McAfee, the device-to-cloud cybersecurity company, today released its McAfee Labs Threats Report: August 2019, examining cybercriminal activity and the evolution of cyber threats in Q1 2019. McAfee Labs saw an average of 504 new threats per minute in Q1 and a resurgence of ransomware along with changes in campaign executionRead More…
Endgame, the leader in endpoint protection, has announced that its latest release is the industry’s first to provide protection parity across Windows and macOS. Endpoint security vendors have traditionally focused on developing Windows-based defenses, thanks to its large enterprise install base. But with over 80% of hackers leveraging social engineeringRead More…
In its latest Office of the Future survey released by Canon, the findings reveals that all organizations surveyed across a range of verticals experienced a cyber threat over the past year.Read More…
Security researchers have said that bluetooth devices are prone to a new vulnerability dubbed ‘KNOB’ that allows attackers to easily brute force the encryption key which is used for pairing to devices via Bluetooth. In a coordinated disclosure between the Center for IT-Security, Privacy, and Accountability (CISPA), ICASI, it hasRead More…
A massive 13-day long Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack on a single online service has been launched by a Mirai-based botnet, according to Imperva. The botnet, which was observed coordinating 402,000 different IPs, most of which are apparently located in Brazil, was using Internet of Things (IoT) devices withRead More…
Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a new malware targeting Linux systems, which spies on users, Called EvilGnome, the threat disguises as a Gnome extension and was found to include unfinished keylogging capabilities, as well as comments, symbol names and compilation metadataRead More…
Kaspersky research has found that cybercriminals are taking advantage of growing demand for video games by distributing malware through fake copies of the most popular ones. More than 930,000 users were hit by such attacks in the 12 months from early June 2018 to early June 2019.Read More…
IBM has revealed multiple critical and high-severity flaws across a range of products, the most severe of which can be found in its IBM Spectrum Protect tool. Researchers say the most severe of these flaws could cause a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on impacted systems. So far, IBMRead More…
