Tag: information security
Cookery Writer Jack Monroe Loses £5,000 in SIM-Swap Attack
Jack Monroe, a popular food blogger and activist, recently revealed that she lost about £5,000 (around US$ 6,395) from her bank account after being...
Security Flaw in Sudo allows Users to Run Commands on Linux...
Security researchers discovered a security bypass vulnerability in one of the most widely used Linux commands, the Sudo.
According to researcher Joe Vennix, who discovered...
“Invest in Employee Education rather than buying Protective Software and Hardware”
Bob Diachenko is a Cyber Threat Intelligence Director and journalist at SecurityDiscovery.com, a cybersecurity research blog. Bob has over 12 years’ experience working in...
Michael Montoya Joins Equinix as Chief Information Security Officer
Global interconnection and data center company Equinix recently announced the appointment of Michael Montoya as its Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) to further boost...
Australian C-suite in the Dark About Cybersecurity Threats
A new research revealed that most of Australia’s Chief Executive Officers are unaware of cybersecurity threats to their organizations.
According to a research report from...
Survey Reveals 269 Percent Rise in Business Email Compromise Attacks
A research report from email and data security company Mimecast revealed that there is a significant increase in Business Email Compromise (BEC) attacks. Mimecast,...
Hackers Rewarded with US$ 33,750 in DoD Bug Bounty Program
Around 81 ethical hackers from the U.S., India, Ukraine, Turkey, and Canada participated in the recently concluded bug bounty program organized by the U.S....
Sectigo and SPYRUS Joins Hands to Prevent Ransomware Attacks
Sectigo, a provider of automated PKI management solutions, recently announced a partnership deal with cryptographic operating systems provider SPYRUS to help enterprises and universities...
Security Bug Exposes Personal Data of 156 Million JustDial Users
A security flaw in JustDial systems, an Indian-based local search services provider, left data of around 156 million of its users vulnerable. However, the...
Survey reveals 1 in 3 Indian Companies Suffered Huge Financial Costs...
New research by hardware networking firm Cisco revealed that one in three Indian organizations are facing huge financial losses from security breaches and 24...
