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Local governments across the United States are increasingly faced with a difficult decision after being hacked: Should they pay the ransom or not? The City of Atlanta was recently forced to answer that question. The deadline set by cyber-extortionists …
Continue ReadingMicrosoft has released an update to its Microsoft Malware Protection Engine (MMPE) to guard against a remote execution attack that could cause memory corruption and hand full system control over to a remote attacker. The attack, which Microsoft said ha…
Continue ReadingEARLIER this week, four major Singapore universities said they were victims of cyber attacks, highlighting the need for Southeast Asian tertiary institutions to ramp up preventative measures. On Tuesday, the Cyber Security Agency of Singapore (CSA) and…
Continue Readingand more; for organisations all sizes, it can sometimes seem like there’s a cybersecurity threat lurking around every corner — especially considering the importance of data in businesses today. Whether you’re a global corporation or a small business, …
Continue ReadingWhen you select multiple tabs, you can subsequently pull up the context menu by right-clicking (for MacOS, Ctrl-clicking). What’s more, instead of saving a whole browsing session as a typical Speed Dial folder, for instance, you can now pluck out the n…
Continue ReadingTable 1 Percentage of signed benign, unknown, and malicious software (with categories) Looking at Table 1, more malicious software appear to be signed than legitimate or benign apps (66% versus 30.7%). This is also true for malware made available via a…
Continue ReadingWe are now a connected global community where many digital natives cannot remember a time before the iPhone . The rise of smart homes means that we are increasingly attaching our lighting, door locks, cameras, thermostats, and even toasters to our home…
Continue ReadingFor three months, Armor’s Threat Resistance Unit (TRU) research team compiled and analysed data from the black market to shed light on the type of activity threat actors are participating in and how underground forums operate in the burgeoning industry.
Continue ReadingDelegated authority specialist and Lloyd’s Broker Endeavour Insurance Services has launched a new cyber security coverage program, Ensconce, designed to protect manufacturers from the risk of physical damage caused by cyber attacks. The Ensconce covera…
Continue ReadingThe news is full of a variety of attacks on healthcare data, ranging from ransomware attacks on small clinics and large hospitals to the massive data theft from the behemoth Veteran’s Administration and myriad threats in between. But as is the case wit…
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