Tag: cyberthreats
Here’s the Top Security Threat for Educational Institutes
A survey from cybersecurity firm Netwrix revealed that most educational institutions have become increasingly concerned about cyberattacks after the transition to online learning due...
Egregor: A Spin-off of Sekhmet Ransomware
Researchers from cybersecurity firm Appgate uncovered a new ransomware variant “Egregor” targeting organizations globally to encrypt files that hold sensitive information. The researchers stated...
Small Businesses are Not Prepared for Evolving Cyberthreats: Report
A survey from the Nationwide Agent Authority, a provider of diversified insurance and financial services, revealed that most of the businesses and consumers in...
Paying Ransom is Now Illegal! U.S. Dept of Treasury Warns
The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) announced that paying ransom to cybercriminals is now illegal. In an official...
CYBER WARFARE: The Fight Beyond Enemy Lines [INFOGRAPHIC]
Digitization has helped businesses immensely, especially, in the ongoing pandemic. It has allowed robustness through business continuity, remote working capability, and online supply chain...
Top Cyberthreats to Financial Service Providers
With so much banking being done online, financial service providers are no stranger to cyberthreats. However, the recent COVID-19 pandemic is being blamed for...
HP Device Manager Susceptible to Dictionary Attacks
Security experts from IT giant HP announced that it has discovered multiple security vulnerabilities in certain versions of its HP Device Manager, a software...
Data Breach Affected 2Mn Users of Indian E-Learning Platform Edureka
Security researchers from SafetyDetectives discovered an unsecured Elasticsearch server belonging to an Indian e-learning platform Edureka, which exposed the personal information of around 2...
4.83 Mn DDoS Attacks Reported Globally in H1 2020
Organizations globally encountered over 4.83 million distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks in the first half of 2020. According to a research from Netsount, cybercriminals attacked...
Digital Revolution! 90% of Enterprises Increase their Digital Transformation Budgets
A survey from the Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), a provider of IT services globally, revealed that around 90% of organizations are increasing their digital...
