Almost a third of the global cybersecurity workforce is now female, but discrimination and a major gender pay gap continue to blight the industry, according to newly released findings from (ISC)2. The security certifications company analyzed data from its (ISC)2

Kaspersky is alerting SOC teams to a new malware framework it has discovered and linked to the notorious North Korean hacking group known as Lazarus. Dubbed “MATA,” the framework has apparently been in use since around April 2018, mainly to

Your personal cybersecurity starts with creating better passwords. One bad password can expose all of your personal information by compromising important accounts, and if you’re using the same password over and over again, you’re setting yourself up for even bigger

Vodafone Business is joining forces with professional services company Accenture to help European businesses bring their cybersecurity up to date. The strategic partnership was formed with the mission to give national corporate customers and small to medium enterprises (SME) in

American multinational corporation Fortinet today announced the acquisition of OPAQ Networks. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. OPAQ is a Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) cloud provider based in Herndon, Virginia. The company is known for its Zero

A Texas college project to improve the cybersecurity and energy efficiency of commercial buildings is being supported by the United States Department of Energy (DOE). The Securing Grid-Interactive Efficient Buildings through Cyber Defense and Resilient System project designed by Texas

The COVID-19 crisis has created a ripe environment for fraudsters to operate, a recent online panel discussion held by security firm Kaspersky has outlined. This is primarily due to increased reliance of individuals on digital services as a result of

Cybercriminals are increasingly leveraging public cloud services such as Google Cloud Services in phishing campaigns against Office 365 users. Cybercriminals are increasingly abusing cloud services, such as Google Cloud Services, to arrange phishing campaign aimed at stealing Office 365 logins

Russia has been named as a “highly capable cyber-actor” by the UK government’s Intelligence and Security Committee. Claiming that “the UK is one of Russia’s top Western intelligence targets,” particularly given the UK’s firm stance against recent Russian aggression and

This year could see a record breaking 20,000 vulnerabilities reported, with major increases in mobile bugs already in 2020, according to Skybox Security. The security vendor’s midyear update to its 2020 Vulnerability and Threat Trends Report contains some concerning findings

More than 1 million e-learning users data exposed from a misconfigured and unencrypted Amazon S3 buckets and other types of servers. The exposed data can be accessed by anyone online without any form of authentication. The breach was found by

A major Argentinian ISP has become the latest organization to be hit by a serious ransomware attack, with cyber-criminals demanding millions in payment by today. Telecom Argentina is thought to have been compromised last week. One insider posted the purported

A US tech company that manages popular family tree software has exposed tens of thousands of its users’ personal information online via a misconfigured cloud server, according to researchers. A team from WizCase led by Avishai Efrat discovered the unsecured

Fast Charging is a popular feature with most of the smartphones that let users charge their batteries faster than normal. The Fast Charging works by increasing the voltage and thus charges batteries faster than normal. Fast Charging technology has emerged

A new strain of banking malware dubbed BlackRock has been detected by researchers at Threat Fabric. An investigation into its origins has revealed BlackRock to be derived from the Xerxes banking malware. Xerxes was in turn spawned out of the

An alleged cyber-criminal has become the first Cypriot national to be extradited from the Republic of Cyprus to the United States. Joshua Polloso Epifaniou, a resident of Nicosia, Cyprus, arrived at John F. Kennedy Airport in New York on July