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Just like the healthcare industry, the financial market players are also a profitable target of cybercriminal elements. The Global DNS Threat Report 2018 by Efficient IP has released a report on the vulnerability of the financial institutions to the threat of DNS-based cyber attacks. All computers on a network require configuration of DNS, last year […]
The popular culture has depicted hackers as evildoers in movies, in TV series and even in the primetime news. However, the commodification of technology-enabled our modern environment of patch-cycles and hotfix treadmills. We use bloated software every day, and the size of the software is not decreasing, it followed the trend of Moore’s Law for […]
Managers of small and medium-sized organizations lack contingency plans in case of cyberattacks Even though awareness about importance of cyber security organization has been increasing in recent years, most small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) continue showing lag signs in these issues, as it is estimated that nearly 51% of SMEs managers are convinced that their […]
Proofpoint, a cybersecurity firm has announced in their study that Japan, Poland, and Germany banks are in the crosshairs of a new variant of the Kronos bank trojan. Kronos was first detected four years ago has recently seen in the wild spreading through infected spam messages and exploit kits for sale on the Dark Web. […]
Short Bytes: According to a recent revelation, a hacking group called Armada Collective collected more than $100,000 just by sending a DDoS threat in an email to online businesses. The spooked businesses were asked to pay the amount in Bitcoin in the form of a protection money. A hacking group called the Armada Collective has earned […]
Short Bytes: What is the worst thing that could happen when you hire a hacker to conduct some criminal activity? Yes, police comes knocking your door because you were fooled into hiring an undercover cop. Along the similar lines, read this story about Zachary Landis and how he landed in prison. Craigslist is a great place […]