Ontario’s privacy commission has launched an investigation into a “significant privacy breach” at a long-term care home where 66 residents have died after contracting COVID-19. Canada’s long-term care minister Merilee Fullerton announced on Twitter on Saturday evening that an inquiry

Media and entertainment lawyers Grubman Shire Meiselas & Sacks have confirmed reports that their firm has fallen victim to a ransomware attack. News of a possible attack surfaced last week when the threat group behind the REvil ransomware (also known

International crime-fighting organization INTERPOL has teamed up with cybersecurity firm Kaspersky to declare WannaCry’s third anniversary ‘Anti-Ransomware Day.’ WannaCry, notorious as the largest ransomware epidemic in history, reached its peak on May 12, 2017. Recent research by Kaspersky confirms that

The Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) certification has been officially recognized as equivalent to a master’s degree across Europe. The qualification was designated as comparable to Level 7 of the Regulated Qualifications Framework (RQF) by UK NARIC, the UK’s

International security awareness training provider KnowBe4 has announced the promotion of special operations engineer Colin Murphy to the position of chief information officer (CIO). Murphy is an IT executive with over 13 years of expertise in security and software development

Security experts are warning of a 30% spike in COVID-19-themed cyber-attacks over the past two weeks as hackers continue to spoof trusted brands and organizations. Check Point revealed an average of 192,000 coronavirus-related cyber-attacks per week over the past fortnight

Recently, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the whole world is going through a big disaster. Thus, in recent conferences, Black Hat and DEF CON Security decided to go virtual due to this pandemic. Well, Balck Hat and DEF CON Security

A major mailing technology firm has been hit by ransomware for the second time in just seven months, after the notorious Maze gang struck. The group is known for stealing sensitive files from targeted organizations before encrypting systems, in order

Researchers are urging WordPress administrators to patch two new vulnerabilities discovered in a popular plugin that have been downloaded over a million times. If an attacker is able to trick an admin into clicking on a phishing link or opening

The Zeus Sphinx banking Trojan continues to evolve while receiving new updates it is employed in ongoing coronavirus-themed scams.  IBM security researcher continues to monitor the evolution of the infamous Zeus Sphinx banking Trojan (aka Zloader or Terdot) that receives

Recently, a security expert at the Eindhoven University of Technology has exhibited that how a new attack method on Windows or Linux computers with support for the Thunderbolt port could allow anyone to hack devices in less than five minutes.

Cyber-thieves are impersonating videoconferencing platform Zoom to steal victims’ Microsoft credentials. New research published today by Abnormal Security revealed that Zoom users are being targeted with fake notification emails that contain malicious links. Describing the conceit, researchers said: “This attacker

Microsoft and Intel have devised a new approach to malware detection, dubbed STAMINA, that involves deep learning and the representation of malware as images. STAtic Malware-as-Image Network Analysis (STAMINA) is a new approach to malware detection proposed by Microsoft and

New research from business ISP specialist Beaming has revealed that the volume of cyber-attacks on UK businesses increased by almost a third in the first three months of 2020. Beaming analysts identified 394,000 unique IP addresses used to attack UK

Black Hat USA and DEF CON have become the latest victims of the COVID-19 pandemic, after organizers announced plans to cancel the cybersecurity conferences and replace them with virtual events. For DEF CON, the decision has turned a long-running joke

The United States Department of Homeland Security and the Federal Bureau of Investigation are reportedly on the brink of issuing a cybersecurity warning over the alleged theft of COVID-19 vaccine data by state-backed threat actors. According to the New York