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 is another matter. A recent report from consultancy giant Accenture...
View ArticleWhite 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, enterprise software vendor SolarWinds issued a warning to its...
View Article95% of websites run on outdated software with known vulnerabilities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 put it very, very mildly. Keeping your software up to date is the mother of all security...
View ArticleHere’s why you should care about China’s Microsoft Exchange hack
It sounds boring. It really, really isn’t. The hacking of an email software provider might not, on the face of it, sound like the most concerning thing in the world. Yet global reaction, including...
View ArticleCyberattacks remind of scary movies, acting head of the FCC
The recent breach of Microsoft Exchange shows that cybersecurity threats are almost mundane whereas defense – insufficient, claims the FCC’s acting chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel. The only way forward...
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11 million records of French users stolen from marketing platform and put for...
The leak could put millions of Apollo.io users and their employers at risk of phishing and social engineering attacks, as well as brute-force attempts. A user on a popular hacking forum is selling a...
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Ascent to the Cloud: years of progress with perforated security
The sudden need to work from home en masse caused years of progress to happen in a few months over the last year. Nowhere is this more obvious than in the adoption of cloud technology. Unsurprisingly,...
View ArticleWhy cybercriminals target charities
It’s not just businesses being targeted by cybercriminals. Cybercriminals have long shown their willingness to target anyone they think they can make money from. Whether young or old, rich or poor,...
View ArticleThink your company is too small to get hacked? Think again
While the news of massive cyberattacks against major organizations worldwide make the headlines on a daily basis, thousands of small and medium organizations are targeted by cybercriminals even more...
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New York charity leaves sensitive patients’ data unsecured
We recently discovered an unsecured database that appears to belong to one of the largest charities in New York. The unsecured database contained more than 2,000 CSV and TXT files, each with hundreds...
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Gods of cyberwar: the booming of an unregulated zero-day industry
The zero-day industry is rapidly growing, and the West was not prepared for the pace at which adversaries are catching up. Meanwhile, former US government employees do not shy away to profit from...
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Facebook hack scams: Steer clear of shady leak checkers
A raft of websites have been set up to check whether your data was compromised in the recent Facebook hack – but beware. It’s the biggest cybersecurity story of 2021 so far, and a massive...
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Clubhouse data leak: 1.3 million scraped user records leaked online for free
So far, it seems like it’s been the worst week of the year for social media platforms in terms of data leaks, with Clubhouse seemingly joining the fray. Days after scraped data from more than a...
View Article“Not ideal” from a privacy standpoint: Clubhouse API lets “anyone” scrape...
According to Clubhouse, anyone can access its users’ profile information via the invite-only app, while its API appears to allow unlimited scraping of public profile data. On Saturday, an SQL database...
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Cheapest tool to kill satellites? A computer
Military presence in space is an expensive endeavor, usually reserved for wealthy nations. Countries lacking in resources, however, might employ cheaper tools as means for sabotage. That’s why...
View ArticleCybersecurity in a post-pandemic world
With mass vaccination ramping up and the possible end of the pandemic in sight, it’s time to look at how organizations will return to normal in terms of cybersecurity. Once the pandemic draws to a...
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Over 380 thousand IP cameras might be easily accessible worldwide, with the...
Ubiquitous video surveillance has become the hallmark of the century, with millions of eyes behind billions of ever-present cameras constantly watching over our shoulders. Research by the CyberNews...
View ArticleScammers are capitalizing on our desire to get away
Watch out – malicious domains targeting travelling are on the rise. After more than a year of rolling lockdowns, and with light beginning to peek out at the end of the tunnel, people are starting to...
View ArticleDeterrence in cybersecurity is no longer enough. Here’s why
A new study from MIT argues that modern organizations require a more proactive approach to cybersecurity. When we think of cybersecurity in our organizations, it’s quite probable that we think...
View ArticleFacebook Messenger users hit by scammers in over 80 states
Over 1,000 fake Facebook accounts were discovered in a large-scale scam aimed at Facebook Messenger users in over 80 countries worldwide, claims research by a team of analysts at cyber intelligence...
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