Cyberattack

Do you also feel your device is safe because of the antivirus that has more than 435 million monthly active users? Yes, we are talking about the Avast antivirus! It shares the most significant market among the malware application vendors across the globe. In the year 2017, it was one of the most famed antivirus

State Farm, a behemoth in the banking and insurance business in the United States became a victim of massive credential stuffing attack. It is a form of cyber attack where usernames and passwords from a breached system are injected by bots against a website. With hopes that some stolen user credentials will be successful in

Australia’s University of Wollongong (UOW) is taking strong defensive measures against cyber attacks in anticipation of its eventuality said by its spokesperson this week. This is through an effective lessening of the attack surface of University computers and Internet-connected devices as well as regular penetration testing, continued cybersecurity training for University staff and IT security

On May 6, 2019, the city of Washington, Pennsylvania, suffered a malware attack that shut down its phone and messaging system for more than a week. The only exception is the 911 system, which operates throughout the county and continues to be available to residents of the city. This type of ransomware attack can occur

A cyberattack can paralyze critical infrastructure and businesses and create negative pressure. In other cases, this can lead to litigation between you and your company. These and other factors, can seriously harm a company and force many of them to pay for data recovery and computer security services to repair the damage. However, many companies

Hong kong is considered as an SAR or Special Administrative Region, it kept its own internal ministerial government directly elected by Hong Kong people and they continue to use their HK$ as currency. But seems like that the “autonomy” does not end there when it comes to cyberspace, as hacker groups allegedly linked with Beijing

In today’s cybersecurity atmosphere, there is no way for any organization to assume that “we are not hacked”. The attack surface is very wide in Windows, Office, Java, Flash Player, and even the Intel processors have hardware security bugs. Basically, 2018 was a horrible year for cybersecurity because it proved how indefensible is the architecture

Cyber attacks targeting IoT (Internet-of-Things) devices are rapidly increasing, as more people and organizations deploy them. IoT devices that are connected to the Internet but do not have a password set, or are often operated with the initial settings, are likely candidates to be targeted next. Various incidents have already occurred, some of which were

Restaurants, food, and beverage companies are not usual targets of cyber attacks, malware infection, ransomware infestation, and data breach attempts. However, a paradigm shift is currently happening, when threat actors are looking for new victims, new industries to focus on when it comes to their campaigns. The key ingredient of becoming an attractive potential victim

Australia’s security agencies are investigating a likely cyber-attack attempt on the Federal Parliament’s computer system. It is alleged that the government believes that some foreign government is behind the attack. The hackers were caught in the early stages of gaining access to the system because the authorities didn’t find any loss of data, but signs