The state of Massachusetts is reportedly facing increased cyber threats from adversaries who are trying to steal sensitive information, according to the Gloucester Daily Times. In an interview with Stephanie Helm, director of the MassCyberCenter, State House reporter Christian M.

Experts analyzed tools and intrusion methods used by the China-linked cyber-espionage group Emissary Panda in attacks over the past 2 years. This morning I wrote about a large-scale cyber attack that hit the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) in November 2016,

Adobe has released out-of-band updates to address a critical flaw in  ColdFusion web application development platform that has been exploited in the wild. Adobe has released out-of-band updates to address a zero-day vulnerability in the ColdFusion web application development platform that

Criminals who launched phishing campaigns during the final quarter of 2018 employed social engineering tactics in nearly one in three targeted attacks, according to Positive Technologies. A new report entitled Cybersecurity Threatscape Q4 2018 found that in 48% of cyber-attacks

A major global ransomware attack could cost organizations an estimated $193bn, with those in the US worst affected, according to a new cyber-risk report. Bashe attack: Global infection by contagious malware, was produced by the Singapore-based Cyber Risk Management (CyRiM)

Cyber-criminals have grown more sophisticated in their unyielding attempts to compromise internet of things (IoT) devices, according to Fortinet’s Global Threat Landscape Report. The latest quarterly report indicates the changing vicissitudes of the threat landscape, with the exploit index reaching

Researchers found a new set of flaws that can be exploited via Thunderbolt to compromise a broad range of modern computers with Thunderclap attacks Security experts from Rice University in the United States, University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom,

The UK’s financial services regulator saw the number of data breaches reported to it grow by 480% from 2017 to 2018, according to a new report. The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) figures reveal a rise of reported breaches from just

Global spam calls have soared by 325% over 2018 to reach a staggering 85 billion worldwide, according to new findings from Hiya. The Caller ID company claimed in its first Global Robocall Radar report that spam rates in Spain (24%),

Security expert Marco Ramilli analyzed a new piece of malware apparently designed to target PIK-Group that implements ransomware, Trojan, and Miner capabilities. When an unknown sender suggests me to click on a super wiredurl, dropping a ZIP file straight in

There has been a decline in ransomware infections, but that does not mean that earned revenue has reduced for cyber-criminals. According to the third instalment of the Check Point 2019 Security Report, threat actors are increasingly targeting public cloud and

The popular in-browser cryptocurrency mining service Coinhive has announced that it will shut down on March 8, 2019. The service made the headlines across the years because it was used by crooks to abuse computational resources of the victims that were

The majority of vulnerabilities in 2018 were associated with network vulnerabilities, while less than 20% were associated with web applications and APIs, according to the fourth annual Vulnerability Stats Report from Edgescan. When it comes to breaches, though, web application

Almost three million UK businesses could be exposing themselves to cyber-threats by having unknown devices on their network, according to new Forescout research. The security vendor polled over 500 IT decision makers in the UK to better understand their exposure

An estimated 80% of US businesses expect to be hit by a critical security breach at some point in the coming year, according to new research from Trend Micro. The security giant polled over 1000 IT security professionals to compile

Enterprises around the globe are facing a new breed of cyber-attacks that are largely fueled by geopolitical tensions, according to Carbon Black‘s 2019 Global Threat Report. Last year cybersecurity professionals struggled to defend against increasing crypto-mining attacks, along with fileless