Apple released security update to protect iPhones from Malicious Messages

Technology Giant Apple Inc has added a new security update that helps to secure iPhones and iPads against cyber attacks launched through iMessages. Officially dubbed as BlastDoor, the feature acts as a security system to curtail malicious messages from reaching the users. Google Project Zero Team was the first to discover the new update pushed onto the devices loaded with iOS 14 OS. Then Apple made it official that its BlastDoor update is indeed on its way to secure its devices from all variants of message oriented cyber threats. In what is known...

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WhatsApp adds Biometrics mobile security login for Desktop and Web Login

In coming days, all you WhatsApp users out there interested in making a login through a desktop or a web app will have to go through a biometrics security login feature where-in users need to authenticate themselves with a fingerprint, face or Iris scan. However, all depends on the device capabilities and will be besides the existing QR Code authentication found in the settings feature of the mobile app. The Facebook subsidiary says that the new biometrics security feature will act as an additional layer to those extremely concerned about their...

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5 Reasons to Implement Certificates

Digital Certificates are virtual IDs that represent users, machines, servers, and the like in the digital landscape. A user’s attributes can be input onto a certificate and issued to that user’s device, verifying that user’s identity whenever they access the network. Digital Certificates are vastly superior mechanisms of authentication security when compared to passwords because...

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The Most Common Types of Malware in 2021

Regardless of how familiar you are with Information Security, you’ve probably come across the term ‘malware’ countless times. From accessing your business-critical resources and sensitive information to halting business operations and services, a malware infection can quickly become an organization’s worst nightmare come true. As a business owner, you must be aware...

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5 Ransomware Trends in 2021 All Businesses Need to Prep For

An increase in ransomware attacks is not news to us anymore. However, that number has risen dramatically in 2020, a trend that businesses and individuals alike must NOT ignore. Back in 2019, a McAfee report confirmed that across all sectors, ransomware incidents increased by 118% during the first quarter of 2019. That number spiked significantly in 2020, where a Mid-Year Threat...

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Leverage the Tools and Telemetry You Trust

The industry is at a pivotal point. With the pandemic driving up work-from-home and forcing hybrid work environments as well as many applications moving to the cloud, cybersecurity professionals are challenging best practices and once-thought foundational assumptions. Is a platform with tightly integrated native capabilities the right foundation for the future security instead of siloed security tools? Stellar Cyber says yes to platform – with a twist – a solution that is open so it can integrate with the existing security tools like NGFW,...

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Data Privacy concerns erupt with Robotic Vacuums

Robotic Vacuums simplify the lives of the users by keeping the house clean. But to all those who are using such devices to keep their homes neat and clean, you better know a fact that such robots when connected to internet can be intercepted by hackers who can then snoop into your homes by hacking the device cameras. Consumer Reports(CR) Digital Lab Initiative has tested such devices and has offered its consumers a report on how well are the companies manufacturing such devices are dealing with their user privacy. Security report submitted by CR...

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Ransomware attack on Palfinger Hydraulics

Palfinger, an Austria-based Hydraulics Engineering Company, is reported to have been hit by a ransomware attack late last week. And the crane manufacturer has assured that most of the digital disruption related repercussions faced by its branches worldwide will be solved by this weekend. The company that operates with its products in almost 30 countries has made it official that its email systems were the worst hit in the file encrypting malware related attack. Insider sources say that hackers are expecting enormous sums to free up the data from...

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Android releases patch for two critical vulnerabilities

Most of the smart phone users are found using Apple iOS or Google Android loaded devices. Reason, their user interface is easy to interact and the app stores get regular innovative updates from time to time. If we consider the price factor, Apple Inc offers devices that are more premium and thus are not reachable to normal smart phone users, albeit ‘Price Wise’. And coming to Google loaded phones, the company offers an open source operating system that is being used by multiple device manufactures across the world. Now, keeping aside the perks,...

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Cygilant and SentinelOne Partnership Offers Businesses Automated Cybersecurity for the Endpoint and Cloud

Cybersecurity-as-a-Service Firm Offers Mid-Size Businesses Access to Leading Autonomous Cybersecurity Platform January 26, 2021 — Cygilant, provider of Cybersecurity-as-a-Service to mid-sized organizations, today announced its customers now have access to SentinelOne, the only cybersecurity solution encompassing AI-powered prevention, detection, response, and hunting across endpoints, containers, cloud workloads, and IoT devices in a single autonomous XDR platform. Offered as part of an agreement with Exclusive Networks,...

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Cybercriminals Now Targeting Celebrity Plastic Surgery

When you think about cybercriminals, what image comes to mind? Some sweaty, greasy teenager type persona hidden in a dark room surrounded by computers, trying to crack code and glean information from big websites. Kind of true. Then you think about the types of places that hackers are trying to break into. It’s easy to think that they will go after big companies like Amazon...

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Cynet 2021 CISO Survey Reveals Need for SMEs with Small Security Teams to Rethink Cybersecurity Strategy

With Fewer Resources, Smaller Security Teams Forced to be Innovative in Dealing with Enterprise Threats   New York, NY – January 27, 2021 — Cynet (http://www.cynet.com) today announced a new survey titled “2021 CISO Survey of Small Cyber Security Teams.” According to the findings in this survey, companies with small security teams, generally SMEs, are facing a number of unique challenges, placing these organizations at greater risk than their larger enterprise counterparts. These enhanced risks are moving 100% of these companies to outsource...

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Google uncovers North Korea espionage campaign

Google has blamed a North Korean group for posing as security bloggers and launching espionage campaign on American Cybersecurity Community. The attacks were discovered when Google’s Threat Analysis Group discovered some hackers were trying to steal classical data by creating fake social media accounts on Facebook and Twitter. Such attacks can be serious says Adam Weidemann, a senior researcher at the Alphabet subsidiary’s as the stolen info can breach popular computer products such as Windows 10 operating system and Chrome Web Browser. The highlight...

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Australia launches Cyber Attack probe via SBS

Australia’s Special Broadcasting Service (SBS) along with the police of New South Wales (NSW) has started a probe and are busy finding any cyber repercussions in using the Accellion fill transfer software that was impacted in a cyber attack last year. In connection with the SolarWinds software, the Accellion software came under the watchful radar of many Cybersecurity agencies around the world when it was discovered that the two decades long company was cyber attacked through vulnerability by hackers suspected to be from Russia.  Early January...

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NetWalker ransomware spreader arrested

Those spreading NetWalker ransomware were arrested in a joint operation taken up by international law enforcement agencies aimed to bring down cyber crime against healthcare sector to a large extent. Thus, the latest operation to seize the assets of NetWalker that were involved in a cyber crime against several universities, municipalities, medicine makers involved in development of vaccine against Corona Virus; has set an example that the legal authorities will never entertain such cyber crime for long time. In what is known to Cybersecurity Insiders,...

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NetWalker ransomware spreader arrested

Those spreading NetWalker ransomware were arrested in a joint operation taken up by international law enforcement agencies aimed to bring down cyber crime against healthcare sector to a large extent. Thus, the latest operation to seize the assets of NetWalker that were involved in a cyber crime against several universities, municipalities, medicine makers involved in development of vaccine against Corona Virus; has set an example that the legal authorities will never entertain such cyber crime for long time. In what is known to Cybersecurity Insiders,...

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Myth Buster: Data Fatigue is Not Real

The noise is real. Of that, we can agree. It started way back in history – whoops, wrong topic (shout out to all of you who know that lyric). Basic packet captures – the final arbiter of proof, started all this and has continued nonstop until this very day. Every security analyst worth his/her salt asks for the packet captures. Why do we have all this data? Do we need it all? With IOT today, my toaster can tell me how many toast points I have burned since 2019. Do we care? Should we care? To be honest, I’m not sure I want folks to know I struggle...

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