One of the most important developments in privacy, both for private individuals and businesses, has been the Virtual Private Network or VPN. VPNs are simple, elegant privacy solutions that make the internet safer for their users by making it harder for hackers and cybercriminals to compromise their systems and providing [...]
Ad-light, Malware-heavy Since December 17, Forbes has been running an experiment wherein some fraction of visitors who are running ad blockers are blocked from accessing Forbes articles until they disable their ad blocker. In exchange, Forbes promises an “ad-light experience”: A Forbes article published yesterday claims that this interstitial resulted ...
A researcher has found how a ransomware attack that can target a coffee maker independently. Ransomware Attack On Coffee Maker Security researcher from Avast, Martin Hron, has explained how smart coffee makers can make your life a hell. He found that an adversary can wage a ransomware attack on a ...
Paying ransomware demands could get a lot pricier. The US Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) today issued an that companies that facilitate ransomware payments put themselves at risk of additional financial penalties…from the United States. That’s because, under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) and the Trading ...
The US National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has said it has developed a way of measuring precisely why corporate staff click on obvious phishing emails and open malware-laden attachments, despite warnings not to do those things. “Many organizations have phishing training programs in which employees receive fake phishing ...
Coronavirus-themed malicious emails were the standout feature of online naughtiness in the first half of 2020, according to infosec firm F-Secure – though overall volumes of phishing did decrease a touch. “Cyber criminals don’t have many operational constraints, so they can quickly respond to breaking events and incorporate them into ...
It’s no surprise that malware can impact your computer’s speed. It’s one of the conclusions people often jump to when their computer slows down, and it’s not uncommon for them to be quite right. Interestingly enough, malware can impact speed before it arrives, while it’s present, and even after it’s ...
Why ransomware has become the biggest cyber threat to your network in 2020 Cyber criminals are increasingly targeting universities with ransomware attacks and academic institutions are being urged to make sure their networks are resilient enough to protect against them. The warning from the UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) ...
Almost two-fifths of businesses have stated that they have dismissed employees during the COVID-19 crisis due to their involvement in breaches of cybersecurity. This was discovered by Centrify, a software company that found that 39 per cent of business decision-makers have admitted to firing staff due to a breach of ...
TORONTO – The organization that regulates the nursing profession in Ontario was hit by a ransomware cyber-attack in which personal information might have been compromised, a spokeswoman said on Friday. The College of Nurses of Ontario, which oversees about 188,000 members, offered few details about what it had previously referred ...
One of the most important developments in privacy, both for private individuals and businesses, has been the Virtual Private Network or VPN. VPNs are simple, elegant privacy solutions that make the internet safer for their users by making it harder for hackers and cybercriminals to compromise their systems and providing [...]
