Ride-hailing service Uber had suffered a massive cyberattack in October last year, which had probably sacrificed the confidential data of nearly 57 million customers and drivers, the company revealed in a recent statement. However, Uber failed to disclose the hack for a long time, thereby raising many concerns globally. Global probe Stunned with this disclosure,…
Palo Alto Networks Unit 42 researchers have announced the details on a new high-severity vulnerability affecting the Google Android platform. Patches for this vulnerability are available as part of the September 2017 Android Security Bulletin. This new vulnerability does NOT affect Android 8.0 Oreo, the latest version; but it does affect all prior versions of…
On September 7, credit reporting agency Equifax announced “a cybersecurity incident potentially impacting approximately 143 million US consumers.” To put this in context, at this time, this incident is almost seven times larger than the Office of Personnel Management breach of 2015. Equifax discovered the unauthorized access on July 29 and determined that the intrusion…
We’ve all heard the phrase: “When one door closes, a window opens.” You can bet that as you’re reading this, those engaged in cybercrime on the dark web are looking for that next ‘market place window’ to open. The takedown of AlphaBay by an international law enforcement investigation, followed soon thereafter by the takedown of…
Consumers in the UAE increasingly want to be able to resolve their basic banking issues without having to speak to a bank adviser by phone, according to a new survey from Avaya. The findings reveal that customers’ most preferred channel for accessing banking services is via a mobile app, contacting bank advisers only for more…
Mimecast Limited, a leading email and data security company, has announced the results of its third quarterly Email Security Risk Assessment (ESRA), a report of the results of tests which measure the effectiveness of incumbent email security systems. This quarter’s assessment noted a continued challenge of securing organizations from malicious attachments, dangerous files types, impersonation…
Late on June 27, the New York Times reported that a number of Ukrainian banks and Ukrenergo, the Ukrainian state power distributor, had been affected by unidentified malware, which caused significant operational disruption. Multiple security vendors and independent researchers subsequently identified the malware as a wormable ransomware variant with functional and technical similarities to Petya….
Look around you: what do you see? A ubiquity of smart devices; sensors on machines, vehicles and appliances – and with the proliferation of new technologies, we are seeing new connections every day. Leveraging data has become the name of the game, with big data representing a potential windfall for companies who know how to…
The attack on 200,000 plus computers across more than 120 countries around the world by the WannaCry ransomware certainly got the attention of governments, media, consumers and law enforcement. But the actual impact could have been so much worse. Much ink is still being expended trying to determine who was responsible and what their motives…
Cybercriminals are increasingly turning to credential stuffing tools to automate attempts at account takeover. This is a type of brute force attack whereby large sets of credentials are automatically inserted into login pages until a match with an existing account is found. Based on configurations, the most common targets for these attacks are the gaming,…
