Cybersecurity researchers from ESET have discovered a new backdoor malware deployed by the scandalous Lazarus hacking group to target freight and logistic organizations in South Africa. Dubbed Vyveva, the malware is capable of performing certain backdoor functionalities like exfiltrating...
Digital technologies have become akin to lifelines to many companies, with the initial onset of the pandemic crippling many aspects of business activities and operations. In fact, 73% of Singapore businesses have ramped up digitalization efforts amid COVID-19, according...
Phishing attacks remain a severe threat to small and large organizations globally. It is the most common and popular technique for cybercriminals to pilfer user credentials, commit fraud schemes, and spread malware.
A Juvenile form of attack
Phishing attacks may...
IT security, cybersecurity, privacy, and data management are ranked as top challenges for the board of directors, corporates, oversight authorities, and IT audit functions. The digital transformation has greatly impacted the way businesses track, measure, and analyze risk across...
Ransomware attackers going after educational institutions is not new. Recently, the FBI’s Cyber Division issued an alert warning about an uptick in cyberattacks against higher education institutions and K-12 schools, delivering the PYSA ransomware. However, the ransomware epidemic now seems to have...
Security experts from Kaspersky identified a new strain of ransomware exploiting unpatched vulnerabilities in Fortinet VPN devices. Dubbed as Cring, the ransomware is targeting industrial sector entities to compromise and encrypt their network systems. Kaspersky stated that the operators...
On 24th August, 79AD, the eruption of Mount Vesuvius caught the 20,000 local residents of Pompeii off guard, burying the magnificent Roman trading town for the next 1520 years. Walking through the archaeological site today, we can’t help but...
In January 2021, the phone numbers of Facebook’s 533 million users went on sale on the online messaging platform, Telegram. Cybercriminals are known to leverage popular messaging platforms to sell the data exfiltrated during their malicious campaigns. However, to...
Online adversaries always advance their hacking techniques to enhance their attack vectors. Cybercriminal groups focus on different kinds of cyberthreats such as data breaches, malware, phishing, or Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks. According to the 2021 Cyber Security...
It seems like no online platform is immune to cyberattacks. Small or big, almost every internet-based enterprise has a data breach history. A few days after Facebook’s massive data breach news, LinkedIn data exposure is now making headlines.
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