Data and ransomware protection provider Arcserve today announced the appointment of award-winning tech veteran Ivan Pittaluga as its new chief technology officer (CTO). Pittaluga brings a proven record of leading advances in service delivery and transformational technology in the high-tech

Mobile operator EE, part of the BT Group, has today announced the launch of its new Digital Identity platform designed to help protect customers against becoming victims of fraud. The platform offers a series of online identity checks that guard

Just over 10% of all phishing attempts in Q1 were related to COVID-19. According to research by Positive Technologies, 13% of phishing attacks were related to COVID-19 and the number of attacks increased by 22.5% from what was seen in

Cisco patched critical vulnerabilities with Cisco Small Business that allows a remote attacker to take full control of the high-privileged account. Also fixed a privilege escalation vulnerability that impacts Cisco Prime License Manager (PLM) Software. The patch covers 5 critical

Home users are being urged to ensure their routers are adequately protected after experts revealed a tenfold spike in brute force log-in attempts. Trend Micro’s latest research, Worm War: The Botnet Battle for IoT Territory, describes a threat landscape in

Twitter has revealed that its own staff were the cause of a coordinated account hijacking campaign affecting major tech companies and celebrities this week. The social network’s support account noted in a thread a few hours ago that although its

The social media platform Twitter suffered one of the biggest cyberattacks in its history, multiple high-profile accounts were hacked. Social media platform Twitter has suffered one of the biggest cyberattacks in its history, hackers breached a number of high-profile accounts, including those

Several high-profile Twitter accounts hacked including Biden, billionaires, and corporate accounts hacked in Bitcoin scam. The scam appeared to be a targeted widespread operation that affects multiple accounts. The scam appears to be tricking the users sending payments to a

CyberNews reported the discovery of an unsecured Amazon S3 bucket containing users’ passports, driver’s licenses and other personal data The original post available here: https://cybernews.com/security/new-zealand-property-management-company-leaks-30000-passports-drivers-licenses/ CyberNews received information from reader Jake Dixon, a security researcher with Vadix Solutions, who discovered an unsecured

The personal data of over a quarter of a million people has been exposed following a malicious hack perpetrated against a Texas billing and collection company. Houston-based company Benefit Recovery Specialists, Inc. (BRSI) discovered a data breach had occurred after

British retailer Superdrug has made a pledge to combat cyberbullying and trolling on social media platforms. The high street giant was spurred into action after observing a sharp spike in the volume of derogatory comments being posted online in response

The Cofense Phishing Defense Center (PDC) has observed a new email-based phishing scam that aims to harvest Her Majesties Revenue and Customs (HMRC) credentials and sensitive personal information by preying on UK workers who are expecting COVID-19 tax relief grants.

A group of hacktivists that goes online with the name Ghost Squad Hackers has defaced a site of the European Space Agency (ESA). A group of hackers that goes online with the name Ghost Squad Hackers has defaced a site

The media industry suffered 17 billion credential stuffing attacks over the course of two years, as part of a huge increase in attacks against the sector. According to research by Akamai, between January 2018 and December 2019, 20% of the

The US government is urging SAP customers to patch a critical vulnerability published earlier this week, which could affect as many as 40,000 customers. Released as part of the software giant’s July patch update round, CVE-2020-6287 affects the SAP NetWeaver

A malware campaign hiding backdoors in mandatory Chinese corporate tax software is far more extensive than at first thought, according to researchers from Trustwave. The vendor warned last month that it discovered several clients had unwittingly installed the GoldenSpy backdoor