Hackers and cybercriminals are just as susceptible to trends to the millions upon millions of social media users. In the case of hackers, a trend is often determined by ease of use and chances of securing an easy payday rather than what the latest celebrities are promoting. More often than not secur
According to an article published by security firm Kaspersky, the Taiwanese tech giant ASUS is believed to have pushed the malware to hundreds of thousands of customers through its trusted automatic software update tool. This was a result of hackers compromising the company’s server and used it to p
Right on the end of May 2017, we published an article detailing how researchers had discovered over 8,600 vulnerabilities in pacemakers. These vulnerabilities were found across four producers of several products defined as pacemakers and some were discovered in radio controlled devices. On March 21,
On March 19, 2019, Norwegian aluminum production giant Hydro announced that it had suffered a cyber-attack. Further, the company announced that it was a ransomware infection that affected the entire company. This can be seen as a major cybersecurity event as, since the start of 2019, there have not
Recently published research shows that the infamous Mirai botnet has been upgraded to attack to new classes of Internet of Things (IoT) devices, those been smart signage TVs and wireless presentation systems. This at first glance does not appear to be a major revelation, what is worrying is how the
Waking up to a notification from your bank saying that you spent a lot of money on some online purchase from a company in a country you’ve never thought of visiting is a horrible way to wake up. Cybercriminals have a unique ability to ruin days, even those of people careful with their credit cards.
It was a commonly held belief that hackers using ransomware would only go after private individuals. When WannaCry struck this belief was well and truly shattered. Increasingly hacker groups are seeing the value of attacking government organizations, hospitals, and companies. One of the reasons for
Towards the end of July 2018, it was reported that SingHealth, a medical services provider in Singapore, suffered a major data breach where approximately 1.5 million patients had their records exposed. At the time AFP that the initial analysis was done by Singapore's Cyber Security Agency and that t
Over the past weekend, hackers launched a ransomware campaign in an attempt to infect millions of Israelis. Based on current evidence it is believed that the hackers are operating out of Palestine and may be affiliated with the #OpIsreal campaigns. OpIsreal forms part of nearly yearly cyber-attacks
What started it out with the intention of being an innovative way to replace banner ads on websites turned into an incredibly popular piece of malware. When Coinhive began its life it was innocent. Rather than web developers using space for ad banners they could add a JavaScript file to the browser