Tools & Practices December 4, 2019 Critical Vulnerability Patched in GoAhead EmbedThis Web Server Software Two vulnerabilities have been identified in GoAhead’s EmbedThis Web Server software, which is used by hundreds of millions of Internet of Things (IoT) devices, one ... Read more
Tools & Practices December 4, 2019 Former Facebook Content Moderators Sue Facebook for Psychological Injuries Former Facebook content moderators have taken the decision to sue Facebook for psychological injuries and are seeking compensation from the social media network after developing ... Read more
Security Breaches December 3, 2019 Microsoft Issues Warning About Spear Phishing Attacks Phishing attacks have been increasing steadily throughout 2019. Most of the phishing emails being sent are part of large campaigns sent randomly using huge lists ... Read more
Security Breaches November 29, 2019 Google Sent 12,000 Warnings About State-Sponsored Phishing and Hacking Campaigns in Q3, 2019 A recent report from Google’s Threat Analysis Group (TAG) has shed light on the extent to which government-sponsored hacking and phishing campaigns are being conducted. ... Read more
Cyber Threats November 27, 2019 Microsoft Reports on New Dexphot Malware That Has Infected 80,000 Devices This week, Microsoft has reported on a ‘new’ malware threat named Dexphot. It is not exactly new, as Microsoft first detected the threat in October ... Read more
Security Breaches November 26, 2019 Novel Digital Skimming Attack Targets Retailers Using Third-Party Payment Service Platforms A novel digital skimming attack method has been uncovered by researchers at Malwarebytes, which spoofs third-party secure payment pages used by many online retailers to ... Read more
Compliance November 25, 2019 37 Vulnerabilities Identified in Popular Virtual Networking Computing Applications Researchers at Kaspersky Lab have identified 37 vulnerabilities in popular Virtual Network Computing (VNC) applications, some of which are critical and could allow access to ... Read more
Cyber Threats November 21, 2019 Horrific Android Camera Vulnerability Left Millions of Users Vulnerable to Spying A vulnerability has been identified in the Google Camera and Samsung Camera apps that is easy to exploit and would allow an attacker to take ... Read more
Security Breaches November 20, 2019 Phishing Attacks at Highest Level Since 2016 A new report from the Anti-Phishing Working Group (APWG) shows phishing attacks are occurring at levels not seen since 2016. The quarterly phishing reports from ... Read more
Cyber Threats November 19, 2019 New Phishing Campaign Detected Targeting Office 365 Administrators PhishLabs has identified an ongoing phishing campaign targeting Office 365 administrators. The aim of the campaign is to obtain Office 365 admin credentials. Phishers face ... Read more
Tools & Practices November 18, 2019 TitanHQ Releases SpamTitan Version 7.06 and New RESTapi On November 12, 2019, TitanHQ released a new version of its award-winning anti-phishing and anti-spam solution, SpamTitan. SpamTitan v7.06 includes a new RESTapi to help ... Read more
Security Breaches November 14, 2019 PureLocker Ransomware: A New Ransomware Threat Targeting Enterprise Servers Security researchers at IBM X-Force and Intezer have identified a new form of ransomware that is being used in targeted attacks on enterprise servers. The ... Read more
Cyber Threats November 14, 2019 Fortinet Threat Landscape Report Confirms Increase in Malware-as-a-Service Edge Surface Attacks The recently released Fortinet Threat Landscape Report for Q3, 2019 shows hackers are targeting edge services and malware-as-a-service continues to grow in popularity. While there ... Read more
Cyber Threats November 13, 2019 November Patch Tuesday: Microsoft Patches 74 Flaws Including Actively Exploited RCE November Patch Tuesday has seen Microsoft patch 74 vulnerabilities across all its products, including 13 critical flaws and one remote code execution vulnerability that is ... Read more
Tools & Practices November 12, 2019 CISA Issues Warning About Holiday Season Scams ‘Tis the season to be jolly, especially if you are a scammer. In the run up to holiday season, cybercriminals go into overdrive and are ... Read more
Cyber Threats November 11, 2019 Highly Convincing Phishing Scam Uses Fake WebEx Client to Deliver RAT A new phishing scam has been detected that uses a WebEx meeting request as a lure to get business users to download a remote access ... Read more
Compliance November 10, 2019 Mimecast Moves into New 79,000 Sq. ft Central London Headquarters Mimecast has announced it has now opened its new London HQ in 1 Finsbury Avenue in Broadgate. The company has moved to its new 79,000 ... Read more
Security Breaches November 8, 2019 MegaCortex Ransomware Ups the Ante with Threat of Publication of Stolen Data The developers of MegaCortex ransomware have released an updated version of their file-encrypting malware. The latest version incorporates a new feature to hamper recovery without ... Read more
Trends & Reports November 7, 2019 Sophos Threat Report Predicts 2020 Cyberattack Trends Sophos has released its 2020 Threat Report, which reveals some of the recent changes in the cybersecurity threat landscape and details some of the key ... Read more
Security Breaches November 6, 2019 Targeted Ransomware Attacks Hit Spanish Companies Hard A wave of ransomware attacks has been reported in Spain with several appearing to have been attacked almost simultaneously on Monday. One of the attacked ... Read more
Security Breaches November 4, 2019 Mass BlueKeep RDP Attacks Detected Spreading Cryptcurrency Miners The BlueKeep remote code execution vulnerability in Windows Remote Desktop Services is being exploited in real world attacks. The vulnerability – CVE-2019-0708 – can be ... Read more
Cyber Threats November 1, 2019 Update Google Chrome: Zero-Day Vulnerability Being Actively Exploited in the Wild A recently discovered vulnerability in Google Chrome is being actively exploited by hackers. The vulnerability was discovered by Kaspersky Lab security researchers Anton Ivanov and ... Read more
Cyber Threats October 31, 2019 Office 365 Users Targeted with Phishing Emails Containing Incomplete Voicemail Messages A phishing campaign has been identified targeting Office 365 users that includes an incomplete voicemail message as a lure to get them to visit a ... Read more
Cyber Threats October 29, 2019 Phishing Campaign Identified Targeting NGOs and United Nations A sophisticated spear phishing campaign has been identified by security researchers at Lookout Inc. that is targeting the United Nations and nongovernment organizations (NGOs). The ... Read more
Security Breaches October 28, 2019 FBI Issues Warning Following Increase in E-Skimming Attacks The FBI has issued a warning following an increase in e-skimming attacks on small and medium sized businesses and government agencies. E-skimming is the term ... Read more
Tools & Practices October 28, 2019 Cisco Announces New Partnership with Perch Security Cisco has partnered with Perch Security and is now delivering a new tool to better protect managed service providers and their clients from new and ... Read more
Security Breaches October 28, 2019 7.5 Million Adobe Creative Cloud Users Warned of Data Breach Adobe has announced that a vulnerability has exposed the private information of approximately 7.5 million Adobe Creative Cloud users. The information was contained in an ... Read more
Cyber Threats October 25, 2019 SonicWall Q3 Threat Report Shows Increase in IoT Malware, Web App Attacks, and Encrypted Threats There has been a year-over-year decline in malware and ransomware attacks according to a new report from SonicWall, but Quarter 3, 2019 has seen a ... Read more
Insights October 24, 2019 Cisco Umbrella Pricing If you have already made enquiries about web filtering with several different companies, you will no doubt have discovered that Cisco Umbrella pricing is considerably ... Read more
Insights October 24, 2019 Cisco Umbrella Content Filtering Cisco Umbrella content filtering is a service provided via a cloud-based DNS filter. The service derives its name from capabilities that control user access to ... Read more