cybercrime

Open source

What The Securing Open Source Software Act Means For Tech

There’s at least one thing Republicans and Democrats can agree on in the US Senate: the importance of open-source software in today’s tech world. Seriously.  As US Senator Gary Peters (D-MI) ...

spear phishing

Microsoft: New Spear Phishing Attack Targets The IT Industry

Microsoft Warns: Hackers are using open source software and bogus social media accounts to dupe software engineers and IT support staff with fake job offers, that in reality lead to malware attacks. The Typ...

Ransomware

The Ransomware Problem Won’t Get Better Unless This Changes

Targets of ransomware rarely publicly acknowledge attacks. More openness would help everyone. Ransomware is one of the most significant cybersecurity issues we face, as cyber criminals hack into businesses, ...

LastPass Data Breach Security

LastPass Confirmed They Have Been Involved In A Data Breach

LastPass started notifying their users of a recent security incident where an “unauthorized party” gained access. The malicious hacker used a compromised developer account to gain access to parts of the ...

Stop Doing These 10 Things That Give Hackers Easy Access

Stop Doing These 10 Things That Give Hackers Easy Access

Cyber attackers regularly exploit unpatched software vulnerabilities, but they continuously target security misconfigurations to gain initial access into victims systems. The US Cybersecurity and Infrastruc...

9 Steps For Responding To A Ransomware Attack

Fell Victim To A Ransomware Attack? Follow These 9 Steps

If you suspect you’ve been hit with a ransomware attack, it’s important to act quickly. Fortunately, there are several steps you can take to give you the best possible chance of minimizing damage and qu...

Cyber Security Defend Against Ransomware

Ransomware: What To Know About This Growing Cyber Threat

No one is safe from ransomware, and the attack methods are only getting more sophisticated. Ransomware is a type of malware that employs encryption to hold a victim’s information at ransom. Ran...

ransomware

Ransomware: These Three Industries Have Been The Most Common Target For Attacks But No One Is Safe

According to analysis by cybersecurity researchers, over half of ransomware attacks are targeting one of three industries; banking, utilities and retail but they’ve warned that all industries are at risk ...

DDoS Attack

What is a DDoS attack? Everything you need to know about Distributed Denial-of-Service attacks and how to protect against them

What is a DDoS attack? A distributed denial-of-service attack (DDoS attack) sees an attacker flooding the network or servers of the victim with a wave of internet traffic so big that their infrastructure is ...