First, China gave America the “gift”of coronavirus. Almost at the same time coronavirus started to spread around the world, the country gave another gift to a multinational technology company operating in China. This time, the gift is a software virus dubbed […]
BellTroX is a New Delhi-based cybersecurity startup and provider of solutions for government and corporate intelligence arrays. Its services include Cyber information Collection, Translations, Analysis Assessment, Communications Strategies and Negotiations, all of which are supported by complex technology systems. Unknown […]
Google is in hot water again — this time for tracking ‘private’ internet use and violating federal wiretapping and California privacy laws. The company was sued on Tuesday in a proposed class action accusing the search giant of illegally invading the privacy […]
Cyber losses cost the global economy upwards of $1.5 trillion each year, and yet the majority of businesses are under-insured and under-prepared to manage and mitigate the risks of an increasingly digital world. Enter Coalition, a San Francisco-based insurtech startup […]
Back in February, we told you about a story of four Chinese military spies charged by the US Government with hacking the credit bureau Equifax. Now, two U.S security agencies, FBI and DHS, are warning that Chinese hackers are targeting U.S. organizations […]
Leading cybersecurity firms unite to provide free support to the healthcare sector during the COVID-19 crisis by joining C5 Capital’s international Cyber Defense Alliance. Today, a number of leading cybersecurity experts have joined C5 Capital’s Cyber Alliance to Defend our Healthcare, […]
Security researchers have discovered a flaw in iPhone and iPad that may have left more than half a billion users vulnerable to hackers. The bug was discovered by ZecOps, a San Francisco-based mobile security forensics firm. In a report published today, the firm […]
Expecting a letup in cybercriminal activity in the midst of a pandemic is wishful thinking. This is what the current COVID-19 pandemic proves. Attacks against government websites, businesses, and even individuals continue. Distributed Denial of Service (also known as “DDoS”) […]
Unknown activists and hackers have hacked into email accounts of the National Institutes of Health, the World Health Organization, the Gates Foundation and other groups working to combat the coronavirus pandemic, according to a report from Washington Post, citing SITE Intelligence […]
Today, cyberwarfare has become a new front that nations in conflict have to face. Hackers have now even become the new soldiers of fortune. They now operate as advanced persistent threats (APTs) which infiltrate and lurk within vulnerable infrastructure performing […]
After Gartner introduced the new domain — Breach and Attack Simulation (BAS) — in its Hype Cycle for Threat-Facing Technologies 2017, BAS is growing rapidly. The reason being cyberattacks are on the rise. It is no wonder that the World […]
As more of us become reliant on technology in our everyday lives, several risks present themselves. Whether it is oversharing online or not securing our data enough, this can all lead to a cyber attack of any kind. However, with […]
With everyone practicing social distancing as a way to control the spread of the deadly coronavirus, many people are now going online to conduct their meeting. One of the most popular popular videoconferencing app that has gained huge popularity in […]
As part of its effort to protect Firefox browser users from online threat, Mozilla Foundation today announced the rollout of encrypted DNS over HTTPS (DoH) by default for US-based users. The rollout will continue over the next few weeks to […]
DivvyCloud, a provider of security and compliance automation for cloud and container environments, today released its 2020 Cloud Misconfigurations Report, which substantiates the growing trend of data breaches caused by cloud misconfigurations and quantifies their impact on companies and consumers […]
CybelAngel, a cybersecurity startup and a digital risk management platform that provides enterprises with actionable threat intelligence, announced today it has raised $36 million in series B funding to accelerate global expansion, build strategic partnerships and advance the capabilities of its […]
Facebook’s Twitter and Instagram accounts were hacked Friday, by a Saudi-based hacking group that has been active in exposing vulnerabilities among high-profile social media users. The group, OurMine, claimed responsibility for the takeover. On its website, OurMine describes its team as […]
SafeSwiss, a Lucerne, Switzerland-based tech startup and provider of all-encompasing, end-to-end encrypted communication app, announced today that it has acquired Secure Swiss Data the end-to-end encrypted email provider. Although the exact details of this multi-million-dollar acquisition are undisclosed at this stage, […]
Security researchers reported yesterday that over 2,000 WordPress sites have been hit by malicious redirects attack as part of a new campaign that redirects visitors to scam websites. The exploit was first discovered on Tuesday by security researchers at Sucuri Inc. The […]
Facing pressure from competing browsers Safari and Firefox, Google announced Tuesday it would begin phasing third-party cookies out of its Chrome web browser. Justin Schuh, engineering director for Google Chrome, said in a blog post Tuesday that the phasing out of […]
