Moving from Human Error to Human Firewall
Cybersecurity experienced multiple challenges in 2020. Rapid digitalization and the new normal — work from home — brought new opportunities as well as risks....
Ransomware Attacks in 2020! These are 4 Most Affected Sectors
From a local food retailer to a multi-national company, ransomware attacks continue to loom over cyberspace. Ransomware operators target victims by encrypting their sensitive...
4 Times Data Regulators Slapped High Penalties in 2020
Apart from information leaks and reputation damage, data breaches cause a huge financial impact on organizations globally. Ever since the General Data Protection Regulation...
From Data Leak to Dark Web: What Happens to Your Stolen Credit Card Data?
There might be various cybercriminal activities operating online, but stealing users’ sensitive information and peddling it on darknet markets is the primary activity for...
Beware! Fake COVID-19 Vaccines Circulating on Dark Web
As the world begins preparations to deploy a vaccine for the Coronavirus, law enforcement authorities in the U.K. are warning about imposter vaccine versions...
Mikko Hyppönen is CISO MAG Cybersecurity Person of the Year (2020)
CISO MAG Cybersecurity Person of the Year recognition honors some of the biggest cybersecurity personalities. These are individuals who have, over the years, been...
5G Adoption Comes with Its Own Share of Security Apprehensions: Research
While 5G technology is taking the world by storm with its incredible high speeds and low latency, several organizations have their own set of...
Money Mule Activity Surges Amid Unemployment, FBI Warns
The FBI issued a warning about online scammers targeting unemployed youth in the U.S. by recruiting them into their cybercriminal activities. Various threat actor...
21-Year-Old California Cybercriminal Jailed for Nintendo Proprietary Info Theft
The U.S. District Court in Seattle, on December 1, 2020, sentenced 21-year-old Ryan S. Hernandez aka Ryan West, to three years of imprisonment. The...
Egregor Ransomware Hits HR Agency Randstad
Popular staffing company Randstad has suffered a ransomware attack in which threat actors stole unencrypted files from its network. In an official release, the...
