Cyberattacks on airlines always seem to have a hard landing. The recent victim of airline attacks is Thailand-based Bangkok Airways. The airline company admitted that it suffered a security incident that disrupted its IT operations and compromised its users’...
Authorities from the FBI are warning about a new ransomware group, tracked as Hive, which was behind the recent attacks on multiple health care systems. The Hive ransomware gang took down IT systems at Memorial Health System, disrupting health...
Under the prevailing circumstances of the pandemic, IT assets are no longer present behind the safe confines of corporate firewalls. Rather, they are dispersed and extend into the homes of employees. And organizations use a blend of cloud environments...
Two decades back, most of the tasks related to web application security were conducted by quality assurance teams. These professionals were responsible for ensuring that the application was safe from cyberattacks and data breaches. In the era of rapid...
Sensitive financial data remains a primary target for cybercriminals. Adversaries often target sensitive financial data such as credit/debit card numbers, CVV, and other bank details to compromise and trade on darknet forums. Threat actors obtain credit card data or...
Cyberattacks via unsolicited emails remain an effective attack vector as threat actors continue to evolve their phishing techniques. Adversaries are quick to adopt new phishing lures and develop advanced malware variants. Social engineering and email attacks are often the...
An email subject line catches a user’s interest. The user clicks through and gets compromised. This is a classic phishing attack; it remains one of the biggest threats we face. Billions of spam emails are sent every day and...
A new ransomware variant has been making the rounds in the cyberthreat landscape. Security experts from Sophos uncovered new ransomware dubbed LockFile targeting victims with a new kind of intermittent encryption technique. The researchers stated that LockFile operators are...
From data privacy violations to fake applications, WhatsApp has been in the news for various reasons since the beginning of 2021. The popular instant messaging service provider has sustained a new kind of malware attack lately. A threat analysis...
As businesses and government organizations face increasing risks of cyber threats in the digitalization era, the interest to learn ethical hacking programs has increased. The demand for these courses will only escalate in the future as organizations are taking stock of their cybersecurity strategies and increasing the...
