The acquisition of cybersecurity firm Coalfire by funds advised by Apax Partners was officially finalized. Coalfire, a provider of cybersecurity advisory and assessment services, today announced that its acquisition was now complete following full regulatory approval. The financial terms of

Around 38% of people never update their passwords, according to a survey by Specops Software which has revealed some concerning trends regarding password safety. Another finding was that a third of the population use the same password for streaming services

Two-thirds of remote workers in the UK haven’t received cybersecurity training over the past year, raising fears that they may be more susceptible to attacks as hackers adapt their tactics during the current crisis. Norwegian app security firm Promon polled

Google warns that nation-backed hackers are exploiting the COVID-19 pandemic to organizations involved in the fight against the pandemic. Google is warning that nation-state actors are exploiting the COVID-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic to target health care organizations and entities involved in

Twitter has been forced to take down thousands of breached email addresses and passwords from US and global health organizations first disseminated by alleged Neo-Nazi groups. Rita Katz, director of SITE Intelligence Group, said the log-in combos were linked to

The UK’s mobile and finance industries have teamed up with GCHQ’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) to better detect and block SMS phishing attempts designed to capitalize on the COVID-19 crisis. Known as smishing, these attacks use similar social engineering

Security researchers from ZecOps discovered two zero-day vulnerabilities with default email mailing app present in Apple iPhones and iPads let attackers take over the devices by just sending an email. The vulnerability has been exploited by attackers since at least

Two zero-day flaws in the default mailing app pre-installed on iPhones and iPads allow attackers to hack the devices just by sending emails. Experts at cybersecurity firm ZecOps have discovered two zero-day vulnerabilities in iPhone and iPad devices that have been

Perspecta Labs–the innovative applied research arm of Perspecta Inc.–has been awarded a defensive cyber-contract potentially worth $14.5m by the United States Army. The lucrative contract was handed out by the US Army Combat Capabilities Development Command (CCDC), Command, Control, Computers,

A database containing what appears to be the data of thousands of UniCredit S.p.A employees is being advertised for sale on cybercrime forums. The Italian global banking and financial services company has more than 8,500 branches in 17 countries and

Nearly 25,000 email credentials allegedly from NIH, WHO, Gates Foundation and other organizations involved in the containment of COVID-19 pandemic are dumped online While the principal organizations engaged in the fight against COVID-19 are the targets of conspiracy theories, a

A ransomware attack has thrown operations at New Jersey company Cognizant into disarray, compromising internal systems. The IT services provider confirmed on April 18 that it had fallen victim to a ransomware attack perpetrated by the threat group Maze. Services

The volume of attacks on cloud services more than doubled in 2019, in line with the trend of organizations increasingly moving operations to the cloud, according to the 2020 Trustwave Global Security Report. Amongst a range of cybersecurity trends from

Concerns regarding “solutions” to the current COVID-19 pandemic, including contact tracing apps, have been raised with some resolutions offered by global scientists and researchers. In a joint statement on contact tracing signed by over 300 professors and academics from around

Hackers are turning their attention to streaming services in an ongoing bid to capitalize on the current COVID-19 pandemic and increase their own profits, according to Mimecast. The email security vendor revealed that it had detected the registration of over

Thousands of US businesses may have had personal information (PII) leaked online after a government agency error led to problems with applications for economic relief. The Small Business Administration (SBA) admitted the error in a letter to affected companies widely