A new joint advisory from U.K. and U.S. cybersecurity officials warns that cyber criminals are targeting individuals and organizations with a range of hacking tools like ransomware and malware. With the U.S. and much of Europe under government-imposed lockdowns due to COVID-19, many employees are working from home to help prevent the spread of the […]
Videoconferencing giant Zoom, which has been the subject of public scrutiny of late due to privacy and security issues with the platform, provide an update Wednesday on its plan to address those concerns. According to CEO Eric Yuan’s blog post, the company has officially formed a CISO Council and Advisory Board that includes security leaders […]
Tailscale, a Toronto-based company founded by former Google engineers claiming its new virtual private network can be set up for remote workers in just minutes, has officially launched with a $3 million seed round. According to a press release, the VPN is based on Google’s zero-trust BeyondCorp architecture and was built using the WireGuard protocol, […]
With distance learning and videoconferencing on the rise, the FBI says it has received reports that video platforms are being hijacked (“Zoom-bombing”). Two schools in Massachusetts reported the following incidents: In late March 2020, a Massachusetts-based high school reported that while a teacher was conducting an online class using the teleconferencing software Zoom, an unidentified […]
HP Inc. announced a variety of relief initiatives aimed at arming its global channel partner community to navigate operational and financial challenges associated with COVID-19, including free cybersecurity support. In addition to providing a variety of financing and leasing options for end customers, the company will offer short-term, market and country-specific incentives for channel partners. […]
Your office is closed and your entire staff is working remotely due to COVID-19. Every morning, your employees access their home networks to log into their work applications to carry out their duties. Since every employee is connecting via their home networks, you don’t have to worry so much about your organization’s cybersecurity defenses, right? […]
As schools become increasingly reliant on technology for teaching and learning, it is putting them at greater risk for cybersecurity incidents, which is apparent in the findings of a new cybersecurity report. “The State of K-12 Cybersecurity: 2019 Year in Review,” released by the K-12 Cybersecurity Resource Center, found there were 348 cybersecurity incidents reported at 336 K-12 […]
Although more cybercriminals have been capitalizing on coronavirus fears, at least some ransomware gangs say they will forgo targeting healthcare facilities during the COVID-19 crisis. BleepingComputer reached out to operators of the Maze, DoppelPaymer, Ryuk, Sodinokibi/REvil, PwndLocker and AKO Ransomware infections to see if they would continue attacking health and medical organizations during the pandemic. DoppelPayer told BleepingComputer […]
The largest university system in Kentucky recently rebooted its networks after dealing with a large-scale malware attack for a month. Officials say it was the worst in the school’s history. According to officials, the three-hour campus-wide network outage at the University of Kentucky (UK) and UK Healthcare was successful at “mitigating the existing cyber threat,” […]
Small businesses are becoming a favorite hacking target of cyber criminals, and that’s largely because of lackluster defenses, according to a new report. Cybersecurity company BullGuard’s survey of more than 3,000 small business owners revealed that an alarming amount of small businesses are not prepared for an attack on their computer networks. According to the […]
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