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Continue ReadingMicrosoft’s experts offer up new insight into the world of cybersecurity.
With many organisations transitioning to remote work, what does a secure workforce look like? Did you know that one of the FBI’s most wanted hackers used his cat’s name as his p…
Continue ReadingThe Reserve Bank is taking steps to ensure banks and other regulated financial services improve their cyber security.
Reserve Bank deputy governor Geoff Bascand – responsible for financial stability – said improving cyber resilience had become a key p…
Continue ReadingShare. Subscribe As if 2020 hasn’t thrown enough at businesses and their beleaguered technology departments, cyber attackers are taking advantage of the ever-expanding digital front with increasingly sophisticated tactics.
From ransomware to data thef…
Continue ReadingApple iPhone owners who use Windows-based machines to view and edit video files are potentially at risk to remote hacking thanks to a vulnerability that exists in the way Microsoft’s operating system handles HEVC files.
Discovered last week , the bug …
Continue ReadingA new day, a new cyber threat—or so it seems. As cybercrime evolves at an alarming speed, far too many organizations are still relying on ineffectual or incomplete cybersecurity solutions, leaving their networks, data and even reputations vulnerable to…
Continue ReadingSome Japanese research institutions developing coronavirus vaccines have been hit by cyberattacks, apparently by China, in what are believed to be the first cases of their kind in the country, a U.S. information security firm said Monday. Amid an inten…
Continue ReadingDescription. The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to compromise the target system. The vulnerability exists due to prototype pollution. A remote authenticated attacker can modify the prototype of a base object which can vary in severity depending…
Continue Reading[co-author: Francesco Palma] When British Airways (“BA”) suffered a significant personal data breach in September 2018, just months after the coming into force of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”), all eyes were on the UK’s Information…
Continue ReadingKaspersky Lab, a world-famous cybersecurity and antivirus firm that has been around since 1997, offers a range of robust antivirus products for different users which come with a 30-day free trial available for those who wish to wet their feet first bef…
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