Trends & Reports November 19, 2020 Study Reveals New Financial Services Employees are Immediately Given Access to Millions of Files A recent study conducted by Varonis has revealed new employees are given excessive permissions and can access a huge amount of company data from their ... Read more
Trends & Reports November 18, 2020 Zoom Implements New Features to Tackle Zoombombing Zoom recently agreed to settle allegations of lax cybersecurity and misrepresentation of the level of encryption provided by its teleconferencing platform with the U.S. Federal ... Read more
Cyber Threats November 17, 2020 Malsmoke Campaign Delivers ZLoader Malware via Popups on High Traffic Adult Websites A malware distribution campaign identified by security researchers at Malwarebytes is now distributing a ZLoader malware variant via popups on popular adult websites. The campaign ... Read more
Compliance November 16, 2020 Time to Switch from SMS and Phone-Based MFA to More Secure Authentication Methods Multi-factor authentication is an important security measure to prevent compromised credentials from being used to gain access to accounts and sensitive data, but not all ... Read more
Security Breaches November 13, 2020 Ransomware Gang Uses Hacked Facebook Account to Run Adverts Threatening Release of Campari Group Data It is now common for ransomware gangs to steal data prior to encrypting files and to issue threats to publish or sell the stolen data ... Read more
Cyber Threats November 11, 2020 Use of SSL Certificates in Malware and Phishing Attacks Up 260% in 2020 Abuse of SSL certificates in phishing and malware attacks has increased by 260% in the first 9 months of 2020, according to a new report ... Read more
Compliance November 10, 2020 Microsoft Fixes 112 Vulnerabilities Including 17 Critical Flaws November 2020 Patch Tuesday has seen Microsoft correct 112 vulnerabilities across its range of products, including 17 critical flaws. 93 of the vulnerabilities are rated ... Read more
Tools & Practices November 10, 2020 Unprotected AWS S3 Bucket of Hotel Reservation System Contained 10 Million+ Files Containing Guests’ PII Another day, another cloud misconfiguration. This time, more than 10 million files have been exposed that contained the personal information and credit card data of ... Read more
Security Breaches November 9, 2020 RansomEXX Ransomware Now Targets Windows and Linux Servers Kaspersky has announced it has discovered a Linux version of RansomEXX ransomware – aka Defray777. This is one of the first times that a Windows ... Read more
Cyber Threats November 6, 2020 Three Actively Exploited Zero Days in the iOS Operating System Patched by Apple Patches have been released to correct three zero-day vulnerabilities in the iOS operating systems that are currently being exploited in the wild. The vulnerabilities affect ... Read more
Security Breaches November 5, 2020 October Threat Report Shows 1,200% Increase in Emotet Attacks in Q3, 2020 New data from HP Inc. shows cyberattacks involving the Emotet Trojan increased by more than 1,200% between Q2, 2020 and Q3, 2020. The data for ... Read more
Insights November 4, 2020 Email Archive Used for making duplicates of all emails and long-time storages, an email archive is typically located in the cloud and allows for secure storage to ... Read more
Insights November 4, 2020 DNS Protection Measures DNS protection measures are the best way of addressing the threat posed by malware attacks trying to infiltrate your networks. This security tactic operates through ... Read more
Insights November 4, 2020 DNS Security Solution The Domain Name System is used by the vast majority of web apps and network services, making the addition of DNS security solutions something that ... Read more
Insights November 4, 2020 Email Protection Service Configuration Email protection service configuration is crucial for all groups that are trying to fight the constant threat posed by spam email campaigns, phishing and malware. ... Read more
Insights November 4, 2020 What is the Hosted Email Security Process? Hosted email security is most often a cloud-based email filtering service provided by an established online security company. The reason why many businesses choose to ... Read more
Insights November 4, 2020 Investing in a Cloud Email Security Solution When you are trying to introduce a security system you will, no doubt, consider Investing in a Cloud email security solution as a smart investment ... Read more
Insights November 4, 2020 Why You Need Web Content Filtering Software There are a many different reasons for you to configure web content filtering software within your network in order to stop the, certain, attempts of ... Read more
Insights November 4, 2020 DNS Content Filtering Implementation DNS content filtering implementation, also referred to as Domain Name System filtering, refers to a security solution that will prevent access to listed web pages ... Read more
Insights November 4, 2020 The Implementation of Web Content Filtering All groups that are aiming to fully protect the data that they are managing must strongly consider the implementation of web content filtering in their ... Read more
Insights November 4, 2020 What Makes Content Filtering Important? Any organization that truly wishes to safeguard the integrity of the data it is processing will be sure to add a content filter. What makes ... Read more
Compliance November 4, 2020 Adobe Update Corrects 14 Vulnerabilities in Acrobat and Reader Including 4 Critical Flaws Adobe has released an out-of-band update to correct several vulnerabilities in Adobe Acrobat and Adobe Reader, just a week before November Patch Tuesday when updates ... Read more
Cyber Threats November 4, 2020 Zero-Day Windows Flaw Allowing Sandbox Escape Being Actively Exploited in the Wild Google Project Zero has disclosed a high severity Windows vulnerability that has yet to be patched by Microsoft after the flaw was observed being exploited ... Read more
Compliance November 2, 2020 WordPress 5.5.2 Released: 10 Vulnerabilities Corrected Including 1 High-Severity Flaw Version 5.5.2 of the WordPress content management platform has been released. The latest WordPress version fixes 10 security vulnerabilities, including one high-severity flaw that could ... Read more
Compliance October 30, 2020 Ryuk Ransomware Gang Steps Up Attacks on U.S. Hospitals The U.S Department of Homeland Security Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and the Department of Health and Human ... Read more
Security Breaches October 29, 2020 Maze Ransomware Gang Shuts Down Operations The Maze ransomware gang, which operated one to the most prolific ransomware campaigns over the past 18 months year, has shut down. The Maze ransomware ... Read more
Compliance October 28, 2020 78% of Microsoft 365 Administrators Have Not Enabled Multi-Factor Authentication Despite the risk of phishing attacks and email account compromises, 78% of Microsoft 365 admins have not enabled multi-factor authentication and 97% of all Microsoft ... Read more
Cyber Threats October 27, 2020 Finnish Psychotherapy Provider and Patients Blackmailed and Threatened with Publication of Sensitive Data A national network of psychotherapy clinics in Finland has suffered a cyberattack in which highly sensitive patient data were stolen. The company was issued with ... Read more
Security Breaches October 26, 2020 French IT Giant Suffers Ryuk Ransomware Attack One of the largest French information technology consultancies, Sopra Steri, has been hit with a serious ransomware attack that forced its systems offline. Sopra Steri ... Read more
Cyber Threats October 23, 2020 Phishing Campaign Spoofs Microsoft Teams A large-scale phishing campaign is being conducted that spoofs Microsoft Teams in an attempt to get users to part with their Microsoft Office 365 credentials. ... Read more