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Cybersecurity isn’t just an IT department’s job anymore. The varied and vast nature of security threats nowadays mean that the days when “cybersecurity” was just a buzzword thrown around by technology department and network administrators were the only ones...Information Technology, Network Security & Cybersecurity Updates
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A cursory look at the cybersecurity landscape in 2017 throws up some of the biggest names in their respective industries. From Uber to Yahoo to Equifax to India’s Zomato and lots more, it seemed even the biggest companies in the...
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Networks have been in existence for a very long time and are indeed a boon as it has brought people and the world closer to each other. With the networks, the threat of intrusion of these networks became a...
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Business Email Compromise is the new kid in the block in cyber crime space. As per an FBI report, Business Email Compromise (BEC) has affected more than 130 countries since October 2013 and the global losses or attempted losses...
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February 14th, Valentine’s Day, maybe the day of love but there’s no love lost between cybercriminals and their target. In recent years, these criminals are only getting smarter in their ways and ensuring that they time their attacks at...
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The unhindered growth of e-commerce and its impact has seemingly increased the risks of online fraud. Moreover, the attacks have amplified in terms of magnitude as the technologies adopted by the hackers are getting persuasive and more powerful, with...
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Small and medium sized businesses usually rely on organizational data for flourishing and succeeding in their endeavors. However, there are chances that the SMBs are putting all their data at risk by implementing erroneous strategies. According to the latest...
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In Jan 2018, Greenfield, Indiana-based Hancock Health (healthcare network) was attacked by SamSam ransomware. It encrypted the files containing patients’ data which disrupted their critical services. Even though SamSam is not a new ransomware, it has evolved over a...
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Since WannaCry swept the world in 2017, ransomware has become a network administrator’s worst nightmare. It’s not without any reason: the devastating WannaCry ransomware attack affected more than 200,000 computers across 150 countries with huge damages. Other notable ransomware attacks...
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Ransomware threats have long been plaguing the online space and are usually considered to be extremely disruptive in nature. Unlike other malware threats which keep a low profile, ransomware attacks announce themselves before crippling a system for diverse benefits....