Collaborate Disseminate
Life for university students has changed massively during the coronavirus pandemic, as it has for all of us. While some in-person lectures and seminars are still taking place, there has been a big shift to remote learning. This has, perhaps understanda… Continue reading Could Universities’ Use of Surveillance Software Be Putting Students at Risk?
Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) stopped many things in 2020. While in-store holiday shopping may be greatly reduced for some, there’s still a lot of shopping happening online. Near the end of November 2020, Statista revealed that holiday retail sales were … Continue reading Survey: 78% of Retailers Took Additional Security Precautions Ahead of the 2020 Holidays
Digital attackers launched a new ransomware campaign dubbed “PLEASE_READ_ME” in an effort to target MySQL servers. Guardicore first spotted the attack back in January 2020. After that, it witnessed a total of 92 attacks emanate from 11 IP addresses, wi… Continue reading PLEASE_READ_ME Ransomware Campaign Targeting MySQL Servers
2020 has been a very interesting year for the global workforce, with the vast majority of organizations having to rapidly transition to a remote workforce with little to no prior notice thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic. The 2020 (ISC)2 Cybersecurity Wor… Continue reading 8 Key Insights from the 2020 (ISC)2 Cybersecurity Workforce Study
On December 11, 2017, Platinum Edge Media and its founder CJ Thompson created National App Day as a way to celebrate how apps have inspired us and changed our culture. The Registrar at National Day Calendar went on to proclaim National App Day to be ob… Continue reading 3 Mobile App Security Recommendations for National App Day
It’s time to say a final “Goodbye” to Flash. (Or should that be “Good riddance”?) With earlier this week seeing the final scheduled release of Flash Player, Adobe has confirmed that it will no longer be supporting the software after December 31 2020, a… Continue reading Goodbye to Flash – if you’re still running it, uninstall Flash Player now
Security researchers detected a new spear-phishing attack that’s using an exact domain spoofing tactic in order to impersonate Microsoft. On December 7, IRONSCALES revealed that it had spotted the campaign targeting Office 365 users. Those users primar… Continue reading New Microsoft Spear-Phishing Attack Uses Exact Domain Spoofing Tactic
Hey, did you get that sketchy email? You know, the one from that malicious hacker trying to fool us into clicking on some malware? Boy, these criminals are relentless. Wait, what? You clicked on it? Uh-oh. A hypothetical scenario, but one that plays ou… Continue reading 12 Essential Tips for Keeping Your Email Safe
The Phorpiex botnet earned the notorious designation of “most wanted malware” for the month of November 2020. In its Global Threat Index for November 2020, Check Point Research revealed that it had observed a surge in new Phorpiex botnet infections tha… Continue reading Phorpiex Botnet Named “Most Wanted Malware” in November 2020
Mercy Health revealed that it had fired an employee who was responsible for an insider breach involving its systems. On December 4, Mercy Health posted a notice informing its patients of a medical records incident that had occurred earlier in the year…. Continue reading Mercy Health Fired Employee Responsible for Insider Breach