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UK hit with 30m cyberattacks in just three months
Almost 30m cyberattacks were carried out in the UK during Q4 2018 according to new research from the cybersecurity firm Cybercriminals favoured web browsers as their primary method for spreading malici…
Continue ReadingThis is hilarious on so many levels I can barely sort them all out; but I’ll try though they might not be in the easiest order to comprehend. 1). There were no hacks, only leaks except for Gucifer 2 which was the DNC going into their own files to destr…
Continue ReadingLee Coward, the head of Information Technology wing of NHS said that the health care services provider has witnessed higher volumes of identified cyber attacks than other firms in recent years. But at the same time, he reasserted that the issue was sma…
Continue ReadingWith the number of available threat intelligence sources continuing to grow, a third of CISOs feel under pressure as they cannot consume cybercrime intelligence easily or effectively. To help large companies overcome this challenge, Kaspersky Lab has l…
Continue ReadingKaspersky’s latest report into cyber attacks has revealed that almost 30 million cyber-related crimes were launched in the last quarter of last year, with the majority being spread via browsers. The most common types of attack were worms and file virus…
Continue ReadingAlmost 30 million cyberattacks were carried out in the United Kingdom in the fourth quarter of last year. This is according to a new report by Kaspersky Lab , based on an analysis of threats between October and December 2018 in the country. The report …
Continue ReadingResidents in the UAE are being urged not to post too much personal data on social media as it can attract cybercriminals, who could sell this information for less than $50(Dh138). The study, carried out by the cybersecurity firm Kaspersky Lab, shows th…
Continue Reading1 Feb 2013 News Red October cyber-espionage campaign used highly sophisticated infiltration techniques.
Its level of sophistication is such that it has the ability to reach far beyond hijacking local data specific to one machine, and it’s able to evad…
Continue ReadingNew malicious campaigns attributed to DarkHydrus APT group show the adversary’s use of a new variant of the RogueRobin Trojan and of Google Drive as an alternative command and control (C2) communication channel. The group’s latest activity was observed…
Continue ReadingRansomware is getting smarter, attacking backups to prevent recovery. Prevent this from happening by taking a few simple steps. Despite a recent decline in attacks, ransomware still poses significant threats to enterprises, as the attacks against sever…
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