by Shawn | Jan 8, 2021 | Cybersecurity, Hacker
A global spear-phishing campaign has been targeting organizations associated with COVID-19 vaccine distribution since September 2020, according to new research. Attributing the operation to a nation-state actor, IBM Security X-Force researchers said the attacks took...
by Shawn | Jan 6, 2021 | Home Automation, Home Protection, Home Security, Smart Home, Technology News
What Is Smart Home Technology? What if all the devices in your life could connect to the internet? Not just computers and smartphones, but everything: clocks, speakers, lights, doorbells, cameras, windows, window blinds, hot water heaters, appliances, cooking...
by Shawn | Jan 4, 2021 | Cybersecurity, Data Breaches, News, Security Breach
FireEye, one of the largest cybersecurity firms in the world, said on Tuesday it became a victim of a state-sponsored attack by a “highly sophisticated threat actor” that stole its arsenal of Red Team penetration testing tools it uses to test the defenses...
by Shawn | Jan 1, 2021 | Cybersecurity, Data Breaches, News
Critical flaws in a core networking library powering Valve’s Steam online gaming functionality could have allowed malicious actors to remotely crash games and even take control over affected third-party game servers. “An attacker could remotely crash an...
by Shawn | Dec 30, 2020 | Access Control, Cybersecurity, Security, Uncategorized
Enterprises are grappling with increased complexity as cloud adoption increases, the perimeter expands, and digital transformation projects take hold. The accelerated shift to remote working has only added to the complexity. As more businesses leverage hybrid IT...
by Shawn | Dec 28, 2020 | Cybersecurity, Hacker, Security, Security Breach
A Russian threat actor known for its malware campaigns has reappeared in the threat landscape with yet another attack leveraging COVID-19 as phishing lures, once again indicating how adversaries are adept at repurposing the current world events to their advantage....
by Shawn | Dec 25, 2020 | Cybersecurity
Small and medium organizations can face a variety of IT challenges: insufficient funding, constantly evolving technologies, growing legal and regulatory requirements, and a lack of skilled and trained IT employees. Oftentimes, these enterprises rely on third-parties...
by Shawn | Dec 23, 2020 | Cybersecurity, News, Security, Technology News
Cisco has once again fixed four previously disclosed critical bugs in its Jabber video conferencing and messaging app that were inadequately addressed, leaving its users susceptible to remote attacks. The vulnerabilities, if successfully exploited, could allow an...
by Shawn | Dec 21, 2020 | Access Control, Cybersecurity, Security
Safeguarding an organization from cybercrime has become vastly more challenging given how digitized and, as a result, interconnected the world has become. Adding complexity to this already daunting scenario is the fact organizations have become perimeter-less, often...
by Shawn | Dec 18, 2020 | Cybersecurity, Data Breaches, News, Security Breach
Two popular Android apps from Chinese tech giant Baidu were temporarily unavailable on the Google Play Store in October after they were caught collecting sensitive user details. The two apps in question—Baidu Maps and Baidu Search Box—were found to collect device...
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