Metaparasites & the Dark Web: Scammers Turn on Their Own
Cybercriminals are often seen as parasites, feeding off a wide swath of victims of every size and stripe. But as it turns out, they've become targets in their own...
Hackers are outpacing defences, new report finds
The battle between threat actors and those mounting cyber defenses designed to keep them out is a constant cat and mouse game. But new data from Crowdstrike, which releases...
Severe WordPress Plug-In UpdraftPlus Bug Threatens Backups
An oversight in a WordPress plug-in exposes PII and authentication data to malicious insiders.
The WordPress plug-in “UpdraftPlus” was patched on Wednesday to correct a vulnerability that left sensitive backups...
Steven Meyer, ZENDATA: “users remain a critical element of security”
An array of separate cybersecurity tools might be of value for an individual user, but they are not enough to secure the organization's entire network and critical business infrastructure.
Organizations...
Tax Season Ushers in Quickbooks Data-Theft Spike
Quickbooks malware targets tax data for attackers to sell and use in phishing scams.
Cybercriminals are ready for tax season with new malware designed to exfiltrate Quickbooks data and post...
Microsoft’s SMBGhost Flaw Still Haunts 108K Windows Systems
While Microsoft patched the bug known as CVE-2020-0796 back in March, more than one 100,000 Windows systems are still vulnerable.
More than 100,000 Windows systems have not yet been...
WP Statistics Bug Allows Attackers to Lift Data from WordPress Sites
The plugin, installed on hundreds of thousands of sites, allows anyone to filch database info without having to be logged in.
WP Statistics, a plugin installed on more than 600,000...
Top 10 Cybersecurity Best Practices to Combat Ransomware
Immutable storage and more: Sonya Duffin, data protection expert at Veritas Technologies, offers the Top 10 steps for building a multi-layer resilience profile.
If you’re like most IT professionals, the...
Sweeping bipartisan comprehensive data privacy bill to be introduced by congressional leaders
A comprehensive data privacy bill unveiled Sunday would offer historic privacy protections and appears to have momentum on both sides of the aisle. The sweeping bill envisioned...
