A Birmingham college was forced to close this week due to a “major ransomware attack” affecting many of its core IT systems. The nature of the attack still not confirmed. The Cybersecurity expert commented below on the danger of ransomware in light of this incident.
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There is an increase in ad-fraud through smart TVs. Bloomberg recently published an article highlighting this issue.
It has been reported that Vodafone Spain has been hit with the highest ever fine to be issued by the Spanish Data Protection Agency (AEPD) with a total of $7.16m in relation to EU’s GDPR violations. A total of 191 complaints about the telecommunications company’s consent and data-processing practices were factored into the AEPD’s decision.
The FBI has warned of Increase in PYSA Ransomware Targeting Education Institutions. The increase has occurred in 12 US States and the United Kingdom. PYSA, otherwise known as Mespinoza, is a malware capable of exfiltrating data and encrypting users’ critical files and data stored on their systems.
HP Bromium has just published its extensive THREAT INSIGHTS REPORT Q4-2020, which documents that Q4 2020 saw a 239 percent increase in malicious spam distributing Dridex malware, a substantial rise in malicious executable email attachments, and across the board increases in other major threats. Experts offer perspective.
Cybersecurity experts commented below on the UK Government has now published the full details of its Integrated Review of Security, Defence, Development and Foreign Policy.
Check Point Research has issued findings showing that the ongoing Microsoft Exchange zero-day vulnerability attacks have resulted in attacks increasing ten-fold – from 700 on March 11 to over 7,200 on March 15. The US, Germany, UK, Netherlands, and Russia are amongst the countries most attacked, and the most targeted industry sector has been Government/Military. The cybersecurity experts offer perspective.
It was recently revealed that secret information from the Ministry of Defence has been continuously exposed to hostile states because they were transferred from secure networks to personal email accounts.
The research report that recently came out from GRIMM “New Old Bugs in the Linux Kernel,” with details on three exploitable vulnerabilities they’ve found in Linux, industry expert provides insight below.
Twitter announced on Monday that it is updating its two-factor authentication so that users can log in with their physical security key on Android and iOS. Users can currently use a security key to sign in to their Twitter account, but they need to have another 2FA method — like an authenticator app or SMS codes — enabled as backup. The update will allow accounts enabled with two-factor authentication to use security keys as the only authentication method.