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Adobe now shows alerts in Windows 10 to uninstall Flash Player
With the Flash Player now officially having reached end of life, Adobe has started to display alerts on Windows computers recommending that users uninstall Flash Player. When Flash Player is installed, it creates a scheduled task named 'Adobe Flash Player PPAPI...
Worldwide VPN market to reach $75.59 billion by 2027
The global VPN market was valued at $25.41 Billion in 2019 and is projected to reach $75.59 Billion by 2027, growing at a CAGR of 14.7% from 2020 to 2027, Valuates Reports reveals. Major factors driving the growth of VPN market size, increase in data security...
Mobile Endpoint Security: Still the Crack in the Enterprise’s Cyber Armour
A combination of best practices and best-in-class technology will help keep your enterprise from falling victim to ever-growing threats. There are plenty of security solutions in place that protect sensitive data in motion, and at rest in enterprise storage and the...
A Review of Ransomware in 2020
As if dealing with COVID-19 were not enough, 2020 turned out to be a banner year for another troublesome strain of virus— ransomware. Malicious actors grew more sophisticated, daring and brutal. They also hit a number of high-profile targets. For those of you who...
Farmers get their own security advice as cyberattacks increase
The UK's National Cyber Security Center (NCSC) has issued its first-ever guidance for farmers to help protect their industry from malware and ransomware. With an eye on the future of agriculture and tech, the NCSC has published guidance to help the farming sector...
Ministry of Justice Suffers 17 Serious Data Breaches Last Year
The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) reported 17 serious data breaches during the last financial year, according to official figures analysed by the Parliament Street think tank. The UK government department responsible for running the country’s justice system revealed in...
Apple’s new partnership might help close one of the web’s worst privacy holes
Engineers from Cloudflare, Apple and Fastly have co-authored a new proposed DNS standard that separates IP addresses from queries to make it harder for internet service providers to know which websites users visit. The new internet protocol, dubbed Oblivious...
Microsoft was also a victim of the SolarWinds supply chain hack
Microsoft has confirmed that it, too, is among the companies who have downloaded the compromised SolarWinds Orion updates, but that they have isolated and removed them. “We have not found evidence of access to production services or customer data. Our investigations,...
45 million medical scans from hospitals all over the world left exposed online for anyone to view – some servers were laced with malware
23,000 Britons' data was among unsecured info, finds research Two thousand servers containing 45 million images of X-rays and other medical scans were left online during the course of the past twelve months, freely accessible by anyone, with no security protections at...
Norwegian Cruise Company Hurtigruten Hit by Cyberattack
Norwegian cruise company Hurtigruten announced Monday that it had been hit by a major cyberattack involving what appeared to be "ransomware", designed to seize control of data to ransom it. "It's a serious attack," said the company's chief digital officer Ole-Marius...