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Regulation is the innovation Any data protection law is mostly drafted with a certain amount of jargon and the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is no different. Many of us can hear the clock tick as the European Union is set...
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Quick Heal Security Labs has come across a new strain of Petya Ransomware that is affecting users globally. This clearly looks like early signs of a new ransomware attack that is spreading fast across the globe. Currently we have...
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Cybercriminals are adopting unique ways for spreading malware and this has been evident in the cases of the Cerber ransomware where the RIG exploit was used and the WannaCry ransomware which used the SMBv1 vulnerability. And now it’s the...
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Gone are the days when employees used to walk into the office, login into their systems, finish their daily tasks and walk out. Today, the jobs scenario is different. Working from remote locations, signing in at different hours, logging...
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Over the past few months, the cybersecurity world was at buzz due to the infamous WannaCry ransomware attack. The attack was launched on a massive scale. The campaign started after the disclosure of NSA exploit leak by a hacker...
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Organizations face cyber threats on multiple fronts. There is a threat of virus and malware that can corrupt the data on individual machines and servers, malware that can damage the systems and programs, network intrusions to steal the information from the...
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In 2016, according to a report by a security training company (wombat security), 86% of the companies reported being a victim of phishing attacks. As many as 67% companies were the target of spear phishing. Phishing attacks cause severe damage to...
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Data theft or loss by employees is a reality no one can deny. The cost of one such internal breach at Bank of America was 10 million USD. According to a study by Verizon, almost 20% of the all the data...
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Hackers are continuously innovating new ways of cyber-attacks. The malware are getting commercialized and attackers can launch spam and DDOS attacks at will. Many attackers modify their already discovered ‘malicious products’ (the malware) to keep ahead of anti-malware industry and security professionals. As...
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Over the last few years, the Governments of many countries around the world have become sensitive towards inadequate protection of consumer data by the companies. Many of them have enacted various laws and regulations to protect this sensitive data. The late 1990s...