Steganography, an ancient practice of hiding secret content and text messages inside non-suspicious messages, is being increasingly used by cybercriminals to attack the businesses around the world, according to a recent research by the Kaspersky Lab. The attackers are...
Israeli startups are currently on track to break the previously held fundraising record of $4.8 billion. The total value of funding received by the Israeli startups has already touched $2.3 billion during the first six months of 2017. This is...
In a major cyber breach, hackers have reportedly broken into the American television network HBO and subsequently leaked the forthcoming episodes and scripts of popular TV show “Game of Thrones.” New episodes from other shows including “Ballers” and “Room 104”...
In a recent announcement, Ontario-based content management company OpenText said it is all set to acquire Guidance Software as a fully owned subsidiary for an overall price of $240 million in a deal that is expected to close by...
Belfast-based cybersecurity firm B-Secur, the creator of a software that can turn human heartbeat pattern into an ID, was able to secure £3.5 million in investments from multiple investors in the United Kingdom and Ireland, including Accelerated Digital Ventures...
In the recently held 2017 Black Hat conference, the Chief Security Officer (CSO) of Facebook Alex Stamos reprimanded the security industry for being more concerned about the technological aspect of a cyber attack rather than being focused on finding...
The European police and Kaspersky Lab conducted a study that reported, “Ransomware has soared since 2012, with criminals lured by the promise of profit and ease of implementation.” According to Kaspersky Lab, “total number of users who encountered ransomware...
A recent study by researchers at Google, Chainalysis, UC San Diego, and the NYU Tandom School of Engineering has revealed that the victims of ransomware attacks have collectively paid more than $25 million as ransom in the past couple...
To accelerate the commercialization of cybersecurity products in India, the country’s government organizations Technology Development Board (TDB) and Data Security Council of India (DSCI) have entered a partnership. The two organizations would be working to come up with a...
Digital economy training company Simplilearn and cyber security leader EC-Council announced their partnership to bridge the growing skill gap in cyber security, one of the fastest-growing careers in the U.S. and globally. Simplilearn now offers the same EC-Council 'Certified Ethical Hacking' course used...
