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August 23, 2019

Attackers Demand $2.5 Million Ransom After Coordinated Ransomware Attacks on Texas Government Entities

Two of the impacted municipalities, the City of Borger, and the City of Keene, have publicly disclosed that they’ve been impacted by the coordinated ransomware attack. […]
July 31, 2019

Georgia Department of Public Safety hit with ransomware attack

The incident impacted three Georgia police departments including Georgia State Patrol, Georgia Capitol Police, and Georgia Motor Carrier Compliance Division. The attack infected the entire DPS […]
March 25, 2019

Credential stuffing attack: What is it and how to stay protected?

Credentials stuffing attack is a type of cyber attack where attackers use usernames-passwords combinations leaked at other sites to gain illegal access on user accounts. Attackers […]
March 16, 2019

Windows 7 and Office 2010 Support Ending Soon: Security Suites Continue to Provide Protection!

January 14, 2020 is the day: Microsoft will retire Windows 7 and Office 2010 without fail. That is also the day when extended support will end. […]
March 15, 2019

Enterprise Cloud Infrastructure a Big Target for Cryptomining Attacks

Despite the declining values of cryptocurrencies, criminals continue to hammer away at container management platforms, cloud APIs, and control panels. The cloud-based infrastructures that enterprise organizations […]
March 9, 2019
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WatchGuard Expands Secure Wi-Fi Portfolio with 802.11ac Wave 2 Access Point for Midsize Enterprises

Complete with WatchGuard Wi-Fi Cloud, new access point offers fast, reliable, secure Wi-Fi and location analytics for restaurants, medical offices, retail branches and distributed enterprise offices. […]
March 7, 2019

The teams at Norton, Symantec and LifeLock are fighting online crime 24x7x365

Norton teams up with Symantec’s Security Technology and Response (STAR) division, which is a global team of security engineers, virus hunters, threat analysts, malware analysts, and […]
March 5, 2019

New exploit lets attackers take control of Windows IoT Core devices

Speaking at a conference today, a security researcher has revealed a new exploit impacting the Windows IoT Core operating system that gives threat actors full control […]
February 28, 2019

4G and 5G protocols prone to privacy attacks, new study reveals

The issue existed in the cellular paging (broadcast) protocol in the latest generation of mobile communications. An exploit called ToRPEDO was revealed by the researchers to […]
February 27, 2019

Computers vulnerable to attack through USB ports, report

University of Cambridge and Rice University researchers have created a platform that allows cyberattacks to be conducted through a variety of computer peripherals through their USB-C […]