The British government has admitted that it is “as sure as possible” that North Korea carried out the “WannaCry” malware …
BlueBorne attack: A closer look at Bluetooth vulnerabilities
In the age of digitisation, it is important to keep abreast with the latest information about the ever changing threat landscape and associated cybersecurity challenges.
Saudi entertainment authority hit by cyber attack
Saudi Arabia’s General Entertainment Authority (GEA), which has begun sponsoring concerts and shows said on Friday its website had been …
How enterprises can fend off DDoS attacks
Though distributed denial of service attacks have been around more than two decades, recently we have seen a spate of DDoS attacks that have increased in complexity and variability.
Poor cybersecurity hygiene, risky apps enable destructive attacks
Fortinet has announced the findings of its latest Global Threat Landscape Report, which revealed that poor cybersecurity hygiene and risky application usage enables destructive worm-like attacks to take advantage of hot exploits at record speed.
8 top cyber-attack maps and how to use them
Most of the cyber-attack maps online today are just ‘eye candy,’ but there are some creative ways they can be used.
Exploit leaks led to 5M attacks in Q2: Kaspersky
Exploit packages in-the-wild became the game changer of the cyber threat landscape in Q2 2017. In just 3 months, according …
TRA foils 289 cyber-attacks in Q1 2017
The cyber-attacks, which aeCERT successfully prevented from January to the end of March, represent 27.4 percent of the number of cyber-attacks that it dealt with in 2016, which reached 1,054.
NYU demos how to protect power grids from cyber-attacks
The NYU team revealed vulnerabilities in a component that combined with publicly available information provide sufficient information to model an advanced, persistent threat to the electrical grid.
Extreme cyber-attack could cost world economy $53B: Lloyd’s
According to a scenario described in new research by Lloyd’s, an insurance market specialist and Cyence, a cyber risk analytics modelling firm, a major global cyber-attack has the potential to trigger up to $53 billion of economic losses.
Don’t take the bait: 11 tips to thwart phishing attacks
From rewarding employees for savvy security smarts, to showing them how breaches are relevant to their every-day duties, we’ve got the phishing prevention tips you need.
Russia behind ransomware attack: Ukraine security service
Ukraine has reportedly said that it found proof that Russian security services were involved in the cyber-attack that targeted businesses around the world earlier this week.
How partners can help with Petya ransomware attacks
Security consultant and solutions provider Help AG’s MSS architect and CSOC manager, Majid Khan believes resellers and systems integrators can …
Anatomy of an attack
The latest ransomware, a variant of the Petya family which was first discovered in 2016, struck corporate networks across the …
DLA Piper phones, computers shut down following Petya attack
DLA said in a statement: “The firm, like many other reported companies, has experienced issues with some of its systems due to suspected malware. We are taking steps to remedy the issue as quickly as possible.”
Massive cyber-attack hits IT systems across the globe
A new wave of ransomware attack has reportedly hit numerous companies across the world on Tuesday, taking out servers and disrupting IT systems.
British security officials link NHS cyber-attack to N. Korea
British security officials believe that hackers in North Korea were behind the cyber-attack that crippled parts of the NHS and other organisations around the world last month, according to a BBC report.
Impersonation attacks rise 400%: Mimecast
Known and unknown attacks, as well as spam, are continuing to get through incumbent email security systems, according to the latest report by Mimecast.
Bloomberg: Apple helped UK investigate terror attacks
“We have been cooperating with the U.K. government not only in law enforcement kind of matters but on some of the attacks,” Cook said.
Bahrain minister hacked following Qatar cyber-attack claim
Hackers took over the Twitter account of the Bahraini foreign minister on Saturday, just 10 days after neighbouring Qatar claimed its official news agency had been subject to a cyberattack.