Facebook and Twitter bosses could be jailed in Britain for Data Privacy

If those heading companies like Facebook and Twitter fail to protect their user data in Britain, then there is a chance that they might be sentenced to a jail term for a specific period in the year 2020. Yes, this is what is going to be brought up by the government of the UK early this year and the bill is said to help regulate social media in the UK. In January 2020 the government of the UK will publish its response about the bill after consulting a few more issues with the think tanks and will issue a regulatory for the social media companies...

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Cloud Security confidence surging up says Barracuda Networks

As more and more companies are making a quick approach towards public cloud, security has become a prime concern to them. However, the confidence is growing says a survey conducted by Barracuda Networks after it took responses from over 850 security professionals.     Barracuda Survey on Cloud Security states that 44% of its respondents were confident that their cloud security platforms were secure enough to block or thwart any cyber intrusions. While 33% of them felt that their on-premise data centers were more secure than public...

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Why CJIS mobile compliance might be easier than you think

Guest blog By Andrew King, AT&T Global Account Director, MobileIron Although we just wrapped up National Cybersecurity Awareness Month in October, security professionals never take a break — because cybercriminals don’t either. That’s especially true for folks who work in law enforcement. Every day they are on the front lines helping to protect the public and solve...

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The Bitglass Blog

This city in North America, a hub for financial services, is in the midst of their digital transformation to the cloud.  With apps and data moving to the cloud, users could access sensitive data from any device, anywhere. The incumbent firewall vendor pushed hard for the city to deploy more firewall appliances, with VPN agents and Firewall-as-a-Service to enable mobility. The post The Bitglass Blog appeared first on Cybersecurity Insiders. December 31, 2019 at 09:09...

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Microsoft Windows experiences Cyber Threat from North Korea Thallium

Microsoft Digital Crimes Unit (DCU) has confirmed that a North Korean hacking group code-named as Thallium by Microsoft researchers is targeting windows loaded systems of well-known celebrities which includes University staff, political think tanks, those operating nuclear grids, as well as activists working for world peace and human rights. The DCU of Microsoft says that the cyber threat persists from Advanced Persistent Threat(APT) hacking group shortly known as APT37 and only seen targeting Windows machines operating in United States, Japan,...

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2019 Worst Cyber Attacks

The year 2019 is soon going to be the past as in a few hours; the world is all set to ring into the year 2020 with a grand celebration. Coming to the cyber world, the year witnessed a lot of cyber attacks on public and private entities and some of the worst cyber attacks of 2019 are listed as below-   Ecuador Cyber Attack- A cyber attack on a database storing personal info of the Ecuadorian populace is said to have leaked sensitive info of more than 20 million populace which includes the data of their respective president Julian Assange-...

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Kaspersky predicts that the year 2020 will witness cyber attacks on Investment apps

Russian Cybersecurity firm Kaspersky has given a 2020 prediction in which it stated that the apps related to investment, banking, financial data processing, and cryptocurrencies will be most vulnerable to cyber-attacks. “As hacks on financial apps lead the hackers to potential financial gains they are being treated as most vulnerable in the coming year,” Kaspersky noted. And as mobile-based investment apps are becoming increasingly popular, software applications that lack basic security features such as 2FA or multi-factor authentication are predicted...

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Should cities pay a ransomware demand?

UPDATE: In a “ripped from the headlines” moment, we have real world confirmation of the growing risk discussed in this article. Breaking news over the weekend revealed that both the city of New Orleans and New Jersey’s largest hospital network are in the midst of dealing with serious ransomware attacks. When you hear about data breaches and cyberattacks in the news, it’s...

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IT Services provider Synoptek hit by Ransomware

California based IT services provider Synoptek has become a victim of a ransomware attack which has impacted thousands of its customers nationwide. And sources report that the file-encrypting malware might have entered the network early this month and locked down the files from December 23rd of this year. What’s interesting in this malware saga is the fact that the IT staff of Synoptek did not want to take any kind of risks in the Christmas season and so bowed down to the demands of hackers by paying them a stipulated sum in the form of cryptocurrency. According...

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5G is coming, are you prepared?

5G technologies and networks are bringing exciting new possibilities for the enterprise. Many organizations are taking a proactive stance by anticipating the security requirements that will come with the new technology. Given the multifaceted nature of 5G and security, it’s critical for organizations to understand the magnitude of this undertaking.  You can check out...

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Kaspersky Free Antivirus now becomes a Cloud Security profile

Kaspersky, the Russian Cybersecurity firm has made it official that its much popular Free Antivirus has now been directed as Kaspersky Security Cloud which will be more advanced and will maintain all the flagship features which the previous basic security solution lacked to the core. Kaspersky Security Cloud will be offering its customers a freeware license along with some advanced protection engine with extra capabilities like keeping a tab on any compromised account data and a password manager to secure the account and encrypts the data of the...

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Ireland outlines the new Cybersecurity Strategy to bolster its stand against Cyber Crime

Ireland has come up with a new Cybersecurity strategy which enables it to strengthen its stand against cybercrime with sophisticated standards and protections. Minister for Communications Richard Bruton said that his country has recognized cyber attacks as risks affecting the economy and governance and so has outlined best-practice standards meant to respond to such incidents efficiently and quickly. “As the onus lies on the government to protect the nation’s telecom infrastructure, electricity systems and energy grids against cyber attacks, the...

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Ransomware attack on Maastricht University of Netherlands

The Maastricht University of Netherlands is reported to have become a victim of a ransomware attack on Tuesday this week and officials have pulled down all IT systems offline to contain the damage due to the cyber incident. The file-encrypting based malware cyberattack was acknowledged on the website and the authorities from the educational institute have assured that the scientific data was unaffected by the ransomware. But have also confirmed on the same note that restoration of data might take several days. Gert Van Doorn the spokesperson of...

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Florida Pensacola Maze Ransomware hackers release 2GB data on the internet

In a surprising move, the hackers who launched a Maze Ransomware attack on Pensacola city of Florida have released 2GB of data on the internet to prove the point that they have not encrypted only a few files unlike reported in the media and have enough to make money from the dark web.   Going by history, a ransomware attack that took place on the City of Florida early this month disrupted the services related to emails and phones and 311 customer services to a certain extent.  All online payment services from Pensacola Energy and City...

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Cybersecurity advice on How to buy Smart Toys

As this Christmas season the sales of smart toys doubled from last year, security analysts are worried that it might put the children/users at risk as strangers can contact the smart toy owners through various security flaws. Well, as manufacturers are being constantly urged by governments to improve the cyber hygiene of their devices before they put them on sale, only a few seem to be listening. As nothing much can be done from the manufactures side by the consumers, here’s a list of security measures which can be followed by them while buying...

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10 safe browsing tools on Firefox browser

When it comes to privacy, those using the Firefox browser know well that the said web browser offers the utmost privacy with a feature to customize it further to suit personalized privacy obligations via plugins/add-on or extensions.   Now, to those who do not know how to do so, here’s a list of 10 tools for safe browsing on Firefox.   Firefox Container allowing multi-accounts- This is one of the trusted extensions on Firefox which allows users to keep the color of their profile coded to preserve privacy. As the cookies are isolated...

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Entercom encounters the second Cyber Attack in this year

Entercom, well known as a leading radio network of America was hit by a cyber attack in this Christmas season. And sources report that this happens to be the second attack on the Broadcasting Company in the year 2019.   The Pennsylvania based company which owns around 235 radio stations across 48 media markets in North America says that the recent attack has hit mostly the back office operations making the radio network broadcast recorded programs to fill in the outage.   Entercom which has over 170 million audiences says that the second...

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Worlds most dreaded state-developed malware strains

Here’s a list of world’s most dreaded malware strains developed by state-backed Cybersecurity units of various countries for reasons-   Stuxnet- This is a malware strain jointly developed by armies of the United States and Israel in the year 2001. It is a computer worm that is designed to target industrial control systems to disrupt automated machine processes.   Shamoon- This is a malware strain developed by Iran to target Microsoft Windows systems operating in a network. As the virus is destructive it was devised to be used...

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Hackers from Vietnam stealing data from Automobile Companies

Hackers or a hacking group from Vietnam is found to be stealing data from automobile companies operating mostly in South Asia and is said to be spreading its wings to American companies. Cybersecurity experts from Crowdstrike who were the first to identify this scenario have further reported that the attacks look similar to the ones launched by state-funded hacking groups from China. Crowdstrike security experts say that the Vietnamese hacking group dubbed as APT32 is mainly focusing on stealing intellectual property from multinational companies...

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Cyber Attack forces flight cancellations in Alaska in the holiday season

Christmas 2019 looks jinxed to some of the people who were planning to fly out of Alaska as a large scale cyber attack is reported to have made the authorities at Ravn Air Group to cancel flights in the whole of Alaskan region. As per the details available to Cybersecurity Insiders, a malicious cyberattack is said to have occurred on the RavnAir database on Friday, December 20th, 2019 leading to flight cancellations from Saturday morning. Highly placed sources say that a malware attack was launched on turbo-powered regional airliner the De Havilland...

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Cross-site scripting aka XSS Cyber Attacks topped the list in 2019

According to research conducted by PreciseSecurity.com, Cross-site scripting attacks aka XSS cyber attacks topped the list of most popular attack vectors in 2019. The survey confirms that XSS attack targets were mainly large companies operating in Europe and North America.   PreciseSecurity.com research further clarifies that SQL Injection attacks came second followed by Fuzzing(Fuzz attack)- where threat actors use software to find vulnerability codes in company-operated software, operating systems or networks.   Simon Roe, the product...

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LockerGoga and MegaCortex Ransomware alert by FBI

FBI has issued a warning alert to all large corporations operating in regions such as the United Kingdom, United States, Norway, France, and the Netherlands. The law enforcement agency from the United States suggests that all private and public entities in the said region are vulnerable to LockerGoga and MegaCortex Ransomware attacks. Technically, both the specified file-encrypting malware first hit their targets, then hibernate on the network for months and then start encrypting files on the devices. Therefore, the Federal Bureau of Investigation...

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FBI starts fooling hackers with fake data to find their whereabouts

The next time if you hear a media story on a company’s data breach, be aware that this could be a ploy played by the FBI on identifying hackers/ groups. Yes, the US law enforcement agency thinks that fake data can be used to lure hackers to hack a network in order to find their identity in detail. Highly placed sources from the FBI say that the American agency has started an exclusive program named IDLE- Illicit Data Loss Exploitation where companies often store bad data in their servers and use that data as honeypots to trap hackers who are constantly...

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Mastercard acquires AI-based Cybersecurity startup RiskRecon

Mastercard, the American Multinational Financial Services Corporation has made it official that it is going to acquire AI-based Cybersecurity startup RiskRecon for an undisclosed amount. However, the deal is said to close in 1Q 2020 and is subjected to customary closing conditions.   RiskRecon happens to be a 2015 startup that leverages web data to companies to improve their Cybersecurity posture. It will help organizations better safeguard their intellectual property, consumer and payment data. And MasterCard aims to integrate RiskRecon’s...

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Russia to test ‘sovereign internet’ to curb foreign Cyber Threats

Russia is all set to test its sovereign internet infrastructure which it claims will help if foreign nations launch cyber attacks on its global internet connectivity. However, Free-speech activists fear that Vladimir Putin led the nation is looking to gain more control over user activity with the latest bill.   According to the sources reporting to Cybersecurity Insiders, the reliability test on the intranet connectivity of the domestic internet infrastructure will be made on December 23rd, 2019 afternoon and the move is said to help the country...

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Three developments helping to increase trust in the commercial drone ecosystem

In recent years, vast leaps forward in drone technology have helped to confirm their practical application in a variety of different environments. In times of natural disasters, such as avalanches for example, drones have help saved the lives of people buried under the snow, by scanning large mountainous areas quicker than a person on foot. What’s more, in point-to-point...

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Three ways live face identification systems can tackle social issues

I wrote this blog with help from my colleague Alexis Camarillo. Spoilers ahead! If you haven’t seen the film ‘Coco’, you might want to skip to the next sub-header In 2017 Disney released “Coco”, an animated fantasy film featuring the story of a 12-year old boy who stumbles by mistake into the Land of the Dead, where he goes through an unforgettable journey. It’s a very entertaining,...

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