Aura or LifeLock: Who Offers Better Identity Protection in 2025?

The Growing Threat of Digital Identity Theft Identity theft is a continuous online threat that lurks behind every…...

The Bug Report - April 2024 Edition

The Bug Report - April 2024 Edition By Jonathan Omakun and Tobi Olawale· April 29, 2024 Why am I here? Just when you thought it was safe to go back into the digital waters, out pops another series of rogue waves in the form of CVEs! It's like that beach vacation you planned to get away from it al...

Apple Updates Spyware Alert System to Warn Victims of Mercenary Attacks

Apple on Wednesday revised its documentation pertaining to its mercenary spyware threat notification system to mention that it alerts users when they may have been individually targeted by such attacks. It also specifically called out companies like NSO Group for developing commercial surveillanc...

How to Build a Cybersecurity Culture in Your Company

Decoding the Essential Components of Cyber Safeguard Culture In today's era, marked by copious dependencies on digital technologies, strengthening defenses against digital security vulnerabilities has become more than just a choice, it's a critical necessity. Establishing a culture of cyber...

Why Bad Bots Are the Digital Demons of the Internet

In the dimly lit corners of the internet, where shadows flicker and eerie silences prevail, there lurks entities of malevolent intent. They are not the stuff of old wives tales or campfire ghost stories. We’re talking about bad bots, the digital bogeymen of the digital age. These nefarious beings...

Cloud Security Strategies for Healthcare

How to Stay Secure in the Cloud While Driving Innovation and Discovery The healthcare industry is undergoing a transformational shift. Health organizations are traditionally entrenched in an on-prem way of life, but the past three years have plunged them into a digital revolution. A heightened...

New Updates for ESET's Advanced Home Solutions

It's no secret that antivirus software is as essential to your computer as a power cord. However, the threats don't stop at your devices. For example, criminals trying to steal your data can attack your Wi-Fi router, and phishing attempts can target your email. ESET's latest consumer product...

Apple’s Lockdown Mode

I havent written about Apples Lockdown Mode yet, mostly because I havent delved into the details. This is how Apple describes it: Lockdown Mode offers an extreme, optional level of security for the very few users who, because of who they are or what they do, may be personally targeted by some of...

Telling stories securely, with Runa Sandvik: Lock and Code S03E07

In 2017, a former NSA contractor named Reality Winner was arrested for allegedly leaking an internal report to the online news outlet The Intercept. To verify the report itself, a journalist for The Intercept sent an image of the report to the NSA, but upon further inspection, it was revealed tha...

Fortinet VPN with Default Settings Leave 200,000 Businesses Open to Hackers

As the pandemic continues to accelerate the shift towards working from home, a slew of digital threats have capitalized on the health concern to exploit weaknesses in the remote work infrastructure and carry out malicious attacks. Now according to network security platform provider SAM Seamless...

7 Ways Hackers and Scammers Are Exploiting Coronavirus Panic

In our previous stories, you might have already read about various campaigns warning how threat actors are capitalizing on the ongoing coronavirus pandemic in an attempt to infect your computers and mobile devices with malware or scam you out of your money. Unfortunately, to some extent, it's...

Watch Out: Android Apps in Google Play Store Capitalizing on Coronavirus Outbreak

Preying on public fears, the ongoing coronavirus outbreak is proving to be a goldmine of opportunity for attackers to stage a variety of malware attacks, phishing campaigns, and create scam sites and malicious tracker apps. Now in a fresh twist, third-party Android app developers too have begun t...

Simplicity is the Key to Enterprise Cybersecurity

Editor’s Note: Sam Bocetta, a guest author on the VMware Carbon Black blog, is a freelance journalist specializing in U.S. diplomacy and national security, with emphases on technology trends in cyber warfare, cyber defense, and cryptography. In today’s digital environment, companies are...

Samsung asks users to scan their Smart TVs for malware – Here’s how to

By Waqas Samsung tweeted and then deleted that tweet stating that users should scan their Smart TVs for malware “every few weeks.” Smart devices are vulnerable to all sorts of digital threats, and this is not a hidden reality as we often hear about internet connected devices getting hacked or...

Cynet is Launching a Free Threat Assessment for Businesses

By Zehra Ali In the age of regular cyber attacks and constant digital threats, it’s no wonder that businesses find themselves spending more and more on defense. Cyber security spending by businesses climbed to $13 million per company in 2018, an increase of 12% on the previous year. It’s an...

Cyberthreats to financial institutions 2019: overview and predictions

Kaspersky Security Bulletin: Threat Predictions for 2019 Threat predictions for industrial security in 2019 Cryptocurrency threat predictions for 2019 Introduction – key events in 2018 The past year has been extremely eventful in terms of the digital threats faced by financial institutions:...

Election Readiness 2018

2018 is a pivotal year for the integrity of our electoral process. The threat to the digital infrastructure of our elections is proliferating to a level that has not been seen before. Officials are working tirelessly to protect your vote by proactively identifying vulnerabilities and targeting...

The Cybersecurity Tech Accord: Time to Come Together to Combat Digital Threats

At Trend Micro we’re committed to making the world a safer place in which to exchange digital information. In fact, we’ve been protecting our customers from the ever-evolving threat landscape for nearly 30 years. But we know we can and must do more as an industry to combat the challenges we face...

All rise! Mind these digital crimes and arm yourself against them

Have you noticed that, in this year alone, headlines are inundated with words that contain "cyber"? Cybercrime. Cyberattack. Cybersecurity. Cyberwarfare. The cyber. Okay, that was last year. Frankly, with so much going on, we hardly remember a time when the term "cyber" seemed quaint and a little...

October 19, 2017 – Morning Cyber Coffee Headlines – “NCAA Football” Edition

Good morning! Sit with Carbon Black this morning over a cup of coffee or tea and browse a few industry headlines to get the day started. We’ve got just enough information below to get you through that first cup…enjoy! October 19, 2017 - Headlines Carbon Black in the News: Did you hear about the...