Oct 22, 2016 | Cyber-Crime
On Friday (21 October), cyber-criminals mounted a global DDoS attacks on internet services firm Dyn. While it was not immediately clear who was responsible. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security and the Federal Bureau of Investigation were both said to be...
Sep 10, 2018 | CyberSecurity
Telecom fraud is estimated to cost companies almost $38 billion a year. However, the true cost is immeasurable given the damage caused to the reputation of the hacked organization, which has a trickle-down effect as clients become wary after having their information...
Apr 27, 2017 | CyberSecurity
Security experts are keeping a close eye on the Hajime botnet, which is now estimated to have passed 300,000 infected IoT devices. By comparison, the Mirai botnet was estimated to be about 400,000 devices, when it was deployed in DDoS attack against Dyn back in 2016,...
Apr 24, 2017 | Educational News, General Security
Android users were targeted by a banking malware with screen locking capabilities, masquerading as a flashlight app on Google Play. Google was notified and removed the application – however, 5,000 or so users had downloaded the app before it was removed from the...
Dec 21, 2016 | General Security
ESET has Achieved a monumental 100 VB100 Awards from Virus Bulletin: ESET has reached a monumental milestone in the security industry. ESET NOD32 is the first product to ever pass the magical threshold of 100 VB100 Awards received by a single product. The one...
