Cybersecurity
Cyber threats rise amid the COVID-19 pandemic, losses exceed $4.2 billion
The Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Internet Crime Complaint Center logged 791,790 complaints of suspected internet crimes last year — an increase of more than 300,000…
Hackers resort to phone calls to infect people’s PC’s with malware
The newest method of infecting your computer is not something innovative but unexpectedly conventional – phone calls. Online researchers are documenting a new malware campaign…
Ransomware attackers are winning and growing even more confident with time, think tank warns
A report by the defense think tank, the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI), and cybersecurity company BAE Systems warn that the ‘perfect storm of conditions…
Global Cyber Security spending reaches US $53B
After a year of high-profile data breaches, cybersecurity spending has soared globally by 10 percent to hit US$53 billion. According to analyst firm Canalys, the…
Microsoft’s crises continue: Cyber-Attacks happening faster than can be counted
Thousands of cyberattacks continue to target zero-day security vulnerabilities in Microsoft Exchange Servers as cybercriminals attempt to target organizations that have yet to apply the…
$30 Million: The highest ransomware demand ever recorded as the malicious attacks increase
The highest attempted ransom demand during 2020 stood at $30 million – double the previous highest attempted demand of $15 million in previous years, reports…
Hackers are targeting telecom companies to steal 5G secrets
In recent news, a few cybersecurity researchers at McAfee discovered that a cyber-espionage campaign is targeting telecommunication companies around the world with cyberattacks in order…
US advised not to criticize Russian & Chinese cyberattacks given its history of doing the same
Revelations that the US has been the target of two significant hacking campaigns by Russia and China just weeks apart have ignited a debate about…
Microsoft’s troubles continue; Chinese hacks doubling every two hours
Since the Microsoft Exchange vulnerabilities have still not been fixed, the Chinese hackers are taking advantage of the slowness of patching being done to end…
Tesla and Cloudfare’s security camera feeds get hacked in a major breach
Verkada – a Silicon Valley-based startup providing cloud-based security camera services, has undergone a major security breach, with hackers gaining access to 150,000 of the…
The US gears up to launch a counter-attack in response to Russian hacking of SolarWinds
The United States is planning to take action against Russia after reaching the conclusion that it was involved in a major cyberattack that affected government…
Outlook users’ hacked globally as four hacking groups launch offensive against Microsoft
Microsoft Outlook users were hacked recently by “a Chinese government-backed hacking group” as per Microsoft It was further reported that a cybersecurity company was collaborating…
Undeterred Chinese hackers continue to challenge America. Warning issued after Microsoft’s mail server program hacked
The US government has issued an official warning after Microsoft announced through a blog post that it has caught China hacking into its mail and…
