Safe and secure access to fast broadband services for businesses can lead to increased productivity, education and job-creation opportunities. Unlocking these benefits and ensuring the connection experience is smooth and effective sometimes requires comprehensive knowledge and professional assistance. This is why Gadget Access’s nbn team has joined the nbn’s accreditation program, which is focused on…
Business Email Compromise (BEC) Losses Totalled USD$1.7B in 2019 Business Email Compromises Accounted for Nearly Half of Cybercrime Losses Last Year Cybercrime led to $3.5 billion in losses in the U.S. last year, with a sharp uptick in business email compromise scams – which accounted for nearly half those losses, according to a newly released…
The finance sector experiences 35% of all data security breaches, earning it the unfortunate title of the ‘most-breached’ sector. The spoils from a successful breach can be worth the effort. The industry is known for its wide array of interconnected systems and the processing of millions of transactions—all good reasons why hackers focus on financial…
It’s late again, dinner makes you think better. You suddenly remember what you forgot to announce about the new strategy and there’s steps you want everyone to do before that project meeting tomorrow. So, as usual, you race off and write another email to the senior leadership team members while it’s top-of mind. No time…
Google Play Store has yet again been found to be hosting malicious applications designed to steal cryptocurrencies. The malware dubbed Clipper has been discovered on the Play Store on February 1 by researchers at ESET internet security firm who reported on their findings at the weekend. Clarifying that there are Google Chrome and other browser add-ons…
According to security researchers from RiskIQ and Trend Micro, cybercriminals of a new subgroup of Magecart, labeled as “Magecart Group 12,” recently successfully compromised nearly 277 e-commerce websites by using supply-chain attacks. Typically, the Magecart hackers who have carried out attacks against some big businesses including Ticketmaster, British Airways, and Newegg, compromise e-commerce sites and insert malicious JavaScript…
Tampa Bay Credit Union members had their debit card information spoofed after threat actors generated false cards using the financial institution’s bin numbers. Threat actors identified the credit union’s bin numbers, the first six numbers on a debit card, and used software from the dark web to attach the Bin numbers to actual account holder’s…
TA505, a well-resourced organized cybercrime ring, is known for ongoing malware authoring and development, with everything from fully-fledged backdoors to what seems like beta-stage code making appearances in its campaigns. A new backdoor named ServHelper, developed by TA505, has been found, acting as both a remote desktop agent as well as a downloader. The primary motive is,…
The FBI has seized the domains of 15 high-profile distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) websites after a coordinated effort by law enforcement and several tech companies. The orders were granted under federal seizure laws, and the domains were replaced with a federal notice. Some of the sites named in the indictments reported attacks exceeding 40 gigabits per…
One bug accidentally allowed Google to index user passwords. WordPress 5.0 users are being urged to update their CMS software to fix a number of serious bugs. The update (WordPress 5.0.1) addresses seven flaws and was issued less than a week after WordPress 5.0 was released. The most serious of the flaws is a bug…
