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The heavyweights are now moving into API security, cementing it as “A Thing” As swarms of IoT gear, seeking richer data retrieval from their cloud mother ships, the more robust – and more potentially dangerously hackable – API interfaces get a fresh push toward center stage. With Google’s API security initiative Apigee, API security is
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An emerging threat cluster originating from North Korea has been linked to developing and using ransomware in cyberattacks targeting small businesses since September 2021. The group, which calls itself H0lyGh0st after the ransomware payload of the same name, is being tracked by the Microsoft Threat Intelligence Center under the moniker DEV-0530, a designation assigned for
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APT groups are increasingly targeting journalists and impersonating media outlets, according to new research from Proofpoint. The groups – who are state-based or state-aligned actors, are looking to gain access to sensitive information and sources, manipulate news and deceive public relations and other industry professionals into thinking that they are dealing with legitimate news outlets. According to
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In a world of ever-evolving cyberthreats, collaboration and knowledge exchange are vital for keeping an edge on attackers Cybersecurity is a cornerstone of today’s digital society, and progress and development in this field wouldn’t be possible without collaboration and the sharing of information on the latest cyberthreats. Such information exchange between various stakeholders from the
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For online shoppers, Amazon Prime Day has become an annual retail event, an opportunity to pick up bargains and save money. However for hackers, it’s also an opportunity to target consumers eager to secure a deal. Cybersecurity company Avanan has warned of an increase in phishing and credential harvesting email attempts in June in advance
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McAfee announces a partnership that will grant new and existing Telstra customers easy access to McAfee’s leading security solutions to deliver holistic security and privacy protection through its integrated suite of services including Antivirus, Parental Controls, Identity Protection, Secure VPN and more, to protect and secure multiple devices including mobiles, PCs and laptops. The partnership
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French telecoms operator La Poste Mobile has alerted customers that their data may have been compromised in a ransomware attack that targeted the company’s administrative and management systems on July 4.  The attack, believed to have been carried out by the LockBit ransomware group, took the company’s systems offline as it attempted to minimize damage.
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It’s not a new concept that Office 365, Salesforce, Slack, Google Workspace or Zoom, etc., are amazing for enabling the hybrid workforce and hyper-productivity in businesses today. However, there are three main challenges that have arisen stemming from this evolution: (1) While SaaS apps include a host of native security settings, they need to be
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Cybersecurity solutions provider Emsisoft has released a free decryption tool to enable AstraLocker and Yashma ransomware victims to recover their files without paying a ransom. The company made the announcement in a series of Twitter posts earlier today, providing a download link and related instructions for the tool. “The AstraLocker decryptor is for the Babuk-based one using .Astra or .babyk extension, and they
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A fake LinkedIn job offer was the reason behind Axie Infinity’s $600m hack, according to a new investigation by The Block. The digital assets-focused outlet said on Wednesday that while the US government attributed the attack to the North Korean hacker group Lazarus, full details of how the exploit was executed had not been disclosed.  The Block said that according
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A newly observed phishing campaign is leveraging the recently disclosed Follina security vulnerability to distribute a previously undocumented backdoor on Windows systems. “Rozena is a backdoor malware that is capable of injecting a remote shell connection back to the attacker’s machine,” Fortinet FortiGuard Labs researcher Cara Lin said in a report this week. Tracked as
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Aon recently disclosed that 145,889 of its North American customers had their sensitive information exposed in a large data breach. The British multinational financial services firm that sells a range of risk-mitigation products announced that hackers breached its systems “at various times” from December 29 2020 to February 26 2022. Aon disclosed the breach in
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Fewer people carry cash these days, kids included. This growing paperless reality fast-forwards the parenting task of educating kids on financial responsibility. As of 2021, most cash apps allow kids 13 and up to open accounts (previously, the age was 18). Kids can also get a cash app debit card for retail purchases. But while