Beyond the pandemic: Why are data breach costs at an all‑time high?
It might be tempting to blame the record-high costs of data breaches on the COVID-19 pandemic alone. But dig deeper and a more nuanced picture emerges.
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Ransomware cost US companies almost $21 billion in downtime in 2020
The victims lost an average of nine days to downtime and two-and-a-half months to investigations, an analysis of disclosed attacks shows
Flaw in the Quebec vaccine passport: analysis
ESET cybersecurity expert Marc-Étienne Léveillé analyses in-depth the Quebec vaccine proof apps VaxiCode and VaxiCode Verif.
CISA and NSA release guidance for securing VPNs
What your organization should consider when it comes to choosing a VPN solution and hardening it against attacks
ProtonMail forced to log user’s IP address after order from Swiss authorities
Following the incident the company has updated its website and privacy policy to clarify its legal obligations to its userbase
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Hackers could force locked iPhones to make contactless payments
Flaws in Apple Pay and Visa could allow criminals to make arbitrary contactless payments – no authentication needed, research finds
Howard University suffers cyberattack, suspends online classes in aftermath
The university suffered a ransomware attack; however, there is no evidence so far of data being accessed or stolen.
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ESET research discovers ESPecter bootkit – FontOnLake targeting Linux – Fake SafeMoon app update
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Google releases emergency fix to plug zero‑day hole in Chrome
The emergency release comes a mere three days after Google’s previous update that plugged another 19 security loopholes
WhatsApp announces end‑to‑end encrypted backups
The Facebook-owned messaging service plans to roll out the feature to both iOS and Android users in the coming weeks.
October is Cybersecurity Awareness Month! Why being cyber‑smart matters
The campaign may last for a month, but we should remember that cybersecurity is a year-round affair
Don’t use single‑factor authentication, warns CISA
The federal agency urges organizations to ditch the bad practice and instead use multi-factor authentication methods
Microsoft Patch Tuesday fixes actively exploited zero‑day and 85 other flaws
The most recent Patch Tuesday includes a fix for the previously disclosed and actively exploited remote code execution flaw in MSHTML.
Microsoft Power Apps misconfiguration exposes millions of records
The caches of data that were publicly accessible included names, email addresses and social security numbers
European police dismantle cybercrime ring with ties to Italian Mafia
The group used phishing, BEC and other types of attacks to swindle victims out of millions