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While ransomware threats keep bothering businesses regardless of their stature and size, organizations are slowly but steadily resorting to proactivity, to prevent infections and potential sabotages. The most frightening aspect of ransomware attacks is the evolution and sophistication on...
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Believe it or not, traditional cyber-criminals are slowly abandoning the obsolete techniques of making money-courtesy the growing popularity of ransomware attacks. The latter is a lucrative crime operation which plagues every business, regardless of its spread. Cyber extortionists keep...
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Data breaches have now become a common occurrence but with myriad legislations in place— including the likes of GDPR— stakes for the enterprises are at an all-time high. When it comes to handling a breach, companies depend on the...
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The recent zero-day vulnerability in Microsoft Office vulnerability CVE-2017-11826 enables attackers to perform a Remote Code Execution on targeted machines. According to a recently published blog post, this vulnerability is being exploited in the wild. Microsoft has released a security update on October 10, 2017,...
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Most SMEs and startups believe that cyber attackers wouldn’t be interested in them courtesy smaller frameworks and restricted financial reserves. However, based on a report released by the Verizon Data Breach Investigations, at least 61 percent of the hacked...
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Educating oneself when it comes to cybersecurity is extremely important and should always be stressed upon. A better understanding of this subject increases the chances of staying safe from the existing threats. More often than not, the importance of...
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Spam email campaigns have increased with the use of multiple random techniques which improve the efficiency of payload distribution to spread malware to more number of users. These attacks have been randomly observed to have increased rapidly in numbers;...
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Data breaches and cyber-attacks are common occurrences which usually proliferate at an exponential rate. While it is important that enterprises tighten their enclosures, it is also advisable to understand how cybercriminals prepare for a breach. Hacker surveillance is one way...
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Computer systems evolve at a breakneck pace. Every now and then, there are newer versions of software including web browsers, operating systems, and databases. These upgrades not only have better features but also have better security features built into them. However, many times...