Sensitive personal information of over half a billion Facebook users was leaked on a hacking forum earlier on Saturday. This information was first discovered by chief technology officer of cybercrime intelligence firm Hudson Rock, Alon Gal who posted on Twitter about the leak. According to Gal, the leak is related to a security breach first […]
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Harris Federation an educational charity has become the fourth multi-academy trust to have suffered a ransomware attack since February this year. The ransomware attack has forced the educational charity to shut down its IT systems, and temporarily disable its email system and switchboard services. The temporary move has left students unable to access their email
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Ransomware isn’t a new threat to the cyber world. Its origins go back many years. It’s a sort of malware where cybercriminals attack your system with malicious code. The intent to lock you out of your system and encrypt your important and sensitive data. Further, demanding ransom from you before they provide a decryption key
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What Is a Cyber Attack? A cyber attack is any type of offensive action that targets computer information systems, infrastructures, computer networks, or personal computer devices, using various methods to steal, alter or destroy data, or information systems. A cyber-attack is a deliberate attempt to exploit vulnerable systems, devices or networks to manipulate, steal or gain unauthorized
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Spyware is a type of malware or malicious software that is installed on a computing device without the end user’s knowledge. It can also be classified as any program that gathers your personal information and sends it to a third party. Spyware is controversial because, even when it is installed for safety reasons, it can
One of the biggest sellers of networking gear Ubiquiti Networks has alerted its customers to a data breach. In a short email sent to customers, the tech company said it became aware of unauthorized access to its systems hosted by a third-party cloud provider. Ubiquiti did not name the cloud company, when the breach happened
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The month of December 2020 saw thewidespread hack of US government networks which impacted about 50 organizations. A US senator involved in cybersecurity believed that the hack may have started earlier than late spring. Investigators for the US originally thought that the attack on government organizations and private industry began in March or April. Senator Mark
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In the digital world, there exists no perfect computing system, and failure is guaranteed to occur at some point. The next logical step to take is to prepare for its eventual occurrence and try to mitigate the system’s costs going offline. Disaster recovery is the set of procedures followed to assist the recovery or restoring
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One of the largest cybersecurity companies in the US, FireEye said that the widespread hack of US government networks had genuinely impacted about 50 organizations. Kevin Mandia CEO of FireEye said that even though 18,000 organizations had malicious code in their networks, it was 50 of them that had suffered major impact and security breaches.
Social engineering is a common mechanic to take advantage of humans. Chris hadnagy stated that social engineering is the process by which intruders gain access to facilities, networks, systems, data, and even employees by exploiting the generally trusting nature of people. You can continue here.
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