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Consumers don’t entirely trust smart home tech
Smart home tech is marketed to enhance your home and make life easier. However, UK consumers are not convinced that they can trust the privacy and security of these technologies. To better understand consumers perceptions of the desirability of the smart home,...
What are the benefits of automated, cloud-native patch management?
Could organizations recoup their share of more than $1 billion per quarter by moving away from legacy solutions to cloud-native patch management and endpoint hardening? A new report from Sedulo Group says yes. The 2020 TCO Study of Microsoft WSUS & SCCM report...
DDoS attacks in April, May and June 2020 double compared to Q2 2019
Findings from Link11’s H1 2020 DDoS Report reveal a resurgence in DDoS attacks during the global COVID-19 related lockdowns. In April, May and June 2020, the number of attacks registered by Link11’s Security Operations Center (LSOC) averaged 97% higher than the during...
Dharma ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) attacks against UK small and medium-sized businesses
Cybercriminals are increasingly using Dharma ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) attacks against small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) this year, according to British cybersecurity company Sophos. During these attacks, hackers are leveraging various iterations of Dharma...
Fake security advisory used in clever cPanel phishing attack
A clever phishing scam is targeting cPanel users with a fake security advisory alerting them of critical vulnerabilities in their web hosting management panel. cPanel is administrative software commonly installed on shared web hosting services that allow website...
6,600 organizations bombarded with 100,000+ BEC attacks
Cybercriminals are increasingly registering accounts with legitimate services, such as Gmail and AOL, to use them in impersonation and BEC attacks, according to Barracuda Networks. BEC attacks impact thousands of organizations In their most recent threat spotlight...
Hackers are defacing Reddit with pro-Trump messages
A massive hack has hit Reddit yesterday after tens of Reddit channels have been hacked and defaced to show messages in support of Donald Trump's reelection campaign. The hacks are still ongoing at the time of writing, but ZDNet were told Reddit's security team is...
Windows apps are coming to Chrome OS via Parallels this fall, no internet required
Back in June, Google teased Parallels coming to Chrome OS this fall, although it didn't say much more than that. Today, Parallels expanded on that announcement, explaining that you'll be able to run a full Windows virtual machine on your Chrome OS PC, with no internet...
Overconfident about their security, businesses are falling victims to bot attacks
Many businesses are at risk from bot attacks, despite an awareness of the problem and a widely held belief that they have the problem under control, Netacea reveals. Global businesses at risk from bot attacks The research surveyed businesses across the travel,...
Cloud services help adapt and respond to COVID-19 challenges
38 percent of businesses have scaled infrastructure to meet new levels of demand during the lockdown period (March-June), highlighting how the pandemic has accelerated businesses’ digital transformation plans, according to Aptum. The findings also demonstrate that...