Displaying items by tag: Hackers

GUEST OPINION:  Semperis Cyber Predictions -  Focusing on the rise of attacks against Active Directory, critical infrastructure and more.

“Sextortion” attacks are on the rise globally, with hackers using victims’ addresses and photos of their homes to personalise the attacks and increase the pressure to pay, according to new research by Barracuda.

GUEST OPINION:  Internet service providers (ISPs) continue to be a top target for hacktivists globally. Free, a major internet service provider in France, is one of the latest victims. According to recent reports, Free’s systems were breached and customer information, impacting possibly 19 million users, was stolen.

GUEST OPINION:  Passwords, the longstanding gatekeepers of digital security, remain a crucial yet vulnerable element in today's cybersecurity landscape.

Ticketing giant Ticketmaster has confirmed it was part of a data breach, potentially affecting hundreds of millions of customers around the world.

WikiLeaks founder and publisher Julian Assange has been granted leave by the UK High Court to appeal against a bid to extradite him to the US to stand trial on espionage charges.

GUEST INTERVIEW: Sumit Bansal, BlueVoyant's Head of APJ, talks to iTWire about how it helps CISOs and CIOs protect their company, assets and brand reputation from internal and external threats.

GUEST RESEARCH Infoblox has released new research unveiling a set of large-scale malicious cybercriminal partnerships led by insidious threat actor VexTrio. The partnerships involve a more than 60-strong underground affiliate network and are seeing high volumes of malware and other malicious content delivered to networks in Australia, New Zealand and across the globe.

COMPANY NEWS UPDATE :  As production lines become increasingly reliant on interconnected computer systems, the risk of cybercriminal exploitation looms large.

ln an email to all affected customers, Dymocks has asserted that the breach did not occur in any computer system under their management.

Nearly 7 million Aussies have fallen victim to online shopping scams, it was revealed today as almost 11 million Australian shoppers prepare to embark on the biggest bargain hunts of the year.

Security vendor Radware has completed its Hacker’s Almanac. Series III – the final instalment – focuses on threat intelligence and cyber defence.

With 95% of cybersecurity breaches being caused by human error, alongside zero-days, sophisticated hacks, spear fishing, social engineering and more, Ben Jones explains the state of play in today's world of cybersecurity, and his partnership with famous White House hacker/prankster James Linton.

With 95% of cybersecurity breaches being caused by human error, alongside zero-days, sophisticated hacks, spear fishing, social engineering and more, Ben Jones explains the state of play in today's world of cybersecurity, and his partnership with famous White House hacker/prankster James Linton.

COMPANY NEWS: Barracuda, a trusted partner and leading provider of cloud-first security solutions, has released key findings about the ways spear-phishing attacks are evolving. The report, titled Spear Phishing: Top Threats and Trends Vol. 7 – Key findings on the latest social engineering tactics and the growing complexity of attacks, reveals fresh insights into recent trends in spear-phishing attacks and what you can do to protect your business.

COMPANY NEWS: Barracuda, a trusted partner and leading provider of cloud-first security solutions, has released key findings about the ways spear-phishing attacks are evolving. The report, titled Spear Phishing: Top Threats and Trends Vol. 7 – Key findings on the latest social engineering tactics and the growing complexity of attacks, reveals fresh insights into recent trends in spear-phishing attacks and what you can do to protect your business.

GUEST OPINION: Cybercrime flourished in 2021, and there are no signs of a slowdown in 2022. There are several factors behind this high-confidence prediction.

Ransomware and threats to operational technology/industrial control system (OT/ICS) environments remain at an all-time high, as do vulnerability disclosures as we enter the new year, warns Nozomi Networks in its look at what’s in store for the world in 2022.

With smartphone the centre of how we work, live and play, and for many, according to Samsung, even the only thing that we bring out of the home, replacing our laptops, wallets and even house keys, our phones and their security has never been more important or relevant.

This year's OWASP Top 10 underwent some significant restructuring. A few vendors offered their thoughts.