Sophos found that 64% of healthcare organizations chose to pay ransom after ransomware attacks in 2021, up from 34% in 2020, but only 2% of payers recovered all encrypted data.
Long the weakest link in networks, smart devices and similar connected devices could soon be forced to bolster their defenses by the EU Cyber Resilience Act, requiring design-level security and ongoing patching.
Digital Shadows Photon Research team found that over 24 billion stolen user credentials were available for sale on the dark web market in 2022, an increase of 65% in two years.
October is National Cyber Security Awareness Month and the time to focus on improving cyber security awareness training and boosting overall cyber security resilience.
Cybersecurity firm Kaspersky Lab has discovered an iOS malware variant spreading via an iPhone zero-click exploit in iMessage. Russia has accused the NSA of targeting the country’s diplomatic missions and Apple of providing backdoors.
Several New Zealand government agencies were impacted by a ransomware attack on Mercury IT, a 25-employee firm that serves dozens of public and private organizations in the country. New Zealand’s Ministry of Justice and Health New Zealand (Te Whatu Ora) have confirmed being impacted by the cyber incident.
New type of attack on voice assistants uses ultrasonic waves to access the devices through solid surfaces that are inaudible to humans without the use of special equipment.
Maine's new law is both the strongest and broadest in scope as of yet. The new bill bans the use of facial recognition technology across all levels of state government.
When athletes arrive at the 2022 Winter Olympics they will be required to download an app called MY2022. Meant for contact tracing purposes, it will be packed with some unexpected extras: security flaws and possible censorship features.
With Quantcast tracking nearly 100 million websites, it’s no surprise that Adtech giants are facing GDPR regulatory scrutiny on breach of privacy based on the way they process and aggregate personal data about users.
