cyber threats
CYBER THREATS TO HEALTHCARE ON THE RISE
This post was originally published by (ISC)² Management. Hospitals are set up to fight infections, but not necessarily the kind that has been plaguing healthcare institutions lately – malware. A new report estimates that cyber threats against healthcare targets increased 60% since January, surpassing the total number of threats identified in all of 2018. Read […]
CYBER THREATS TO HEALTHCARE ON THE RISE
This post was originally published by (ISC)² Management. Hospitals are set up to fight infections, but not necessarily the kind that has been plaguing healthcare institutions lately – malware. A new report estimates that cyber threats against healthcare targets increased 60% since January, surpassing the total number of threats identified in all of 2018. Read […]
Nuspire Security Researchers Discover 730% Increase in Emotet Activity
Managed Security Services Provider (MSSP), Nuspire today released its recent Quarterly Threat Landscape report that includes top Botnet, Malware and Exploit activity throughout the third quarter. The most prevalent activity identified in the report was Emotet, which had a 730% increase in activity in September after being in a near dormant state. Emotet, a modular […]
Aviation industry is extremely vulnerable to Cyber-threats
Las Vegas which hosted Def Con witnessed some of the innovations at the Aviation Village which also allowed white hackers to test their skills on airplane electronic devices and controls. A security consultant named Ken Munro working for Pen Test Partners said that the aviation industry has become super vulnerable to cyber threats as hackers […]
New Cyber Threat list released by Cloud Security Alliance
Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) has released a list of 11 cyber threats which the users of cloud computing were facing, identifying data breaches as the top threat to loom on cloud users. CSA which earlier released a list of 12 cyber threats in 2016, now says that insecure APIs, account hijacking, insider threats, and poor […]
Cyber Threats are emerging faster than DHS’s expectations
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) needs to innovate itself in anticipating cyber threats which are on the rise said Kirstjen Nielsen, US Secretary for Homeland Security. So, it needs a lot of support from the industry’s cyber research community and partnerships from the tech industry to do so say, Ms. Nielsen. “It’s hard to […]
Boards of directors of most UK companies are unaware of Cyber Attack repercussions
Board of directors of most of the companies operating in the UK, especially those listed on FTSE is still not aware of the potential impact a cyber attack could fetch to their business. This was revealed in the report released by the Government’s Cyber Governance Health Check. The report shows that only 16% of the […]
Considering a merger then keep your firm free from Cyber Threats
Security breaches are becoming common these days. But if you are planning for a merger, then you better keep your company away from such menace. Want to know why? In general, the process of combining two companies creates vulnerability because when the IT footprint increases some security lapses do creep in and when they are […]
The Long Life of Zero Day and Its Implication
A zero day is an attack that exploits a previously unknown security vulnerability. The creation and distribution of zero days by cybercriminals is on the rise with 45 new ones already discovered in Q1 2018. According to a recent report from RAND Corporation called Zero Days, Thousands of Nights: The Life and Times of Zero-Day Vulnerabilities and Their Exploits, […]
Canada Populace does not take Cyber Threats seriously
As data privacy concerns grow among online users, Canada’s former National security advisor disclosed that the population of Canada never takes cyber threats on a serious note. Speaking at the Urban Security and Resilience Conference in Toronto, Richard Fadden the former security advisor stated that every individual, organization and government entity is under threat from […]
