Intelligent chatbots are growing in popularity as they can reduce potential system vulnerabilities by funneling communications through highly secure protocols.
Cyber Security
Cyber criminals, state-sponsored hackers and even the occasional disgruntled employee are constantly looking to gain unauthorized access for a variety of purposes: theft of money, cyber espionage, personal information for sale or for use in scams, and damage to critical infrastructure for just a few of the most common.
So how does an organization mitigate an entire world full of continual cyber attacks? Just as buildings have a number of necessary elements of physical security: access control, cameras, alarms and so on; there are similar key elements of cyber security that are absolutely vital for just about any modern business.
It starts with identifying and closing the most common doors that attackers use. For example, phishing attacks on employees are far and away the most common initial point of entry. The breach of even a low-level employee account can quickly turn into an escalation in access privileges and the ability to reach sensitive information. This is also true of smart devices, which are generally more poorly secured than computers and phones.
High-profile cyber attack that struck British budget airline EasyJet may have been carried out by Chinese hackers who have stolen email addresses and travel details of millions of passengers.
Survey on consumer sentiments towards 5G technology acceptance shows Baby Boomers are most concerned about data privacy while Millennials worry more about environmental and health impacts.
Norfund, the sovereign wealth fund of Norway, has lost over $10 million to BEC scam and it appears that the scammers had spent months inside the networks leading to the fraud.
A Bluetooth authentication bug affecting major devices allows attackers to perform impersonation attacks by spoofing paired devices and stealing sensitive data.
Mercedes-Benz's source code leak for smart car components may have given software developers and hackers access to the German automaker's most lucrative intellectual assets.
A five-year cyber espionage campaign has been running in Asia Pacific where attackers will infiltrate a government body and use stolen data to launch targeted phishing attacks against other governments.
COVID-19 contact tracing apps are possible cyber threats to national security as they can be used to steal patient data and spread destructive malware in healthcare systems.
Recent disclosure reveals the EU parliament suffered a major data breach exposing sensitive data of over 1,200 elected members of the European Parliament alongside 15,000 other accounts of EU affairs professionals.
DHS and FBI published the top 10 most exploited vulnerabilities over the last four years. providing insight into how cybercriminals are taking advantage of well-known software vulnerabilities.










