Compliance February 12, 2018 UK Government Websites Mining Cryptocurrency UK government websites mining cryptocurrency after third party website plugin compromised by hackers. The plugin Browsealoud, used on many government websites to help hearing-impaired and ... Read more
Security Breaches February 8, 2018 FittedCloud Launches Amazon Relational Database Services Cost Optimization Solution Acton, MA-based FittedCloud has announced it has launched an Amazon Relational Database Services cost optimization solution that allows customers to carefully control their RDS costs. ... Read more
Compliance February 8, 2018 TitanHQ Joins HTG Peer Groups as Gold Vendor Irish anti-spam, web filtering, and email archiving solution provider TitanHQ has announced that 2018 will see the company become a Gold Vendor member of HTG ... Read more
Cyber Threats February 6, 2018 FBI Issues Warning About Internet Crime Complaint Center Phishing Scams The FBI has spent the past few months investigating reports of Internet Crime Complaint Center phishing scams. IC3 has been impersonated in several campaigns that ... Read more
Trends & Reports February 5, 2018 CloudRanger Adds Automated Disaster Recovery Testing for AWS Cloud CloudRanger has announced that automated disaster recovery testing for AWS cloud is now available through its platform. Backups are essential, but businesses need to make ... Read more
Tools & Practices February 1, 2018 Poor DMARC Adoption in Retail Industry Placing Customers at Risk A recent study conducted by the email analytics firm 250ok has revealed DMARC adoption in retail is particularly poor and the lack of email validation ... Read more
Cyber Threats January 30, 2018 Google Security Checkup Emails Raise Concern Due to Similarity to Phishing Emails Google security checkup emails have been hitting inboxes over the past few days. The purpose of the emails is to get Google email account holders ... Read more
Tools & Practices January 29, 2018 Spotinst Announces Partnership with Samsung SDS to Increase Footprint in South Korea Samsung SDS, the enterprise IT solution provider, has partnered with Spotinst to provide its customers with a platform that allows them to make significant saving ... Read more
Cyber Threats January 24, 2018 New Necurs Botnet Phishing Campaign Spreads Dridex Banking Trojan The operators of the Necurs botnet have launched several phishing campaigns in the past few days that are being used to spread the Dridex banking ... Read more
Cyber Threats January 23, 2018 Beware of W2 Phishing Scams This Tax Season Employers are being warned to be wary of W2 phishing scams this tax season. The past two years have seen hundreds of employers scammed into ... Read more
Cyber Threats January 23, 2018 Dark Caracal Spyware Installed Via Fake WhatsApp and Signal Apps An advanced persistent threat (APT) group called Dark Caracal is using fake WhatsApp and Signal apps to install spyware. The APT group has already gained ... Read more
Cyber Threats January 22, 2018 Threat from Phishing at an All Time HIgh The 2018 State of the Phish Report from Wombat Security Technologies confirms the threat from phishing is at an all-time high. Fortunately, employees do appear ... Read more
Cyber Threats January 21, 2018 Phishing Attack Sees School District Network Crippled by Emotet Malware Employees of the Rockingham County Schools District in North Carolina have inadvertently disabled their entire network after falling for phishing emails. Several employees opened malicious ... Read more
Cyber Threats January 20, 2018 Sophos Warns Users About Fake Antivirus Apps Sophos has alerted users to the risk of downloading fake antivirus apps. The firm has also released a new white paper on a specific antivirus ... Read more
Trends & Reports January 18, 2018 API Access for AWS and Azure Launched by Botmetric to Simplify Cloud Management Botmetric has announced it has released APIs for public cloud consumption for AWS and Microsoft Azure. The Botmetric platform is already API-centric with microservices architecture; ... Read more
Cyber Threats January 18, 2018 Phishing Emails Pushing Fake Meltdown and Spectre Patches The recently disclosed microprocessor vulnerabilities – Meltdown and Spectre – have had software and hardware firms working hard to develop patches. Cybercriminals have also been ... Read more
Trends & Reports January 17, 2018 PhishLabs Poll Shows Many Employers Do Not Ask Staff to Report Suspicious Emails A recent online poll conducted by the anti-phishing solution provider PhishLabs has revealed a considerable cybersecurity gap exists at many organizations. While most companies now ... Read more
Trends & Reports January 16, 2018 DMARC Adoption by Federal Agencies Increases 38% in 30 Days A new report from Agari suggests the decision made by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to make DHS adoption by federal agencies mandatory is ... Read more
Compliance January 8, 2018 Half of Users Click Links Sent by Unknown Senders A new report from Komodo security suggests that until at least 2020, phishing will remain the most commonly used tactic of conducting advanced attacks on ... Read more
Compliance January 6, 2018 Bronson Healthcare Group Phishing Attack Impacts 8,256 Patients A recent Bronson Healthcare Group phishing attack has resulted in a hacker gaining access to the protected health information (PHI) of 8,256 patients. The attack ... Read more
Tools & Practices January 4, 2018 Ironscales Hires New VP of Sales for the Americas The automated phishing prevention firm Ironscales is on a mission to expand sales in the Americas. The Tel Aviv-based firm has already expanded significantly and ... Read more
Compliance January 3, 2018 PhishLine Bought by Barracuda Networks The phishing simulation and security awareness training company PhishLine has been bought by Barracuda Networks. Barracuda Networks is expanding its phishing defense solutions and is ... Read more
Trends & Reports December 28, 2017 CloudCheckr Makes Cloud Computing Predictions for 2018 CloudCheckr has assessed the cloud computing trends over the past 12 months and has made several cloud computing predictions for 2018. It has now been ... Read more
Tools & Practices December 23, 2017 SpamTitan Anti-Spam Solution Receives Glowing Review on Business Software Review Site Cyberattacks are coming from all angles, although the main vector for attack is email. Research conducted by the security awareness and phishing simulation platform provider ... Read more
Tools & Practices December 21, 2017 Skeddly Releases New EBS Snapshot Cost Calculator Skeddly has announced it has launched a new EBS Snapshot Cost Calculator that allows users to estimate the amount they will be spending on EBS ... Read more
Compliance December 20, 2017 Cyberattacks on Hospitals on the Rise: 78% of Providers Attacked in 2017 There has been an increase in cyberattacks on hospitals in 2017, according to a recent Mimecast survey. The survey was conducted on 76 healthcare IT ... Read more
Cyber Threats December 16, 2017 IRS Phishing Scam Targets Hotmail Users A new IRS phishing scam has been detected that targets tax professionals and taxpayers who hold Hotmail email accounts. The scam has prompted the Internal ... Read more
Compliance December 13, 2017 Mimecast Survey Reveals Healthcare Providers See Email as a Major Attack Vector A recent Mimecast-sponsored survey conducted by HIMSS Analytics has shown that healthcare providers believe email to be a main attack vector used by cybercriminals to ... Read more
Security Breaches December 12, 2017 Soaring Value of Bitcoin Triggers Rise in Phishing Attacks on Bitcoin Wallets Over the past few days, the value of Bitcoin has soared from $11,000 to more than $17,500, prompting hackers to increase the number of phishing ... Read more
Cyber Threats December 7, 2017 Rise in HTTPS Phishing Websites Detected The past few years have seen many businesses transition from HTTP to HTTPS websites, but HTTPS phishing websites have similarly increased. A green padlock next ... Read more