Collaborate Disseminate
Applications are a gateway to valuable data, so it’s no wonder they are one of attackers’ preferred targets. And since modern applications aren’t a monolithic whole but consist of many separate components “glued together” … Continue reading Application threats and security trends you need to know about
Since the COVID-19 outbreak, digital fraud has increased significantly, especially when it comes to account takeover. In this Help Net Security podcast, Angie White, Senior Product Marketing Manager at TransUnion, explores ATO and social engineering at… Continue reading Preventing account takeover and social engineering attacks
While most consumers are taking necessary security precautions to protect their online accounts, businesses may not be doing enough to protect their information – inadvertently driving sales to competitors that can, an Arcserve research reveals. A surv… Continue reading Consumers will opt for competitors after a single ransomware-related service disruption
After recently directly notifying a number of hospitals about vulnerable gateway and VPN appliances in their infrastructure, Microsoft has decided to offer its AccountGuard threat notification service for free for healthcare and worldwide human rights … Continue reading Microsoft offers free threat notification service to healthcare, human rights organizations
Since the start of the year, journalists and news outlets have become preferred targets of government-backed cyber attackers, Google’s Threat Analysis Group (TAG) has noticed. “For example, attackers impersonate a journalist to seed false stories… Continue reading Government-backed cyber attackers increasingly targeting journalists
Have you secured your streaming services’ accounts? Are you sure someone else, unbeknown to you, isn’t using them as well? As people around the world are being asked to remain in their homes due to the coronavirus pandemic, many are turning… Continue reading How to protect your online streaming accounts from cybercriminals?
9,050,064,764 credentials have been recovered throughout 2019 which came from a total of 640 unique data breaches and include email addresses connected to plaintext passwords and usernames with plaintext passwords, SpyCloud reveals. That means, on aver… Continue reading Credential exposure report: Poor password habits still pose a serious threat
Google users who opt for the Advanced Protection Program (APP) to secure their accounts are now able to use their iPhone as a security key. About Google’s Advanced Protection Program Google introduced the Advanced Protection Program in late 2017, to he… Continue reading High-risk Google account owners can now use their iPhone as a security key
Google has introduced new security options for G Suite customers, including Advanced Protection for enterprise users and access control for apps accessing G Suite data. Advanced Protection for high-risk users The Advanced Protection option was in beta … Continue reading Google introduces new G Suite security options
Twitter’s Support account published the following announcement on Tuesday: We recently found that some email addresses and phone numbers provided for account security may have been used unintentionally for advertising purposes. This is no longer … Continue reading Twitter 2FA phone numbers “inadvertently” used for advertising purposes