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Despite ever-stricter regulations, businesses across the world are increasingly exposing company data by irresponsibly using unsecured public cloud services and applications, new research shows.
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Regular internet users today juggle numerous accounts on various platforms and websites, often using the same weak password for all of them. Tech-literate users employ different passwords for different accounts, and strong ones at that. Those who are t… Continue reading Researchers extract master password in cleartext from 1Password
Despite knowing better, many organizations cave into attackers’ demands, paying ransomware operators whatever they ask for in exchange for the decryption keys to their locked data.
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A cyber-incident inflicts damage beyond just downtime and recovery costs. A breach can spell disaster for a company’s image, leading to devaluation, lost business, high turnover, and even bankruptcy in extreme cases. However, a breach isn… Continue reading Downtime Can Cost a Company up to $67 Million Over Two Years, Threatening Brand Reputation
Ransomware attacks have been increasing steadily for a few years, and operators gain confidence with every new strike. While cyber-experts burn the midnight oil coming up with solutions to thwart this dangerous form of malware, lawmakers in the U.S. st… Continue reading Ransomware to land cyber-crooks decades in Maryland prisons if new bill passes
54 percent of companies will increase IT security spending in 2019, and almost a third will do so by 10 to 20 percent or more, according to a study by eSecurity Planet. The reason? Fear of data breaches and the penalties under new privacy regulati… Continue reading Fear of Data Breaches Driving Big Businesses to Raise Spending on IT in 2019, Survey Shows
Torrent sites are banning CracksNow, a popular source of torrent uploads, after discovering that the uploader of cracks and keygens was distributing ransomware. CracksNow was labeled as “trusted” before a number of users started noticing ba… Continue reading Popular Torrents Uploader Caught Sharing ‘GandCrab’ Ransomware
2018 alone has seen billions of accounts hacked across a wide range of applications and services, proving once more that even the biggest Internet players can’s always keep users’ accounts under lock and key. Hackers are increasingly apt at… Continue reading 10 ways to deadbolt your Google account
Hackers are hitting European businesses with an increasing number of attacks meant to disrupt their operations, according to new data from DDoS protection experts. Both the volume and the complexity of the attacks is growing, and over half used mu… Continue reading Average DDoS Attack Volume Tripled in a Year, New Data Reveals
Big cyber attacks like the Equifax incident in 2017 and the Marriot breach in 2018 have had devastating effects for those in the hackers’ crosshairs. But high-profile data breaches also hold important value for the good guys: clues to the at… Continue reading What Information Do Cyber Criminals Most Want from Your Business?