The French national cyber-security agency warns of a surge in Emotet attacks targeting the private sector and public administration entities. The French national cyber-security agency published an alert to warn of a significant increase of Emotet attacks targeting the private

Unscrupulous criminals are impersonating employees of the United States Department of Justice to scam elderly victims of crime. The DOJ issued a fraud alert on Friday in which it strongly encouraged the public to remain vigilant and urged them not

The first day back to school was postponed for students in the Connecticut capital after a cyber-attack knocked critical systems offline. Hartford Public Schools students were due to resume classes on Tuesday morning. Instead, lessons were put on hold while

Global technology company Acronis today announced a technical and strategic partnership with Airspeeder, the world’s first electric flying car racing series. Acronis will deliver technical and commercial support to the racing series, which was created by performance electric flying car

Researchers found multiple vulnerabilities in MoFi Network routers, including critical flaws that can be exploited to remotely hack a device. The researchers Rich Mirch from CRITICALSTART discovered ten vulnerabilities MOFI4500 MoFi Network routers. The expert reported the issues to the

The COVID-19 pandemic has led to a significant shift in tactics employed by cyber-criminals, according to Bitdefender’s Mid-Year Threat Landscape Report 2020, published today. Threat actors have heavily focused on the issues related to the pandemic to launch attacks such

Small- to medium-sized businesses (SMBs) are proactively putting tools in place to combat attacks whilst working with limited security budgets and constrainted resources. According to research of 500 SMBs by Untangle, 38% have allocated under $1000 to their security budget,

New research from Kaspersky has discovered that of the 32% of Brits provided with a corporate desktop computer, only 77% have adequate anti-virus or cybersecurity software installed, leaving 23% of company desktops significantly insecure and exposed to cyber-threats. This is

More British security conferences have recently been canceled. Organizers of both 44CON, which was due to take place this week, and BSides London, which was due to take place October 23 and 24, have announced in recent weeks that their

Nearly all cybersecurity companies have exposed sensitive data including PII and passwords online, according to a new study from ImmuniWeb. The security vendor selected 398 of the world’s top security vendors and then scoured surface, dark and deep web sites

The world’s largest webmaster form has been found wanting in terms of its cybersecurity posture after researchers discovered an unprotected database leaking data on nearly 900,000 users. Digital Point provides a platform for members to chat and buy and sell

France, Japan, and New Zealand warn of a sudden spike with Emotet malware that steals login credentials from various browsers, email clients, and applications. The malware was first observed in mid-2014 as a banking Trojan, later it upgrades as an

A leading UK university has warned staff and students that it will take weeks to recover from a recent ransomware incident, with a well-known threat group already posting stolen documents. Newcastle University in the north-east of England is part of

Visa warns of a new e-commerce skimmer dubbed Baka that loads malware dynamically to avoid static malware scanners and unique encryption to obfuscate the malicious code for every client. Visa Payment Fraud Disruption (PFD) observed this skimmer across several merchant

Chilean bank BancoEstado, one of the country’s biggest banks, was forced to shut down all branches following a ransomware attack. Chilean bank BancoEstado, one of the country’s biggest banks, was hit with a ransomware attack that forced its branches to

The number of whistleblower reports made to the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) about potential data breaches and the misuse of customer information by organizations has risen by 34% in the last year. That’s according to RPC, a London-headquartered professional services