by emma@themissus.co | Aug 3, 2020 | Advice, Cyber News, IT Security
The number of commodity malware campaigns exploiting machine identities doubled between 2018 and 2019, according to new research. The rapid increase in this particular type of cyber-scourge was unearthed by threat analysts at Venafi, who gathered data on the misuse of...
by emma@themissus.co | Aug 3, 2020 | Advice, Cyber News, IT Security
A substantial proportion of second hand mobile phones are vulnerable to being hacked due to not being supported by important security updates, an investigation by Which? has found. The analysis centered around three popular mobile phone retailers: SmartFoneStore,...
by emma@themissus.co | Jul 22, 2020 | Advice, Cyber News, IT Security
Email account takeover (ATO) attacks often last for over a week and result from employees reusing passwords across multiple sites, according to new research from Barracuda Networks. The security vendor teamed up with researchers at UC Berkeley to study the lifecycle...
by emma@themissus.co | Jul 22, 2020 | Advice, Cyber News, IT Security
Telecom Argentina has been handed a ransom demand of £5.81 million by ransomware hackers who have managed to encrypt up to 18,000 computers using stolen admin credentials. The ransomware attack targeting IT systems belonging to Telecom Argentina took place on 18th...
by emma@themissus.co | Jul 22, 2020 | Advice, Cyber News, IT Security
Nearly half (43%) of UK and US employees have made errors leading to cybersecurity repercussions, according to a new study from Tessian. The analysis, undertaken in April during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, suggests that the disruption and additional stress...
by emma@themissus.co | Jul 22, 2020 | Advice, Cyber News, IT Security
The University of York has announced that a ransomware attack suffered by its CRM provider Blackbaud resulted in a cyber criminal stealing the personal information of its alumni, staff, and students and using the data to demand ransom from the company. The ransomware...
