Homebrew, Galaxy Digital,...
The content of nearly 26.42 million stolen online records from six different companies was kept for sale on the dark web for 1.2431 bitcoin (around $4,940). A Pakistani hacker, with an online name Gnosticplayers, compromised the data by hacking...
A leaky database, which is connected to an internet-facing server, exposed personal information of over 800,000 blood donors in Singapore. According to the Health Sciences Authority (HSA), the database was exposed to the Internet for nine weeks starting in...
A recent survey revealed that threat actors are using previously stolen login credentials to launch brute-force attacks on high-profile cloud-based business systems that use multi-factor authentication (MFA). According to the research by enterprise security firm Proofpoint, hackers are using IMAP-based...
Verifications.io, an enterprise email validation service provider, recently suffered a data breach that exposed more than 800 million customers’ personal data. The incident came into light after the security researcher Bob Diachenko, who worked with fellow researcher Vinny Troia,...
Determined AI, a deep learning management platform, recently raised $11 million in a funding round led by GV, formerly known as Google Ventures. The company stated the new investment will be used to expand its market reach and bring new...
The U.S.-based gaming and computer graphics firm Nvidia Corp. recently announced the acquisition of chip designer Mellanox Technologies Ltd for $6.8 billion to boost its data center and artificial intelligence business. Along with providing gaming chips, Nvidia also offers processors...