In January 2012, the European Union (EU) began the long process of creating a framework for data protection reform. One of the proposals associated with these reforms was the legislation was titled the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). The reforms were agreed upon in December 2015, and GDPR
Since 2015 the trojan LokiBot has been used by cybercriminals to create backdoors into Windows machines. Its continued popularity can be partly attributed to the various and often novel ways it has been distributed in the past and the tactics it employs to infect machines. In the past researchers ha
Often new developments on the malware front can be broadly defined into two categories those that involve unique methods to carry out its designed purpose and those that are not. The recent development of hackers threatening, and in some cases, releasing sensitive data to the public if ransomware ra
Last week the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) sent out an alert warning the private industry of continued attacks carried out against software supply-chain companies. The report is yet to be released to the public as it is intended as a Private Industry Notification (PIN) which is only sent
Over the last several weeks the global health emergency surrounding the Coronavirus has overshadowed many other world events. Daily breaking news surrounding the virus’ spread too far-flung regions demand attention. Now, hackers are looking to further their own aims by abusing the medical threat pos
Last week this publication covered the arrest of three individuals accused of being part of a MageCart gang in Indonesia. This week brings more related news regarding MageCart attacks but so far none of this group has yet to be brought in front of a court. MageCart attacks often involve the injectio
For most of the Western World, December is associated with a myriad of holidays, for many hackers, it is open season. Consumers are warned to be careful when shopping online and companies are warned that they will be targets of what to some is a holiday period. When Wawa announced on December 19, 20
In the fourth quarter of 2019, a spike in MageCart attacks was seen. The most infamous of which involved British Airways which involved nearly 400,000 individuals becoming victims through only a piece of code 22 lines long. Then in November, that same year details emerged detailing how Macy’s also f
Ransomware continues to be a major bane facing enterprises and government organizations, with the latest high profile victim being Travelex. The currency exchange suffered a Sodinokibi attack, which left some of the company’s online services offline for three weeks. Another new worry for those taske
Online gaming has long been a target for hackers, whether to cheat or to deny other gamers the service they have in many cases paid for. In denying other players the online service hackers will often employ distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks. Not only do such attacks prevent other players