More

    Cybersecurity

    Kaspersky finds adware modules in three popular mobile apps

    Kaspersky researchers have found that the number of applications capable of bombarding users with unwanted advertising is increasing on official app marketplaces. Three new applications with adware modules were...

    Sophos discovers third-party tools used in Netwalker ransomware attacks

    Sophos, a global leader in next-generation cybersecurity, recently discovered a collection of third-party programs used to quietly carry out attacks while investigating the Netwalker ransomeware. This includes legitimate, publicly-available...

    Cybercrime has risen during COVID-19: here’s how to stop it

    The ASEAN region has been living with the novel coronavirus that causes COVID-19 for several months now, and different countries are at different stages of crisis. For some, it...

    Palo Alto Networks discovers thousands of malicious COVID-19 domains hosted on public clouds

    Researchers at Unit 42, the threat intelligence team of Palo Alto Networks, found that 56,200+ of newly-registered domains (NRD) are hosted in one of the top four popular cloud...

    DDoS during the coronavirus pandemic: number of attacks on educational and administrational web resources tripled in Q1 2020

    The Kaspersky Q1 2020 DDoS attacks report has revealed the overall number of attacks grew during the first three months of the year, with a significant spike in attacks on municipal...

    Accenture study identifies what organizations need to do differently to better defend against cyberattacks

    Only 17% of organizations globally considered “leaders” in cyber resilience Despite higher levels of investment in advanced cybersecurity technologies over the past three years, less than one-fifth of organizations are effectively stopping cyberattacks and finding...

    Do not pay the cyber-ransom, Sophos recommends

    Paying the ransom doubles cost of recovering from a ransomware attack. Global survey shows the average cost of recovery is US$1.4 million if organizations pay the ransom, US$730,000 if...

    A Palo Alto Networks study reveals how cybercriminals are preying on the COVID-19 pandemic

    With the spread of the coronavirus worldwide, interest is high in related topics. Accordingly, researchers from Palo Alto Networks' Unit 42 found an immense increase in Coronavirus-related Google searches...

    8 ways to protect yourself from WFH online scams

    As insidious as it sounds, there are people who use disasters and crises as an opportunity to seek financial gain with complete ethical disregard. There is considerable evidence pointing...