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Over the last few years, several gaming platform-based cyber attacks have come to light. Given the rise in microtransactions and in-game currency that is present in online multiplayer games and triple-A games, a large portion of the gaming community has become a prime target for hackers looking to attain payment details, personal information, and the […]
We have always been stating that for any enterprise, security is not just about solutions and the technical aspects, it includes the human element as well. Every single employee who is part of an enterprise is responsible for the overall infrastructure security and hence there are some common security mistakes that, if avoided, could help […]
When we have to search something on the Internet, our mind by default goes to Google or Bing. Obviously, our mind is tuned that way, and we get the results we seek. But how often do we consider that the information we are really looking for might be available on the deep web? Major search […]
Troy Hunt, a prolific cybersecurity researcher has probably assembled one of the largest data leak collection in the world at the time of this writing. A collection of aggregate massive leaks containing 773 million email addresses and around 21 million passwords. Dubbed ‘Collection #1’, when laid out in a spreadsheet, it will occupy 2,692,818,238 rows. […]
The dependence of many companies with externally-developed software grew to new leaps and bounds for the last decades. Enterprises would like to focus with their core business, and less with developing an in-house team that will create, maintain and decommission a critical application or process. These so-called external 3rd party apps, whether their source is […]
A phishing attack led to the data breach, seems like the trend is not going to end any sooner. This time a school was attacked and the students’ social security numbers, addresses, and more were leaked by the hackers. The school in question is California’s San Diego Unified School District, the phishing attack has led […]
Extortion emails which carried bomb threats caused panic in various cities across the U.S. and police had to tell people to stay calm. ZDNet reports, “US law enforcement authorities are urging Americans to remain calm after a massive spam campaign carrying bomb threats has scared people and caused building evacuations all day across the country.” […]
Just a day after Google announced a Google+ API leak, which could have impacted many users, a Rhode Island government entity has filed a lawsuit against the global internet giant. We had reported, on December 11, that Google+ had been hit by a bug which could have led to the accounts of about 52.5 million […]
Obviously, the demands with regard to a specific software product vary a lot depending on the client and his needs. Big corporations would usually lean towards resourceful and complex projects spanning a multitude of platforms, with multiple layers and a rather broad scope. On the other hand, startups would come with more modest resources and […]
The growth of Bitcoin and its derivative cryptocurrencies have expanded people’s point-of-view on what it really is, a new representation of real-world money. We used to associate money to currency, physical paper or metal coins to represent value, but now stored as a file in our computer or smart devices. However, not everyone in this […]
Atrium Health, formerly Carolinas HealthCare System, which touted itself as ‘one of the nation’s leading and most innovative healthcare organizations’ has publicly disclosed that their system supplied by AccuDoc Solutions had a data breach between September 22 to 29, 2018 which exposed 2.65 million patient records to an unauthorized and unknown third party. The disclosure […]
The most serious breach of data in the history of Singapore happened last month when SingHealth reported that 1.5 million patient records were breached. According to Strait Times, among those affected includes Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, with the attackers “specifically and repeatedly targeting” his personal particulars and information of his outpatient dispensed medicines. Not […]
We are into the fourth quarter of 2018 and there are no signs of cyberattacks slowing down. Reports indicate that over the first three quarters of the year, cyberattacks were happening at an increased rate compared to the corresponding time last year. Cyberattacks, which are all driven by data theft, target companies, their clients, cryptocurrency […]
Two-factor authentication has been a near silver-bullet that prevents phishing attacks and online account thefts. It is very effective, as it provides the user a virtual “second password”, which disables the capability of account login procedure if not provided. It was very instrumental to security, that Google has no recorded incident of a phishing attack, […]
A new breed of cyberattacks- ransomware, fileless attacks and cold boot- have been impacting enterprise networks worldwide and proving to be a real headache to many. The ransomware menace The ransomware, which has been here for quite some time, became sort of a household name, with even non-techies getting to know as to what it […]
Deep web and privacy enthusiasts have a lot to rejoice for as the Tor Project has announced that their popular Tor Browser is now available for Android. Members of the Tor Project claim the browser is now in Alpha and can be installed by using Orbot first. What users can do to start browsing the […]
U.S lawmakers, a bipartisan group of them, have joined hands in slamming Google’s CEO for declining to testify at the Senate hearing next week. Fox News reports- “On the same day that President Trump slammed social media companies for what he claimed was a bias against conservative media, a bipartisan group of lawmakers went after […]
In a recent statement Google said that it has disabled 39 YouTube Channels associated with Iranian state broadcaster, which is running a political campaign to influence its viewers. Google said on August 23 that its forensic research shows the accounts were set up by people associated with the state-run Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB). […]
Thailand’s two big banks are the newest victims of a data leak involving 123,000 customer records. This happened on the backdrop of Thailand’s push for more and more cashless transactions. Krungthai Bank (KTB) and Kasikornbank (KBank) have been penetrated that caused people to rethink the next monetary strategy to follow. Initial checks concluded that the […]
Reddit is the most known discussion forum on the internet, and later today they announced that the hacker managed to fiddle with their system and have managed to leak user’s data and other information. In a post-mortem, Reddit said the attack was serious and resulted in an old database backup and a newer set of […]
The United States, through its intelligence agencies, has uncovered a major cyber espionage vulnerability against software-based supply chain software. A supply chain attack refers to a cyber attack of unauthorized penetration of the supply chain network in order to farm information usable by 3rd parties. The announcement highlighted the cyber capabilities of Iran, China, and […]