New advanced hacking group targets governments, engineers worldwide
A new hacking group targeting entities worldwide to spy on them has been unmasked by researchers. Dubbed FamousSparrow by ESET, on Thursday, the team...
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ANZ reports a 73% year-on-year increase in scams for the first eight months of 2021
Australia and New Zealand Group (ANZ) chief executive Shayne Elliot has encouraged the Standing Committee of Economics to prioritise the need to raise further...
LG acquires Israeli automotive cybersecurity startup Cybellum
LG Electronics said on Thursday it has acquired Israeli automotive cybersecurity startup Cybellum. Tel Aviv-based Cybellum was founded in 2016 and offers a risk...
CISA releases advisory on Conti ransomware, notes increase in attacks after more than 400 incidents
CISA sent out an advisory on Wednesday centered around the Conti ransomware, providing detailed information for the cybersecurity community about the ransomware group and...
Druva’s ‘curated recovery’ aimed at faster ransomware incident resolution
Cloud data protection and management provider Druva has developed an approach called Curated Recovery to help defend against the rapidly growing ransomware problem. Deployed...
Brazilian government launches data protection campaign
The Brazilian government has launched a data protection guide as part of efforts to raise awareness on the issue among the general public. The...
Internet users stressed out by cyberattack news: Kaspersky
A new Kaspersky survey found that internet users in the US and Canada increasingly believe the internet to be a stressful place. The findings...
Crystal Valley Cooperative becomes latest agriculture business hit with ransomware
Minnesota-based farm supply and grain marketing cooperative Crystal Valley has become the latest agriculture business hit with a ransomware attack. The company released a...
Microsoft Warns of a Wide-Scale Phishing-as-a-Service Operation
Microsoft has opened the lid on a large-scale phishing-as-a-service (PHaaS) operation that’s involved in selling phishing kits and email templates as well as providing...
DDoS attacks are becoming more prolific and more powerful, warn cybersecurity researchers
There’s been a rise in distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks in recent months in what cybersecurity researchers say is a record-breaking number of...