WeWork, a co-working company which operates in world's biggest cities, was reported running a WiFi security breach since 2015. Companies’ information was exposed to anyone who has local network password in the office.
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.
People of an entire country were put at risk with Ecuador data breach of 20 million user information. The breach has accelerated a data privacy law that has been under consideration for months.
New MacOS Catalina announced in June 2019 had captured interests of many users with the promise to take them further. What are the benefits when it comes to data security and privacy?
Even though the recent Instagram data leak only expose contact information of millions of users, knowledge of phone numbers could create a pathway for SIM swap attacks.
Toyota subsidiary has recently lost $37 million in a BEC scam. Unlike many companies, the large fund transfer did not seem to raise any initial alarms and warnings.
Recent research shows a sharp increase in Magecart attacks with a peak experienced in July when 962 sites were hit in one day and 17,000 domains infected through misconfigured Amazon S3 buckets.
A trend is growing where online travel agencies and travel aggregators are unleashing armies of bots to run price scraping operations which may in certain cases, hoard tickets and prevent humans from making travel arrangements.
Cybersecurity is an ever-changing landscape with attackers constantly trying to develop new threats. See how companies are turning to AI to secure their sensitive data.
419 million Facebook users are vulnerable to phishing attacks, SIM swaps and spam with their phone numbers exposed through a number of online databases found without password protection.
U.S. cyber command is ready for more aggressive stance of persistent engagement around 2020 election and is prepared to take on a proactive approach including carrying out offensive cyber strikes.









