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49% of Information Security pros are awake at night worrying about their organisation’s cybersecurity
Six in every ten businesses have experienced a breach in either in the last three years. At least a third of infosec professionals (36%) whose employers had not recently been a victim of a cyber attack also believe that it is likely that they are currently facing one...
macOS Catalina’s Biggest Changes: What to Check Out After Upgrading
macOS Catalina, which came out on Monday, is the newest version of the operating system that runs on the Mac. Catalina brings some significant changes, including the removal of the iTunes app, a new Sidecar feature, an updated Find My app, and more. This is an...
Executives have to make cybersecurity a priority in order to secure their business
Businesses and organisations of all sizes have steadily begun to recognize the importance of cybersecurity to their success. As spending and awareness of the importance of cybersecurity increases, so does the demand for intelligence about how best to spend those funds...
APT Groups Are Exploiting Vulnerabilities in Enterprise VPN Products, the UK NCSC Warns
APT (Advanced persistent threat) actors are targeting the UK and other international organizations in the healthcare sector, educational sector, government, and military. The vulnerabilities exist in several VPN products that allow an attacker to retrieve arbitrary...
Microsoft: Any form of MFA takes users out of reach of most attacks
The apparent ease with which SIM hijacking attacks are being perpetrated to get the targets’ second authentication factor for crucial accounts (online banking, cryptocurrency exchange, online wallet) must have raised some doubts about the security of multi-factor...
FBI’s new ransomware warning: Don’t pay up, but if you do, tell us about it
After a spate of ransomware attacks on government organizations, the FBI has come up with a new stance on paying up ransomware demands. The latest groups to be targeted by high-value ransomware attacks are hospital organizations in Alabama, USA, and Victoria,...
OneDrive adds Personal Vault option for sensitive files and photos
Microsoft OneDrive ( It's not available in Microsoft OneDrive for Business ) users will find a little something extra in the cloud today, with the announcement of the worldwide availability of the Personal Vault feature for OneDrive. The new feature carves out a...
Microsoft’s new Surface models: Specs, pricing, dates for Pro 7, Laptop 3 and Arm devices
At yesterdays hardware event, Microsoft took the wraps off a number of new Surface PCs and peripherals, as expected. The new devices, which will be ready to ship this month, feature Intel, AMD, and Arm processors. SURFACE PRO X Surface Pro X is an Arm-based Surface...
Ransomware incident to cost Danish company a $95 million
Demant, one of the world's largest manufacturers of hearing aids, expects to incur losses of up to $95 million following what appears to be a ransomware infection that hit the company at the start of the month. This marks one of the most significant losses caused by a...
Year-over-year malware volume increased by 64%
The most common domains attackers use to host malware and launch phishing attacks include several subdomains of legitimate sites and Content Delivery Networks (CDNs) such as CloudFlare.net, CloudFront.net (which belongs to Amazon), SharePoint and Amazonaws.com, along...