The new digital transformation era seems to be an era of increased security risks as well. The new era of digital transformation, in which organizations all the world over seek to embrace new technologies, is also an era in which organizations are struggling to implement and attain proper data security. This is what a new

The GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation), which is the European Union’s new privacy regulation, came into effect in May 2018. The compliance rules of the GDPR, though they seem to be simple, do have some minor complications and hence companies that seek to comply with the regulation should see to it that they don’t overlook

The biggest weakness of security breaches are the people, but at the same time, they can also be your organization’s biggest defence. The massive telecom data breach, stolen credentials, data compromised are some of the daily issues that we see these days. All of these major breaches resulted from mistakes of individuals. Despite years of

Home improvement and design website Houzz has publicly disclosed that an unauthorized third party had obtained a file containing user data. This looks like the data breach was discovered late last year. According to a report in scmagazine, the FAQ page published on Houzz.com today says that the compromised information falls under three categories: •

Japan is all set to beef up cybersecurity as the country gears up to host some notable global events. As Japan gets ready to host events like the Rugby World Cup, the Group of 20 meetings and the Summer Olympic Games, Tokyo decides to survey 200 million network-connected gadgets for cybersecurity lapses. The survey starts

This is a rather different piece of news- an Android malware that triggers only when it detects some motion has been detected. Malware authors think of all kinds of ways in which they could prevent their malware from being detected by security companies and security software. Hence, over the years, they have been creating viruses,

Having installed antivirus software both became a blessing and a curse for any computer user. It used to be all beneficial as antimalware software manages to detect suspicious behaviors in Windows before the damage is done. However, this capability of antimalware software has its corresponding limitations like damaging the actual Windows files that prevent the

Normally, it takes around 6-months for an organization to realize that their system is infected with malware or data breach. This is a good time for the hackers to play around and get the maximum out of it. So it is quite obvious that the organization will not have enough time in hand to mitigate

A new kind of malware has been identified that can remove cloud security products. In a report released on Thursday by researchers from Palo Alto Networks’ Unit 42 said that “the malware samples they obtained, which are used by a hacking group known as “Rocke,” showed that they can dismantle security products from compromised Linux

Cyberattacks would definitely continue to hit businesses in 2019 too. Cyberattacks, which cost businesses thousands of dollars, could shatter many businesses totally. In the present context, attacks against small businesses are on the rise. Data security should be one of the top priorities for any business today. Here’s a look at how to increase data