The number of malicious Covid-19 related domains that have cropped up since the pandemic started continues to rise. There has been a dramatic spike since the announcement of the vaccine. A lot of people are anxious to get it, that criminals are taking advantage of this need. This news comes from... Read more
3 years ago
Amazon is suing the EU's antitrust regulators for allowing Italy's competition watchdog to pursue its own case against the US-based online retail behemoth. The Italian case concerns the way Amazon selects its sellers. Now, the company is arguing that this investigation should be included in the EU'... Read more
3 years ago
Malicious actors have managed to break into the network of Malwarebytes. According to the security company, only a "limited subset of corporate e-mails" has been captured. Malwarebytes writes about the hack in a blog post. The company claims the same people are behind the hack as the ones who we... Read more
3 years ago
As the video conferencing platform offers convenient features for working from home, Zoom went through a large growth in popularity in 2020. However, Zoom was not only the center of attention because of its handy features: it also suffered from major security issues. The company is still working on... Read more
3 years ago
Symantec researchers have found additional malware used by the attackers behind the SolarWinds hack. The malware helped the attackers to extend their access to an infected network. The researchers have named the new malware Raindrop. It is very similar to the existing Teardrop malware that the a... Read more
3 years ago
Protecting passwords is hard. Remembering them is even harder. Using the same password for everything is very dangerous, and one needs to have strong measures to stay safe. We have all had passwords that were subpar in the past. Recently, there have been tools and services to protect your passwo... Read more
3 years ago
Working from home impedes the creation of a "great culture and an inspired workforce," according to Aneel Bhusri. This week Aneel Bhusri, the CEO of Workday, created some controversy when he told an audience from Goldman Sachs that he cannot wait to see people return to the office instead of wor... Read more
3 years ago
Samsung leader and vice-chairman Lee Jae-yong has been given a 2.5-year prison sentence for attempting to bribe former president Park Geun-hye. He allegedly tried to facilitate a merger between two business units. According to ZDNet, Lee tried to bribe President Park to approve the merger of two... Read more
3 years ago
Two officials who served under Obama's administration have emerged as the front-runners for the top antitrust job at the United States Department of Justice. That is what the incoming administration under President-elect Joe Biden is aiming for. The news was revealed to Reuters by two sources cl... Read more
3 years ago
Security researchers have uncovered a new phishing campaign that uses the Covid-19 pandemic vaccine news to spread malware and Business Email Compromise (BEC) attacks. The attacks target people in businesses by pretending to be organizations involved in the manufacture of vaccines, the WHO, and DHL... Read more
3 years ago
