On November 14, 2019, US retail giant Macy’s announced that it had suffered a data breach. The breach appears to be the result of another Magecart attack, with Macy’s now be added along with British Airways to a list of high profile Magecart attacks. In a Magecart attack, the hacker targets the shop
Hospitals around the world have a lot on their plate, dealing with life-threatening emergencies and illnesses on a minute to minute basis. Increasingly hospitals also now have to fend off another kind of virus, that of malware and in particular trojans. Due to the incredibly sensitive patient inform
When news broke about the Spectre and Meltdown vulnerabilities at the start of 2018 a lot of fuss was made as to how potentially dangerous these vulnerabilities were if exploited correctly. The fuss may have been justified as it may have provoked people to update their systems when patches were rele
The tried and tested method of distributing malware via phishing campaigns have always used a variety of tactics to trick users into downloading malware. Whether they entice clicks by tricky the user into believing they have won something or emails sent to business appearing like invoices, there is
The list of high profile companies and government departments hit by ransomware infections continues to grow at an alarming rate. Last week this publication covered how the City of Joburg municipality of Johannesburg South Africa was hit by hackers demanding a ransom. Although it seems no specific p
Since the operators of GandCrab ceased operations, a void in the Malware-as-a-Service sector was left open. Since proving how effective it could be to rent out ransomware as well as partner up with other cybercriminal syndicates to improve distribution, for example, other malware authors have been l
On Monday 28, 2019, news began emerging on Twitter that the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant (KNPP) might have been infected with a dangerous strain of malware. Pukhraj Singh, a former security analyst for India's National Technical Research Organization (NTRO) and researcher closely following the mat
While not one of the Republic of South Africa’s capitals, Johannesburg is the country’s largest city in terms of size, populace, and GDP contribution. The city now has another less pleasant feather in its cap, the city has now experienced a novel method of cyber-attack. On October 24, the City annou
For many, the advent of home speakers like Amazon’s Alexa and Google Home were must-have tech devices. Their simplicity centered round voice activation technology was hailed in some corners. In other more skeptical corners, privacy concerns dominate the debate. For security researchers searching for
Before the Czech security firm Avast acquired Piriform, the company which developed and maintained the popular registry cleaner CCleaner, the popular product had been compromised. The compromise occurred in 2017 before Avast acquired the popular product, with later analysis revealing that the infamo