The pandemic led to a surge in DDoS and Password Login attacks
In May and June, businesses may have caught a break, but cyberattacks are still becoming increasingly common. It is a well-documented fact that cyber-attacks against businesses and consumers have dramatically increased due to the pandemic.
F5 labs recently revealed more about the methods and t...
Cybercriminals are specializing in phishing attacks during pandemic
The latest report from one of the top cybersecurity firms, Kaspersky, revealed that cybercriminals are advancing their phishing attacks. These criminals are taking advantage of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic to develop new ideas on how to deploy their malware.
Researchers from Kaspersky said t...
State-sponsored cyberattacks have increased during the pandemic
A new report from Check Point has revealed that state-sponsored hacking groups, political organizations, and cybercriminals took advantage of Coronavirus pandemic to destroy rival organizations. A series of cyberattacks has targeted various sectors, including healthcare services, critical infrastru...
Financial firms could be more vulnerable to cybersecurity attacks
Financial companies are making themselves vulnerable to constant cyberattacks due to lack of the right security controls, new research has shown.
Research carried out by Netwrix found that such financial companies tend to rely on unsatisfactory cybersecurity controls, making them highly suscepti...
‘Number of data breach fines will increase in the coming years’
The number and value of fines that companies have to pay for mishandling user data will increase in the coming years, according to a new report by DSA Connect.
DSA Connect, a company that sells data management services, has polled a thousand employees and more than a third (37 percent) expect bo...
Hackers easily bypass Web Application Firewall solutions
Hackers are often able to bypass Web Application Firewall (WAF) solutions, according to new research. As a result, companies run a high risk of downtime, data theft and reputational damage.
According to the research by Neustar, 40 percent of the security professionals report that nearly half of ...
Acronis extends access to Acronis Cyber Protect
Acronis extends access to Acronis Cyber Protect through a beta version now available to all IT teams.
With this beta version, Acronis Cyber Protect can meet the needs of teams in regulated industries using local non-network devices and companies with remote workers who need to comply with corpor...
“Governments increasingly target of cyber-attacks.
A new investigation by security company Positive Technologies shows that targeted cyber attacks are increasingly taking place with the aim of targeting governments. The research report investigated cyber attacks in the second quarter of 2019.
Targeted cyber attacks are carefully prepared in advan...
Commonly used VPN’s Fortigate and Pulse Secure targets of cyber attacks
The widely used VPNs Fortigate and Pulse Secure are the target of cyber-attacks that try to get hold of sensitive user data. The VPNs, which are installed on some 530,000 servers, have a number of weaknesses if they are not patched.
The weaknesses in these VPNs can be exploited by sending web re...
Phishing practices evolved: lateral phishing is latest threat
Barracuda reports on a new research in collaboration with the University of California (Berkeley and San Diego). The research describes a new form of phishing, called lateral phishing. Hacked accounts are used to obtain data from other users.
The lateral approach literally means that the relationshi...
RDP attack patterns identified by Sophos
Sophos informs Techzine that it has identified patterns used by hackers in Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) attacks. In the past year, this technique was used in two major ransomware attacks, namely SamSam and Matrix.
The reason for the study is the recent publicity surrounding an error in the remote R...
“Diversity in cyber techniques makes it difficult to find the right defence strategy.
IT managers are bombarded with cyber-attacks from all directions. Attack techniques vary and have different stages. Because of this diversity, no defence strategy works miracles.
On top of that, IT managers struggle with this due to a lack of expertise, budget and up-to-date technology. The Impossib...