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The State of New York has decided to ban Zoom from city schools amid news of security and privacy concerns surrounding the popular videoconferencing software. “DOE staff and service providers should cease using Zoom as soon as possible,” De… Continue reading New York City Schools Ban Zoom over Security and Privacy Woes
Studies focused on cybersecurity as a profession find each year that skills in the area are rare, and expensive at that. This year is no different. While IT leaders are starting to take steps to mitigate this issue, organizations worldwide remain … Continue reading Amid a Major Skills Shortage, CISOs Are Turning to Security Analytics and Threat Intelligence
As more and more ransomware victims recover their data by paying up, the extortion payments made to ruthless cybercrooks are motivating the ransomware industry, new research suggests.
The post Successful Ransomware Infections Surge to Record in 20… Continue reading Successful Ransomware Infections Surge to Record in 2020 as Victims Grow More Willing to Pay, Research Shows
As Covid-19 continues to wreak havoc globally, companies are keeping their employees at home. To ensure compliance and stay atop security standards, teleworkers have to patch into their company’s infrastructure using remote desktop protocol (RDP)… Continue reading Spike in Remote Work Leads to 40% Increase in RDP Exposure to Hackers
Scammers continue to piggyback on the COVID-19 Coronavirus scare with new tricks, this time targeting U.S. Army service members with phone calls requesting their personal information and promising a testing kit to check if they’re infected, accor… Continue reading Scammers Target U.S. Troops with Fake COVID-19 Tests
A snapshot of the breach exposure affecting major enterprises has revealed 23 million pairs of credentials containing Fortune 1000 corporate email addresses and plaintext passwords.
The post 4 Million Passwords Tied to Fortune 1000 Companies Are A… Continue reading 4 Million Passwords Tied to Fortune 1000 Companies Are Available on the Dark Web, Research Shows
The FBI has warned that scammers are using email scams to capitalize on the coronavirus scare, including messages purporting to be from national authorities like the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. “Scammers are leveraging the COVID-1… Continue reading Don’t Fall for These COVID-19 Scams, FBI Warns
The Coronavirus pandemic has prompted numerous organizations to consider alternate workplaces for employees, in line with recommendations from the World Health Organization. Now the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Cybersecurity &… Continue reading Hackers Actively Exploiting Enterprise VPN Bugs Amid Covid-19 Telework Trend, says DHS
Perhaps they want to avoid provoking the white-hot rage of an already wounded public. Or maybe they’ve realized their victims can’t pay. Or, just possibly, some black hats do have a smidgen of ethics. At least in grim times like these. The … Continue reading One Hacking Group Promises to Stop Attacking Medical Units Until COVID-19 Cools Down
The infamous Maze Team has struck again, this time infecting an urgent walk-in care center in Texas with its system-crippling ransomware. Sticking to its traditional modus operandi, the hacking group is threatening to leak the caregiving unit’s p… Continue reading Maze Ransomware Continues to Hit Healthcare Units amid Coronavirus (COVID-19) Outbreak