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Cybersecurity threats compel us to revisit certain identity-based terminologies and Personally Identifiable Information is probably one of the most important ones. Personally Identifiable Information (PII) signifies any substantial information or data that can help a governing body trace the...
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It is not a situation any network administrator ever wants to be in. Yet, considering the multitude of attacks nowadays, the possibility of being in such a situation is getting more and more likely. The last year has shown...
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Last year we saw two high-profile ransomware attacks strike within a few weeks of each other, affecting more than a quarter million machines worldwide and causing major disruptions. With the adoption of the Eurocard/Mastercard/Visa payment standard increasing, credit card...
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Cybersecurity has evolved as one of the top organizational areas of concern for both government organizations and commercial setups. Not a day goes by when we don’t come across organizations leveraging IT Asset Management in the form of a...
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May, 25, 2018. Mark the date. This is when the much-discussed General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) will come into effect. A significant, wide-ranging piece of legislation which will, no doubt, have a major effect on the world of cybersecurity...
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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...
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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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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....
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It wouldn’t be wrong to assume that login credentials and other confidential user-specific insights are the most frequently compromised data sets, extensively targeted by the malicious parties. Since 2017 witnessed hackers breaching 711 million users records; thereby accessing around...