Twitter has released details of the steps it’s taking to combat misinformation on COVID-19, but admitted that its increasing reliance on automated systems may lead to more mistakes. The social network said it was broadening its definition of harm to

Google launched its Advanced Protection Program in the year 2017, the program aimed to protect users against phishing, blocking malicious apps, and to protect users from attackers. The program provides a high level of protection for high-risk users such as

A new variant of the TrickBot malware is targeting telecommunications organizations in the United States and Hong Kong. Security experts from Bitdefender recently discovered a new TrickBot variant that is targeting telecommunications organizations in the United States and Hong Kong.

A new organization has been established in the United States to share information regarding cyber-threats with political campaigns. The US CyberDome PC-ISAO is the first-ever political campaign information sharing and analysis organization to be created in America. It was formed

WhatsApp is partnering with the World Health Organization to fight back against the spread of fake news regarding the COVID-19 outbreak. The popular messaging platform, which has been used to spread disinformation in the past, has established a new Coronavirus

A growing number of world governments are using surveillance techniques to gauge whether their citizens are heeding instructions to stay indoors and isolate amid the COVID-19 outbreak. Technologies designed to track and analyze terrorists, tourists, and public travel patterns are

Pwn2Own 2020 is a live hacking contest, in which contestants are challenged to exploit widely-used software, Operating system, and mobile devices. Now it’s organized by Trend Micro’s Zero Day Initiative (ZDI) for ethical hackers and security researchers who have participated

The crippling ransomware attack on Norsk Hydro may have been a state-backed attempt to disrupt rather than extort money, and as such provides a “blueprint” for how similar future campaigns may work, Dragos has warned. The security vendor’s principal adversary

The SANS Institute has produced a training kit and additional resources designed to offer organizations, individuals and parents some best practice advice on working from home securely, as the Covid-19 pandemic spreads. The information security training provider claimed its Security

The Fortune 1000 will face significant cyber-loss events in future and will see costs mount up. According to a new research paper by the Cyentia Institute, it is estimated that one in four Fortune 1000 businesses will suffer a cyber-related

Google is this week rolling out its Advanced Protection Program (APP) to all Android users in a bid to improve protection against malicious apps. The APP was originally reserved for high-risk users such as journalists, activists, political campaigners and others.

Threat actors exploit the interest in the Coronavirus outbreak while infections increase worldwide, new campaigns aim at spreading TrickBot and Emotet Trojans. Experts warn of new Coronavirus-themed attacks that are spreading TrickBot and Emotet Trojans. Operators behind these campaigns are

A New TrickBot module discovered brute-forcing RDP connections on selected targets, mostly the telecom industry. TrickBot is a well-know trojan for credential-harvesting, it is active since 2016, and it’s mainly focused on stealing financial data. Security researchers from Bitdefender observed

American incident response and digital forensic services company Crypsis today announced the formation of a new research team dedicated to sharing threat data with the public. Crypsis Threat Research Labs (CTRL) will strive to analyze emerging cybersecurity threats and trends

Cisco fixed 5 security flaws in Cisco SD-WAN that allow attackers to make unauthorized changes to the system, and to execute the arbitrary commands. Out of five, three are high severity flaws and the flaws are due to insufficient input

Health technology company Royal Philips has become the first medical device manufacturer to receive a new product cybersecurity testing certification. The certification–catchily titled UL IEC 62304–was created by independent global safety certification and testing nonprofit company Underwriters Laboratories (UL). The