In a significant cybersecurity incident, a recent update from CrowdStrike has led to widespread disruptions for Windows users worldwide, causing systems to crash with the infamous blue screen of death (BSoD). This issue has severely impacted numerous organizations, including major companies, government agencies, and airport authorities. What Happened? CrowdStrike’s Falcon Sensor product is at the […]
Organizations are presently going after Zero-trust as a way to effectively prevent cyberattacks. In any case, with regards to traditional security models and the idea of go big or go home, accordingly organizations become reluctant to start the Zero-trust program. Luckily, with regards to building a Zero-trust design, it is an expansion of your current […]
2021 has broken all records for zero-day attacks. Cyber security defenders have found out the highest number ever in this year. *Minimum 66 zero-days have been found in use, almost double the total for 2020, and more than in any other year on record. Regardless of the increased urgency in understanding the threat itself, there […]
Ransomware attacks surge 40% globally in Q3 (Source) What do you imagine when you hear the word “ransom”? Probably, a threat-note from a criminal, like you see in the movies, right? However, ransomware attacks are sometimes not what they seem. They are in the disguise of legitimate files, making headway to your personal computer or […]
Google is having one of the major outages in recent times. Google services got disrupted, impacting thousands of users, and the majority of users are reporting that they are unable to login into their Google account. Gmail for mailing,YouTube for watching videos,Google Drive for saving data,Google photos to save photos, Google meets to attend meetings, […]
According to Visa, An e-commerce portal is a virtual place where the consumer can do more personalized shopping with a wide variety of options available. This whole experience has become very convenient. The key thing with e-commerce is that it is not just splashing big but is also changing very fast, -increasing security threats to […]
According to Microsoft, a hacker, or group of hackers, compromised the account of a Microsoft support agent between January 1, 2019 and March 29, 2019. The support representative handled technical complaints. Microsoft sent out notification emails on Friday to some Outlook account owners alerting them of a breach the company suffered. Below is the copy […]
Smart Devices users often get excited with the latest software & patch updates promising new functionalities and security benefits. What if the update is compromised at the source making your provider the distributor of the malware? That’s what happened with about a million users of ASUS products, first reported by Motherboard(vice.com). The servers of the […]
IT security in 2019 is no longer going to be just about protecting sensitive data and preventing hackers out of our systems. In 2018, ransomware attacks skyrocketed by 350%, spoofing attacks increased 250% and spear-phishing attacks increased by 70% in companies worldwide. If your organization’s cybersecurity is not up to the mark, it can potentially […]
For less than $20,000 in Bitcoins, any hacker can have access to some 617 million online account details stolen from 16 hacked websites. Account records from this multi-gigabyte databases consist mainly of account holder names, email addresses, and passwords. These passwords are hashed or encrypted and need to be cracked before they can be used. […]
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