Tag "Cyber Attacker"
Three cornerstones for effective cyber security
Maritime’s fragmented approach to digitalisation carries risk, especially when it comes to cyber security. Speaking recently at Lloyd’s Register Asia Shipowners’ Forum, Wallem Group chief executive Frank Coles highlighted how
“Major Flaw” Discovered in Evernote’s Chrome Extension
A major flaw has been discovered in the code of the Web Clipper Chrome extension of note-taking service Evernote. The flaw, a universal XSS marked CVE-2019-12592 which could have allowed
Cyber Attackers and IT Admins: Twins Separated at Birth
Conventional wisdom says IT administrators are diametrically different than cyber attackers. A stereotypical hacker is imagined as someone in a hoodie in a dark room using command line tools to
Are your passwords among the 100,000 most breached ones?
Year after year, the list of most often used passwords changes but a little: the latest one, compiled by infosec researcher Troy Hunt and published by the UK National Cyber
Why healthcare is ripe for APT attacks
From healthcare records, hackers enhance the effectiveness of social engineering attacks, involving the impersonation of friends and colleagues. Healthcare records have become one of the most valuable commodities on the
Industrial Security Limited In Scope
A new Kaspersky Report is out today covering the H2 2018, Threat Landscape for Industrial Automation Systems, that almost one in two industrial systems display evidence of attackers attempting malicious activity –
15% of enterprises have experienced a targeted attack
Kaspersky Lab’s paper helped shed light in ways to identify the attacker, making well-informed and strategic ways of threat detection. The cyber security market in India is growing exponentially, and is
Most Security Pros Are Impacted by Geopolitics
Two-thirds of cybersecurity professionals have been forced to change where and with whom they do business because of escalating concerns around nation state attacks, according to Tripwire. The security vendor polled
The 3 Biggest Threats Healthcare Data Security is Facing Right Now
The year 2017 suffered the greatest ransomware attack in the history of the internet. The WannaCry ransomware detected in hospitals of the UK. It then exploded across the globe and affected
Ransomware’s New Normal
GandCrab’s evolution underscores a shift in ransomware attack methods. Don’t be fooled by the drop in overall ransomware attacks this past year: Fewer but more targeted and lucrative campaigns against
