Sep 24, 2021 | Cloud Consultancy News
Ransomware attacks have reached ‘stratospheric’ levels in Q2 2021, now accounting for 69% of all attacks involving malware. That is among the most disturbing finding in the latest report from Positive Technologies. The research also reveals that the volume of attacks...
Sep 23, 2021 | Cloud Consultancy News
Law enforcement agencies in Italy and Spain have dismantled an organized crime group linked to the Italian Mafia that was involved in online fraud, money laundering, drug trafficking, and property crime, netting the gang about €10 million ($11.7 million) in illegal...
Sep 22, 2021 | Cloud Consultancy News
A free master decryptor for the REvil ransomware operation has been released, allowing all victims encrypted before the gang disappeared to recover their files for free. The REvil master decryptor was created by cybersecurity firm Bitdefender in collaboration with a...
Sep 21, 2021 | Cloud Consultancy News
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) announced the addition of single-factor authentication to the list of bad practices. This authentication method relies on matching a simple attribute, like a username to a password. According to the agency,...
Sep 20, 2021 | Cloud Consultancy News
COVID-19 quickly ushered in the era of remote work, introducing new risks that IT professionals are struggling to manage with existing security tools, according to a Thales study. Six in 10 respondents said traditional security tools such as VPNs are still the primary...
Sep 17, 2021 | Cloud Consultancy News
A threat actor allegedly scraped nearly 500,000 Fortinet VPN user credentials from unsecured devices, then shared them on his newly launched hacker forum. The leaker claims that the stolen user credentials, many of which are allegedly still valid, were acquired last...
Sep 16, 2021 | Cloud Consultancy News
IT teams have been forced into compromising security for business continuity at a time of rising threats, a HP report reveals. Making matters worse, their attempts to increase or update security measures for remote workers have often been rejected. This is...
Sep 15, 2021 | Cloud Consultancy News
Introduced on September 24, the iPhone 13 and iPhone 13 mini are Apple’s newest flagship iPhones on the more affordable end, and are being sold alongside the more expensive iPhone 13 Pro and iPhone 13 Pro Max. The iPhone 13 and iPhone 13 mini are ideal for those...
Sep 15, 2021 | Cloud Consultancy News
A recent study of enterprise IT security decision makers conducted by Tresorit shows that majority of enterprises use additional encryption methods to boost the security of cloud collaboration and file transfer, however, tools with built-in end-to-end encryption are...
Sep 14, 2021 | Cloud Consultancy News
Within the past several years, cryptocurrency has gone from a niche hobby to a mainstream concern. Cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin, Ethereum, and even Dogecoin have generated widespread interest, particularly as their value has risen. This interest has penetrated well...
