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USB Pen Drives posing as a great cyber threat to IT Infrastructure
USB Pen Drives also called as Removable pen drives are posing as a great cyber threat to IT Infrastructure says research carried out by IBM X-Force and another research carried out by Honeywell Cybersecurity claims that 52% of cyber attacks are targeted at the removable media. In both cases, removable media or USB drives is […]
THREAT HUNTING: IS YOUR SECURITY OPERATION READY TO LAUNCH SUCH A PROGRAM?
This post was originally published by (ISC)² Management. It could be a blended attack as slick as a multichannel marketing campaign. Or a spontaneous crime of opportunity by a single dis-gruntled employee. It could even be an innocent configuration error. When a threat exists, there will be indicators. The perennial challenge is to hunt for […]
Major Mobile Security Threats of 2019
As businesses are going mobile, data security seems to be a top precedence for most enterprise leaders in 2019. And that’s because securing information at every level has become a priority than just a necessity. So, Cybersecurity Insiders has outlined a list of major Mobile Security Threats of 2019 which might hinder the growth of […]
Ransomware attack on US 2020 election data
US officials along with some dignitaries from the white house are worried that the voter registration database and polled results data of upcoming 2020 elections will be vulnerable to cyber threats such as a ransomware attack. According to a report of Reuters, Homeland Security’s Cybersecurity Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has reacted to the issue early […]
Top 15 Cyber Threats for 2019
CYFIRMA, a cybersecurity intelligence division of Antuit Group has come up with the list of cyber threat predictions for 2019. The firm adds in its predictive analysis that hackers will see to capitalize on GDPR, invade more cloud platforms for vulnerabilities and expand the use of multi-homed malware attacks in the coming year. The Texas-based […]
Russia invades into digital systems of Ukraine Government Agencies
Ukraine’s Computer Emergency Response Team along with Foreign Intelligence Service claims that a new strain of Pterodo Windows Backdoor virus was found targeting the computer systems of government agencies running in Ukraine. And the investigating officials suspect that this could be a conspiracy of Russia which could be planning large-scale cyber attacks in near time. […]
DARPA launches Cyber Attack on US Power Grids
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency(DARPA) has launched a cyber attack on a power utility located in Plum Island, some 1.5 miles off the shore to Long Island, New York. The objective behind the attack was to experiment on how the power utilities can bounce back in the case of ‘Blackout’ scenarios via cyber attacks […]
Britain Watchdog $658,000 fine on Equifax and NSA Eternal Blue Cyber Threat
US Crediting reporting company Equifax has been slapped with a fine of $658,000 or £500,000 for failing to protect information of more than 15 million UK citizens during a cyber attack which took place last year. The Information Commissioner’s Office(ICO) has come up with the said conclusion of levying a penalty on Equifax after it […]
US President to impose mandatory sanctions on Critical Cyber Threat Actors
US President Donald Trump is all set to impose mandatory sanctions on Critical Cyber Threat Actors soon. Yes, the above-stated words will turn into a reality if a new bipartisan bill introduced in the Senate receives an endorsement from the Trump & administration. Sens. Cory Gardner and Chris Coons have introduced the bill “The Cyber […]
The holy grail: threat protection on any device
This post was originally published here by Nat Kausik. Cloud applications can be accessed from any device, anywhere. And most of these devices do not have up-to-date malware protection. How do you protect against threats in this situation? Agentless Next-Gen CASB can deliver threat protection on any device, managed or unmanaged. When a user connects […]
