Security
95% of websites run on outdated software with known vulnerabilities
If you’ve been smashing that 'Remind me tomorrow' button for months, it looks like you’re not the only one. To...
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White House proposes new cybersecurity ratings system
It's hard to remember a time where such venerable pieces of infrastructure have been so affected by security vulnerabilities. Firstly,...
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Should insurers be doing more to protect us from cyberattacks?
That cyberattacks have risen tremendously during the COVID-era is beyond dispute. How this deluge of attacks can best be rebuffed...
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Hacker on hacker crime: personal information of 24,000 illegal data buyers leaked online
Could the leak spell doom for former customers of the illicit data brokerage WeLeakInfo? A user on a popular hacker...
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SolarWinds hack: the mystery of one of the biggest cyberattacks ever
Back in December, the SolarWinds supply chain attack made the headlines when a Russian cyber espionage group tampered with updates...
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Using our pulse to spot deepfakes
Deepfake production has progressed significantly in recent years, with researchers able to produce high-quality material with less training material than...
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Online payments: revenue growth matched only by increasing threats
Global self-isolation pushed revenues for online commerce to the moon. Even though the pandemic will eventually run out of steam,...
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Another earthquake in cybersecurity: an in-depth look at the Microsoft Exchange ProxyLogon zero-day flaws
On March 3, Microsoft released emergency out-of-band security updates that address four zero-day issues in all supported Microsoft Exchange versions that were...
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Ecommerce apps are more vulnerable than ever
As lockdown measures have become commonplace throughout much of the world in its bid to tackle COVID-19, ecommerce has blossomed....
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New form of cyberattack distorts the drug development process
During the COVID-19 pandemic, there has been an understandably high level of concern around the health and life sciences sector....
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Ransomware will continue to prosper as long as hospitals pay
Healthcare organizations in California alone have already paid $35 million in ransom since 2016. Ransomware will continue to prosper as...
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GitHub and Docker Hub are being used to launch crypto mining malware
Cloud computing has become an ever more present part of our day-to-day lives, but the risks of malware hosted on...
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The ransomware rush of 2020: billion-dollar business, cooperative adversaries and fatal damage
Turbulence fueled by the global pandemic turned ransomware into the most significant money artery for cybercriminals, claims a report by...
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5 million Adecco.com users’ data leaked
We recently discovered that a user on a popular hacking forum was purportedly selling the stolen credentials from 6 South...
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Fitness studio management platform Mariana Tek exposed 1.5+ million user records
“Appropriate remedial action had been taken” by the company following the closure of the leak. We have recently discovered an...
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One of the biggest Android VPNs hacked? Data of 21 million users from 3 Android VPNs put for sale
A user on a popular hacker forum is selling three databases that purportedly contain user credentials and device data stolen...
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The criminal market in online profiles
One of the earliest memes describing the internet posited that on the web, no one knows you’re a dog. The...
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Sensitive data of more than 257,000 online gamblers put for sale on hacker forum
A user on a popular hacking forum is selling a database that purportedly contains more than 257,000 user records from...
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For threat actors, cyberinfrastructure is akin to a cash-filled vault – the head of IBM
For thousands of years, criminals were targeting most capital-rich ventures. Since billions of dollars lie behind cyberinfrastructure, there is no...
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Cybercriminals are the next generation of robbers
If one were to think of robbers, you might think of the kind immortalized in Hollywood movies, resplendent in masks,...
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