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Only 27.9% of organizations able to maintain compliance with the PCI DSS
Global organizations continue to put their customers’ cardholder data at risk due to a lack of long term payment security strategy and execution, flags the Verizon report. …
One-fifth of organizations did not make cybersecurity a priority during the pandemic
56% of IT and OT security professionals at industrial enterprises have seen an increase in cybersecurity threats since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic in March, a Claroty …
Europol analyzes latest trends, cybercrime impact within the EU and beyond
The global COVID-19 pandemic that hit every corner of the world forced us to reimagine our societies and reinvent the way we work and live. The Europol IOCTA 2020 cybercrime …
85% of COVID-19 tracking apps leak data
71% of healthcare and medical apps have at least one serious vulnerability that could lead to a breach of medical data, according to Intertrust. The report investigated 100 …
Large US hospital chain hobbled by Ryuk ransomware
US-based healtchare giant Universal Health Services (UHS) has suffered a cyberattack on Sunday morning, which resulted in the IT network across its facilities to be shut down. …
High volumes of attacks keep targeting video game companies and players
High volumes of attacks were used to target video game companies and players between 2018 and 2020, an Akamai report reveals. It also notes an uptick in attack traffic that …
Cybercriminals moved quickly to capitalize on the COVID-19 outbreak using malicious emails
While the COVID-19 outbreak has disrupted the lives and operations of many people and organizations, the pandemic failed to interrupt onslaught of malicious emails targeting …
eCrime campaigns outpace state-sponsored activity in first half of 2020
CrowdStrike has released an annual report that reviews intrusion trends during the first half of 2020 and provides insights into the current landscape of adversary tactics, …
What happens to funds once they have been stolen in a cyberattack?
SWIFT and BAE Systems published a report that describes the complex web of money mules, front companies and cryptocurrencies that criminals use to siphon funds from the …
Phishing gangs mounting high-ticket BEC attacks, average loss now $80,000
Companies are losing money to criminals who are launching Business Email Compromise (BEC) attacks as a more remunerative line of business than retail-accounts phishing, APWG …
New AI algorithm to detect cryptocurrency miners as they steal power
Computer scientists have developed a new artificial intelligence (AI) system that may be able to identify malicious codes that hijack supercomputers to mine for cryptocurrency …
6,600 organizations bombarded with 100,000+ BEC attacks
Cybercriminals are increasingly registering accounts with legitimate services, such as Gmail and AOL, to use them in impersonation and BEC attacks, according to Barracuda …
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