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  • How to select the best backup solution for your business?

    42% of companies experienced a data loss event that resulted in downtime last year. That high number is likely caused by the fact that while nearly 90% are backing up the IT components they’re responsible for protecting, only 41% back up daily – leaving many businesses with gaps in the valuable data available for recovery. Otherwise, even with a fancy solution, blocking ransomware will be a constant struggle. One setback is all it takes to put your business out for good.
     

How to select the best  backup solution for your business?

  • What is SIEM Solution & Why it is Important?

    The term Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) is not new but, during the last few years has become incredibly popular. The concept behind it is rather simple yet ambitious, a SIEM solution collects and analyzes events – in both real-time and by looking back at historical data – from multiple data sources within an organization to provide capabilities such as threat detection, security incident management, analytics and overall visibility across the systems in an organization.
     

What is SIEM Solution & Why it is Important?

  • Why VOIP is better for your Business

    While emails, texts, and video calls are now more popular than ever, it’s hard to find an office without telephones. In fact, most businesses prefer calls over emails for delivering messages that require quick feedback. Depending on their budget and needs, businesses tend to have different types of telecommunication systems. The modern business use VOIP phones. Traditional businesses are still stuck with landlines. VOIP provide communications over the Internet in a secure and cost-effective manner. Landlines work offline. Businesses that use VOIP communications are more efficient than regular businesses for a lot of reasons. Below we explore the benefits and explain whether it’s time you migrated into VOIP-based systems.
     

Why VOIP is better for your Business


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Tens of Thousands of Patient Files Leaked in US Hospital Attacks


Credential Theft Attacks Doubled Between 2016 and 2020


UN Links North Korea to $281m Crypto Exchange Heist


Trickbot Trojan Back from the Dead in New Campaign


Police Reportedly Arrest Egregor Ransomware Members


Experts warn businesses in Saudi Arabia to ramp up their cybersecurity


BBC Reports Theft of 105 Electrical Devices


Ransomware Attacks Double Against Global Universitie


Universal Health Services Estimates $67 Million in Ransomware Losses


US Warns of Fake Unemployment Benefit Websites


10 Google Play Apps Found Containing Banking Malware


Ireland’s Healthcare System’s IT Offline Following Ransomware Attack

  • US to Treat Ransomware Like Terrorism

    A senior official at the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) has said that ransomware attacks in America are to be investigated with a similar urgency as incidences of terrorism.
     

US to Treat Ransomware Like Terrorism

  • Cyber-attack on NYC Law Department

    An intrusion into the IT system of the New York City Law Department is being co-investigated by the New York Police Department and the FBI’s Cyber Task Force.
     

Cyber-attack on NYC Law Department


  • McDonald’s Suffers Data Breach

    A data breach at fast food restaurant McDonald's has impacted customers and employees in South Korea and Taiwan and company operations in the United States.
     

McDonald’s Suffers Data Breach

  • UK and US Strike New Agreements on Cybersecurity

    The UK and US governments have agreed to work together more closely to tackle cybercrime as well as enhance the security of supply chains and emerging technologies. The announcement has come amid US President Joe Biden’s visit to the UK for the G7 summit, which has started today.
     

UK and US Strike New Agreements on Cybersecurity


Ransomware group REvil has claimed responsibility for a recent cyber-attack on a multinational renewable energy company based in the United States.

  • Texan Admits Data Center Bomb Plot

    A man from Texas could be facing up to 20 years in prison after pleading guilty to plotting to blow up a data center in Virginia. Seth Aaron Pendley, of Wichita Falls, was arrested in April after trying to purchase what he believed to be an explosive device from an undercover FBI employee in Fort Worth.
     

Texan Admits Data Center Bomb Plot


Amazon Web Services Misconfiguration Exposes Half a Million Cosmetics Customers

  • Nuclear Research Institute Breached by Suspected North Korean Hackers

    A South Korean nuclear power research organization has admitted it’s currently investigating a security breach after reports suggested its neighbor to the north may be responsible. Lawmaker Ha Tae-keung, who sits on the parliamentary intelligence committee, cited third-party research attributing the May 14 attack to Pyeongyang-backed APT group Kimsuky.
     

Nuclear Research Institute Breached by Suspected North Korean Hackers


Councils Reported Over 700 Data Breaches in 2020

  • Mercedes Benz Data Leak Includes Card and Social Security Details

    Mercedes Benz has released details of a data breach affecting customers and prospective buyers in the US. The luxury carmaker said a vendor had informed the company on June 11 that the information was “inadvertently made accessible on a cloud storage platform.” It appears that a third-party security researcher first raised the alarm.
     

Mercedes Benz Data Leak Includes Card and Social Security Details


Smart Home Experiences Over 12,000 Cyber-Attacks in a Week


Zoom Pays $85m to Settle Privacy Suit

  • Attackers Increasingly Turning to DDoS as a Ransom Vector

    Nearly half (44%) of organizations have been targeted or fallen victim to a ransom-related distributed denial of service (RDDoS) attack in the past 12 months, according to a survey of 313 cybersecurity professionals by the Neustar International Security Council (NISC).
     

Attackers Increasingly Turning to DDoS as a Ransom Vector


MoD Invites Innovators to Reduce Military's Cyber-Attack Surface


Cybercrime Costs Organizations Nearly $1.79 Million Per Minute

  • Ms. Information Vaccine Campaign Launches

    An entertaining new campaign has been launched to combat the sea of misinformation about coronavirus vaccines on social media that was branded an "infodemic" by the World Health Organization.
     

Ms. Information Vaccine Campaign Launches

  • Bangkok Airways Admits Attackers Stole Passenger Data

    Bangkok Airways has admitted that a cyber-attack last week led to the compromise of an unspecified volume of passengers’ personally identifiable information (PII). The Thai airline claimed in a brief update late last week that although the incident didn’t affect “operational or aeronautical security systems,” it does appear as if personal data has been accessed.
     

Bangkok Airways Admits Attackers Stole Passenger Data


US Cyber Command: Patch Critical Atlassian Bug Now


Prolific Ransomware Operators Arrested in Joint Law Enforcement Action


The Biggest Cyber-Threat Isn't Hackers, It's Insider Threats


Hackers Exploited Popular BillQuick Billing Software to Deploy Ransomware