Build security into your IoT plan or risk attack

There’s huge potential with the IoT, but security must be built into a company’s plan and not tacked on at the end. The Internet of Things (IoT) is no longer some futuristic thing that’s years off from being something IT leaders need to be concerned with. The IoT era has arrived. In fact, Gartner forecasts there will be 20.4 billion connected devices globally by 2020.

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The Most Important Blockchain Organizations You Should Know About

It’s been more than a decade since Satoshi Nakamoto introduced the world to the concept of the modern blockchain. But we’ve come a long way from the early days of bitcoin. Not only has the cryptocurrency market exploded, thanks to the use of this revolutionary technology, but private and public sector organizations are rapidly investing in modernizing their technology stacks around it. Continue reading 

How AI Can Help To Define Governments National Cybersecurity Strategies

AI and National Cybersecurity Strategies When we speak about cybersecurity threats, there is nothing riskier and troublesome than the complexity of a modern country, where the digital has taken over all day-to-day operations. Moreover, governments and the state's administration held millions of citizens data and all sorts of sensible data. However, in many cases, their …


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Vulnerability exposes location of thousands of malware C&C servers

A vulnerability in a tool used by cyber-criminal gangs is now helping researchers expose the locations of thousands of malware command-and-control (C&C) servers.

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Google Chrome zero-day used in the wild to collect user data via PDF files

Attacks have been spotted going back to October 2017. Google is preparing a patch for late April 2019.

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New flaws in 4G, 5G allow attackers to intercept calls and track phone locations

Three new security flaws in 4G and 5G, which they say can be used to #intercept phone calls and track the locations of cell phone users.  The findings are said to be the first time vulnerabilities have affected both 4G and the incoming 5G standard. “Any person with a little knowledge of cellular paging protocols can carry out this attack,”     

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The Role of cybersecurity in Fintech

Fintech companies rely mostly on their rapid adaptability to emergent changes. That is to say that these companies – the likes of Revolut, Monzo, TransferWise, Acorns, Addepar etc, just to name a few – owe their very existence to their ability to meet their ever-changing user's needs quickly and practically on-the-go. To be able to … 

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Is AI The New Cybercrime Threat

AI shows that is the answer to cybercrime losses that will cost the world $6 trillion each year by the time we near 2021. Nevertheless, while AI can exponentially increase cybersecurity, it can also perform the task even more complex and very fast. AI can be adopted and modified by hackers, who are always interested to grow and use the latest viable tech in the market to cause harm.
The techniques hackers can use AI to modify security operations are complex and creative. Recognized as an example one of the superior cybersecurity tools, sandboxing technology can be beaten by hackers. This cybersecurity tool enables to separate running applications, usually to decrease system failures or software vulnerabilities, from developing. However, recently found malware has been discovered, “able to identify when they are inside a sandbox and wait until they are outside of the sandbox before executing the malicious code.

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PayPal Processes Payments for ‘Stalkerware’ Software Sold to Abusive Partners

The booming industry of spyware to spy on romantic partners doesn’t exist in a vacuum: Companies need financial and tech giants to process their payments and advertise their wares.

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Android App with Over 10 Million Downloads Has Nasty Spyware

Android App with Over 10 Million Downloads Has Nasty Spyware, Triout, first detected last May, reads text messages, takes screenshots, copies photos and records phone calls, videos and GPS location from infected phones. Read Full Article