Tools & Practices April 10, 2019 April 2019 Patch Tuesday: Microsoft Fixes 74 Vulnerabilities Microsoft has released fixes for 74 vulnerabilities on April 2019 Patch Tuesday, two of which are being actively exploited in the wild. The two zero-day ... Read more
Compliance April 9, 2019 Verizon Pushing Firmware Upgrade that Addresses Serious Router Command Injection Flaw Millions of Verizon routers are affected by a command injection flaw that could allow an attacker to gain full control of the device. The flaw ... Read more
Tools & Practices April 8, 2019 Pharmaceutical Giant Targeted in Long-Term Cyber Espionage Campaign The German pharmaceutical giant Bayer has announced that it has been targeted by hackers who installed malware on its network. The attack was contained, but ... Read more
Trends & Reports April 4, 2019 Two New Sextortion Scam Detected: Thousands Demanded to Prevent Further Action 2018 has seen a major increase in sextortion scams and large volumes of mails are still being sent. While there are many types of sextortion ... Read more
Cyber Threats April 4, 2019 Beware of Tax Season Phishing Scams Cybercriminals have stepped up their efforts to scam U.S. taxpayers into divulging their sensitive information and installing malware. Many elaborate tax season phishing scams have ... Read more
Security Breaches April 2, 2019 Restaurant Chain Data Breach Impacts more than 2 Million Customers A malware infection has impacted around 2 million customers of the Planet Hollywood, Earl of Sandwich, Chicken Guy!, Tequila Taqueria, Mixology, and Buca di Beppo ... Read more
Security Breaches April 1, 2019 Tech Companies Still Not Implementing DMARC to Block Phishing Attacks A recent study by Valimail has revealed only 10.5% of large tech companies have correctly implemented the DMARC email authentication protocol to block phishing attacks ... Read more
Cyber Threats April 1, 2019 Europol Meets with Industry Leaders to Discuss Ways to Combat Phishing Europol has hosted a meeting with 70 industry experts to discuss ways to tackle the growing problem of phishing and business email compromise attacks. According ... Read more
Tools & Practices March 28, 2019 Webinar: New DMARC and Sandboxing Features of SpamTitan Email Security Solution Explained Cybercriminals are launching ever more sophisticated attacks on businesses, which require more powerful cybersecurity solutions to protect against attacks. One of the most common methods ... Read more
Tools & Practices March 28, 2019 Cisco Releases 24 Patches to Address ISO XE Software Vulnerabilities Cisco has released 25 patches that address 19 high-severity and 6-medium-severity flaws, most of which are present in its ISO XE operating system used by ... Read more
Compliance March 27, 2019 Apple Patches 51 Serious Security Flaws in iOS 12.2 Update Apple has released a new update of its iOS operating system for iPhone 5s and later, iPad Air and later, and 6th gen iPods. An ... Read more
Security Breaches March 26, 2019 One Third of Organizations Have Experienced A Security Breach Involving Remote Workers Robust defenses may have been implemented to protect networks from cyberattacks, but the same level of protection is not always applied for remote workers. Allowing ... Read more
Security Breaches March 25, 2019 7 Out of 10 Ransomware Attacks are on SMBs 71% of ransomware attack are on SMBs, according to a new report from Beazley Breach Response (BBR) Services When an attack involves widespread encryption across ... Read more
Tools & Practices March 22, 2019 Agari Announces Spring 2019 Release of its Secure Email Cloud Email Security Solution Agari has announced the Spring 2019 release of its AI-powered email security solution, Secure Email Cloud. The latest round of updates includes enhanced Brand Indicators ... Read more
Compliance March 22, 2019 Microsoft Will End Support for Windows 7 in January 2020 Microsoft has announced that support for Windows 7 will come to an end on January 14, 2020. All Windows 7 users will be advised to ... Read more
Trends & Reports March 21, 2019 New Report Identifies Latest Spear Phishing Trends Researchers at email security firm Barracuda have conducted a study to identify current spear phishing trends and the tactics most commonly used to attack businesses ... Read more
Tools & Practices March 20, 2019 New Mirai Variant Targets Enterprise Wireless Presentation Systems Enterprise wireless presentation systems and signage TVs are being attacked by the latest Mirai variant, according to new research from Palo Alto Networks’ Unit 42 ... Read more
Security Breaches March 15, 2019 MFA Bypassed in IMAP-Based Attacks on Office 365 and G Suite Accounts Multi-factor authentication can prevent accounts from being accessed if passwords are stolen or obtained using brute force tactics; however, Proofpoint has discovered that multi-factor authentication ... Read more
Compliance March 14, 2019 Healthcare Employees Vulnerable to Phishing Attacks The healthcare industry appears to have more than its fair share of phishing attacks. Barely a week goes by without a major phishing attack being ... Read more
Trends & Reports March 14, 2019 Communication Issues and Lack of Emergency Planning are Putting Employees at Risk Companies are taking steps to improve safety in the workplace by planning for emergencies, but communication issues and poor preparedness for modern emergencies is putting ... Read more
Tools & Practices March 13, 2019 SpamTitan Email Security Solution Now Incorporates Sandboxing and DMARC Authentication SMB and MSP email security solution provider TitanHQ has announced a major update of its SpamTitan email security solution. New features have been added to ... Read more
Cyber Threats March 13, 2019 March 2019 Patch Tuesday: 2 Actively Exploited Bugs Patched by Microsoft March 2019 Patch Tuesday has seen Microsoft issue fixes for 64 vulnerabilities, two of which are being actively exploited in the wild. The two ... Read more
Security Breaches March 13, 2019 Verifications.io MongoDB Misconfiguration Exposed 2 Billion Records The enterprise email verification service, Verifications.io, has exposed around 2 billion records due the misconfiguration of MongoDB instances. The data leak was discovered by researcher ... Read more
Compliance March 11, 2019 Jackson County, Georgia Pays $400,000 Ransom to Recover Encrypted Files After considering the potential costs and benefits, Jackson County, Georgia determined that paying the ransom demand to unlock files encrypted in ransomware attack was the ... Read more
Tools & Practices March 8, 2019 1 in 61 Delivered Emails Contains a Malicious URL A new report from Mimecast has revealed cybercriminals are increasingly using malicious URLs in phishing emails to obtain credentials and deliver malware. Mimecast’s figures show ... Read more
Cyber Threats March 8, 2019 Google Chrome and Windows 7 Flaws Being Actively Exploited in the Wild All Chrome users have been advised to update to the latest version of the browser – 72.0.3626.121 – as soon as possible to prevent a ... Read more
Trends & Reports March 6, 2019 New Microsoft Report Details 2018 Phishing Trends Microsoft’s latest Security Intelligence Report provides information on 2018 phishing trends, the changing tactics of cybercriminals, and ransomware, cryptojacking and malware attack statistics. 2018 Ransomware ... Read more
Cyber Threats March 5, 2019 IRS Launches 2019 Campaign to Raise Awareness of Tax Scams with Phishing Warning The IRS has launched its annual campaign to raise awareness of tax scams that are highly prevalent during tax season. The Dirty Dozen campaign details ... Read more
Cyber Threats March 4, 2019 Actively Exploited Zero-Day ColdFusion Vulnerability Patched by Adobe Adobe has issued an out-of-band update to correct the actively exploited ColdFusion vulnerability CVE-2019-7816. The zero-day flaw in its web application development platform is a ... Read more
Cyber Threats February 27, 2019 WinRAR Vulnerability Actively Exploited in the Wild to Install Backdoor The 19-year old WinRAR vulnerability that was recently identified by Check Point is being exploited in the wild to install a backdoor that allows remote ... Read more