7 ways to make your Zoom meetings safer
Zoom was a popular online conferencing application before COVID-19 infected the world, but the pandemic drove usage of the service to astronomical levels. Before the virus spread, the platform garnered about 10 million meeting participants a day. By March, that number was 200 million a day. “[W]e did not design the product with the foresight…
Massive work-from-home movement exposes cybersecurity weaknesses
News coverage of the recent uptick in cyber threat activity is showing an incomplete picture. Despite the focus on VPN hacks and attacks at home, computers at more than 50,000 organizations in the US had been infected prior to stay-at-home orders, according to Team Cymru and Arctic Security. Researchers say they are witnessing previously infected…
Cybercriminal group mails malicious USB dongles to targeted companies
Security researchers have come across an attack where an USB dongle designed to surreptitiously behave like a keyboard was mailed to a company under the guise of a Best Buy gift card. This technique has been used by security professionals during physical penetration testing engagements in the past, but it has very rarely been observed…
Hackers using hidden mobile apps and unique distribution methods to target consumers
Hackers are using hidden mobile apps, third-party login and counterfeit gaming videos to target consumers, according to McAfee. Last year, hackers targeted consumers with a wide variety of methods, from backdoors to mining cryptocurrencies. Hackers have expanded the ways of hiding their attacks, making them increasingly difficult to identify and remove, which makes it seem…
In 2019, a total of 7,098 reported breaches exposed 15.1 billion records
In 2019 the total number of records exposed increased by 284% compared to 2018, according to Risk Based Security. 2019 saw an increase in reported breaches In total, there were over 15.1 billion records exposed shattering industry projections. There were 7,098 breaches reported in 2019, a 1% increase on 2018, though the gap is anticipated…
Hacking and malware cause 75% of all data breaches in the financial services industry
Only 6% of all breaches in 2019 were suffered by financial services firms, according to Bitglass. However, these breaches compromised significantly more records than those that occurred in other industries. Leaked records and data breaches in the financial services industry In total, more than 60% of all leaked records in 2019 were exposed by financial…
Global threat groups pose new political and economic dangers
While widely known advanced persistent threat (APT) groups emanating from Russia and China grab most of the spotlight, an array of other nation-state and adjacent threat actors are increasingly launching cyberattacks around the globe. At this year’s Cyberwarcon conference, nearly 20 of the world’s top cybersecurity researchers presented their thoughts on these less visible and…
200 million-record breach: Why collecting too much data raises risk
If you don’t collect it, no one can steal it. Sometimes the best way to secure customer data is not to collect it in the first place. While it can be tempting to “collect it all” just in case, most enterprises need far less data on their users to market to them effectively. Reducing the…
Microsoft Launches New Solutions to Protect Elections From Hacking
The new solutions include ElectionGuard, a free open-source software development kit (SDK) developed in collaboration with Galois, and Microsoft 365 for Campaigns, a new service that brings high-end security capabilities to political campaigns. The new service, Microsoft says, can keep political campaigns safe from phishing attacks, provides easy to deploy advanced security features, and comes…
High-Tech Cars & Cyber Security: Separating Fact from Fiction
Imagine this scenario: As you you’re driving down the highway at 65 miles an hour, a hacker gains control of your car, then sends you into incoming traffic. Here’s the good news: It’s very unlikely that will ever happen to you personally. Here’s the bad news: It could still happen, and, if it happens, attackers…