Speaking at the Genetec Connect’DX digital conference, Mathieu Chevalier, lead security architect and Laurent Villeneuve, product marketing manager, video surveillance, both at Genetec, discussed the biggest trends in cybersecurity in 2020, the nature of cyber-threats currently being faced by organizations

China-linked Winnti cyberespionage group targets South Korean video gaming company Gravity, QuoIntelligence (QuoINT) firm reported. Security experts from QuoIntelligence (QuoINT) firm reported that China-linked Winnti cyberespionage group targets South Korean video gaming company Gravity. The Winnti group was first spotted

An unsecured online database is to blame for yet another major privacy incident after fitness tech company Kinomap accidentally leaked 42 million records including personal identity data (PII). Researchers at vpnMentor found the wide-open data trove as part of an

Security researcher Pedro Ribeiro, Director of Research at Agile Information Security disclosed four zero-day vulnerabilities on GitHub after the company refused to fix them and accept. The vulnerabilities found with IBM Data Risk Manager (IDRM) enterprise security software, which helps

Cynet today announced the company’s IR Challenge for incident response professionals. By participating in this event, Incident Responders challenged to match their skills against colleagues in the first of its kind contest with $5,000 Prize. Cynet 360 is the world’s

Terahash Acquires L0phtCrack Password auditing and recovery software L0phtCrack has been acquired by Terahash LLC for an undisclosed sum. L0phtCrack is used to test password strength and sometimes to recover lost Microsoft Windows passwords by using dictionary, brute-force, hybrid attacks, and rainbow tables. It was originally

US Ransomware Attacks Plummet Ransomware attacks on the United States have diminished significantly and are “now at a level not seen in several years,” according to cybersecurity company Emsisoft. In new research published today, Emsisoft found a marked drop in ransomware attacks on

A Quarter of Website Traffic Is Bad Bots New research published today by Imperva has found that bad bots made up nearly a quarter of overall website traffic in 2019. The report was built from data collected from Imperva’s global network and includes hundreds

Cyber-Incident Guidance Delivered to European Bankers Finance ministers from the G20 and Central Bank governors have been briefed on effective practises for cyber-incident response and recovery. The Financial Stability Board (FSB) sent its report on Effective Practices for Cyber Incident

DWF Appoints New Privacy and Cybersecurity Leader DWF has appointed its new UK national leader of privacy and cyber security, James Drury-Smith, who has joined from PwC where he was UK leader for the non-contentious data protection legal practice. Drury-Smith

A security researcher disclosed details of four zero-day flaws impacting an IBM security product after the IT giant refused to address them. The security researcher Pedro Ribeiro, Director of Research at Agile Information Security, has published details about four zero-day

OutSystems Launches Data Sharing Platform to Help Combat #COVID19 in Portugal OutSystems has launched the Integrated Management Platform as part of a program to combat issues raised by the COVID-19 pandemic in Lisbon, Portugal. Developed in collaboration with The Lisbon

Hackers launched spear-phishing attacks against organizations in the oil and gas industry sector spreading the Agent Tesla info-stealer malware. Crooks are targeting organizations in the oil and gas industry sector with targeted spearphishing campaigns impersonating shipment companies and engineering contractors.

Around four times more vulnerabilities are discovered in Microsoft Windows systems than Mac OS X but they are patched far quicker, according to new research from Kenna Security. The vulnerability management firm commissioned the Cyentia Institute to analyze data from

Speaking in the keynote session of the Genetec Connect’DX digital conference Pierre Racz, president of Genetec, reflected on the false promises of Artificial Intelligence (AI), the state of the technology and its impact on our lives. “Science and technology are