The pandemic forced school and college students to rely on various e-learning mobile applications to help them with their education. However, most of these e-learning apps are allegedly harvesting students’ information and sharing it with third-party vendors, without users’...
Researchers at Check Point found a vulnerability in Qualcomm’s mobile station modem (MSM) chips, which are trusted with cellular communication in nearly 40% of the world’s Android phones. Researchers said, “If exploited, the vulnerability would have allowed an attacker...
Exercise equipment company, Peloton, is facing severe criticism after it failed to protect its users’ personal information. Cybersecurity researcher Jan Masters discovered a vulnerability that allowed anyone to make unauthenticated requests to Peloton’s API and pull users’ activity details...
On Tuesday, May 4, Belgium faced a widespread internet outage when the country’s leading internet service provider (ISP), Belnet, was reportedly bombarded by multiple waves of DDoS attacks.
DDoS Attack on Belnet
According to Belnet’s security update, the first wave of...
Today is World Password Day. A day meant to remind everyone about the importance of protecting themselves through strong passwords. World Password Day is an annual observance that falls on the first Thursday of every May, also meant to...
Passwords – the most common and effective authentication method to securely log in systems and keep data secure – have now become a potential security risk, making our data vulnerable more than ever before. Despite security awareness and training,...
Cyberattacks can have a long-lasting impact on organizations in many ways and on many levels. Consumers lose trust in the companies’ security standards if they fail to protect their personal information. Citizens may even lose confidence in government institutions...
The last year has seen most of us adopt new ways of working, collaborating, communicating, and shopping, as well as changing our entertainment habits.
By Jeffrey Kok, VP, Solution Engineers, Asia Pacific and Japan, CyberArk
Consumer
We have more accounts with more...
Keeping a close eye on the rising number of phishing attacks on Australians amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, in September 2020, Telstra launched a pilot project to block phishing texts in association with the Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC) and...
The U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) released a security advisory addressing the National Security System (NSS), the Department of Defense (DoD), and the Defense Industrial Base (DIB), detailing ways to evaluate risks and improve the security of connections between...
