Hackers now hold the trump cards as attacks spiral out of control
It is clear that hackers now hold the trump cards, as attacks across every arena and sector of our world spiral into an uncontrollable mess. Read more…
It is clear that hackers now hold the trump cards, as attacks across every arena and sector of our world spiral into an uncontrollable mess. Read more…
Post pandemic, leaders are faced with reviving the ‘old normal’ of data management or putting into action alternative strategies for recovery Read more…
The evolving nature of ransomware continues to prove that no industry, organisation or person is immune to these kinds of attacks. Read more…
President Biden tells President Putin US to expect digital retaliation if he doesn’t move against ransomware groups operating in Russia. Read more…
Hacking horror stories, new and more devious scams and fake everything have all been given a boost during the pandemic. What happens now? Read more…
The joint operation that brought EMOTET to its knees deserves congratulations. It was, one of the single largest cyber threats out there. Read more…
Android smartphone users are used to being told that their devices are vulnerable but now new digital horrors have sprung up in Pakistan. Read more…
Cybercriminals are behaving much more like businesses than they used to. This is according the new Sophos Threat report. Read more…
US travel management firm CWT paid $4.5mn to ransomware hackers who stole sensitive corporate files and threatened to take computers offline. Read more…
Being ever-evolving as an attack tool, even the simplest form of ransomware can cost significant time and money, and it’s not going away soon Read more…
Ransomware – what can organisations do to protect themselves from attacks or improve their cyber resilience to such attacks? Read more…
(Reuters) – Give me bitcoin or your life. Seriously? The people behind a rash of bomb threats made across the United States and Canada last Thursday demanded a $20,000 ransom to be paid in bitcoin. Read more…
Asian countries, especially emerging ones, are most exposed to malware, according to the latest edition of Microsoft’s Security Intelligence Report (SIR). Of the top locations across the globe most at risk of malware infection in Read more…
TORONTO (Reuters) – Costly cyber attacks are having a bigger impact on corporate earnings and are becoming a fact of life for companies as Oreo cookie maker Mondelez, drug maker Merck and others said that Read more…
KIEV/FRANKFURT (Reuters) – The primary target of a crippling computer virus that spread from Ukraine across the world this week is highly likely to have been that country’s computer infrastructure, a top Ukrainian police official Read more…
FRANKFURT/MOSCOW/KIEV (Reuters) – A new cyber virus spread from Ukraine to wreak havoc around the globe on Wednesday, crippling thousands of computers, disrupting ports from Mumbai to Los Angeles and halting production at a chocolate Read more…
MOSCOW/KIEV/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A major global cyber attack on Tuesday disrupted computers at Russia’s biggest oil company, Ukrainian banks and multinational firms with a virus similar to the ransomware that last month infected more than Read more…
Criminal data breaches will cost businesses a total of $8 trillion over the next five years thanks to a combination of higher levels of internet connectivity and inadequate enterprise-wide security, says Juniper Research. A new Read more…
FRANKFURT (Reuters) – French researchers said on Friday they had found a last-chance way for technicians to save Windows files encrypted by WannaCry, racing against a deadline as the ransomware threatens to start locking up Read more…
SEOUL/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Cybersecurity researchers have found evidence they say could link North Korea with the WannaCry cyber attack that has infected more than 300,000 computers worldwide, as global authorities scrambled to prevent hackers from Read more…
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