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Over a fifth (21%) of US consumers will never return to a brand that has suffered a data breach, according to new research providing a timely reminder of the need for effective cybersecurity. Contact center payments firm PCI Pal polled
The data breach suffered by the British Airways airline is worse than initially thought, according to IAG firm that wons the airline further 185,000 customers may have had impacted in the incident. The data breach suffered by the British Airways
ICS and IIoT Increasingly Vulnerable to Hackers
According to the 2019 Global ICS & IIoT Risk Report published by CyberX, cyber-criminals are increasingly targeting the vulnerabilities of industrial control systems (ICSs) and the industrial internet of things (IIoT). The report reflects the findings from data captured over
Demand for cryptocurrency skills has rocketed by over 1000% over the past two years, but a disconnect between cybersecurity and the fast-emerging sector is exposing organizations to greater risk, according to Trend Micro. The security vendor analyzed data from popular
CISOs Challenged by Budget and Rise in Attacks
Having a lack of influence in the boardroom is one reason why 84% of CISOs in North America believe there is no way to avoid a cybersecurity breach, according to a new report from Kaspersky Lab. Results from the report
Security researchers at FortiGuard Labs have discovered a new DDoS-for-hire service called “0x-booter” built with leaked code that implements an easy to use interface. “0x-booter” first appeared on October 17, 2018, a post published on Facebook advertises over 500 Gbps
Introduction to Vulnerability Analysis and Vulnerability Scanning Tools: Vulnerability Assessment is also termed as Vulnerability Analysis. The method of recognizing, categorizing and characterizing the security holes (called as Vulnerabilities) among the network infrastructure, computers, hardware system and software etc is
Group-IB has estimated that crypto exchanges suffered a total loss of $882 million due to targeted attacks between 2017 and 2018. Group-IB, an international company that specializes in preventing cyber attacks,has estimated that cryptocurrency exchanges suffered a total loss of
GreyEnergy Potential Successor of BlackEnergy
GreyEnergy, a subgroup of the advanced persistent threat (APT) group known as BlackEnergy, has been attacking the energy sector for the past three years, according to ESET. Back in December of 2015, when approximately 230,000 people suffered a blackout after
Security researchers from ESET published a detailed analysis of a recently discovered cyber espionage group tracked as GreyEnergy. Security experts from ESET published a detailed analysis of a recently discovered threat actor tracked as GreyEnergy, its activity emerged in concurrence
9 in 10 Orgs Don’t Have Desired Security Culture
In a new survey on cybersecurity culture, 90% of the nearly 5,000 technology professionals who participated identified a gap in their existing culture and the cybersecurity culture they would like to have, according to ISACA and CMMI Institute. The Cybersecurity
Fortinet and Bitdefender are hoping that their latest acquisitions will augment their threat intelligence offerings, with each organization today announcing that it has completed an acquisition that will enhance its existing security solutions. Fortinet has finalized its acquisition of the
Splunk recently addressed several vulnerabilities in Enterprise and Light products, some of them have been rated “high severity.” Splunk Enterprise solution allows organizations to aggregate, search, analyze, and visualize data from various sources that are critical to business operations. The
Attackers are targeting high-value servers using a three of hacking tools from NSA arsenal, including DarkPulsar, that were leaked by the Shadow Brokers hacker group. The hackers used the powerful cyber weapons to compromise systems used in aerospace, nuclear energy,
Oracle has just released a security update to prevent 2.3 million servers running the RPCBIND service from being used in amplified DDoS attacks. The flaw was discovered by the Brazilian researcher Mauricio Correa, founder of Brazilian security company XLabs. The
Millions of voter records are available for sale on the Dark Web, experts discovered over 35 million US voter records for sale in a hacking forum. Millions of voter records are available for sale on the Dark Web, experts from
