Singapore, as host of high-profile global events, attracts cyberespionage: Report Cyberespionage is taking place all over the world and Singapore — being one of the hubs for hosting high-profile trade exhibitions and conferences — “inevitably” attracts intelligence operations, a report said on Friday. “Cyberespionage is happening all over the world because we are more connected than ever before,” said Dr ...
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How attackers are using Apple devices’ password reset exploit to target users into phishing
How attackers are using Apple devices’ password reset exploit to target users into phishing Recently, some Apple users were targeted by phishing attacks that exploit a potential vulnerability in Apple’s password reset system. According to KrebsOnSecurity, a cyber security news site, the attacks involve flooding the targeted devices with numerous pop-up messages that prompt the user to approve a password ...
Read More »Computer fix-it companies settle US FTC charges they lied about hacking threats
Computer fix-it companies settle US FTC charges they lied about hacking threats Two companies that claimed they could help rid computers of viruses and malware agreed to pay $26 million to settle U.S. Federal Trade Commission charges they duped consumers, particularly older adults, into buying repair services they did not need. The FTC said on Thursday that Restoro and Reimage, ...
Read More »Nvidia sued over AI use of copyrighted works, IT Security News
Nvidia sued over AI use of copyrighted works, IT Security News This photograph taken in Paris on February 23, 2024 shows a US multinational Nvidia’s graphic processing unit (GPU). Nvidia, whose chips power artificial intelligence, has been sued by three authors who said it used their copyrighted books without permission to train its NeMo AI platform. Brian Keene, Abdi ...
Read More »How DevOps-centric security helps offset data privacy risks?
How DevOps-centric security helps offset data privacy risks? By Kavita Viswanath, Every time we go online, we leave a digital footprint of our personal information, interests, choices, health and financial transactions, and more. Same is true for businesses – as the rapid shift of operations to the digital environment enhances their business and operational efficiencies, improves productivity and performance, and ...
Read More »What is Exposure Management and How Does it Differ from ASM?
What is Exposure Management and How Does it Differ from ASM? https://firewall.firm.in/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/in.jpg Mar 05, 2024NewsroomAttack Surface / Exposure Management Startups and scales-ups are often cloud-first organizations and rarely have sprawling legacy on-prem environments. Likewise, knowing the agility and flexibility that cloud environments provide, the mid-market is predominantly running in a hybrid state, partly in the cloud but with some on-prem ...
Read More »Canadian federal police says they were targeted by cyberattack
Canadian federal police says they were targeted by cyberattack Canadian federal police said on Friday their systems were targeted by an “alarming” cyberattack but there was no impact on operations and no known threat to the safety of Canadians. “The situation is evolving quickly but at this time, there is no impact on RCMP operations and no known threat to ...
Read More »Your smart garden mower can become entry point for cyberattack: Researchers, ET CISO
Your smart garden mower can become entry point for cyberattack: Researchers, ET CISO A team of researchers has found an unexpected correlation between a smart garden mower and cybercrime, revealing that this innocent device can be a weak spot for your home’s security network. According to VPN service provider ZenShield, a threat actor can hack into the device by using ...
Read More »Government funding key to unlocking digitalization in future: Survey
Government funding key to unlocking digitalization in future: Survey New Delhi, A majority (80 per cent) of small and medium enterprises in the country believe the government funding is key to unlocking digitalization in the future, according to a study by Gartner-acquired software selection platform Capterra. The ‘State of Digitalization in India survey: Major barriers and role of government’ report ...
Read More »WordPress Bricks Theme Under Active Attack: Critical Flaw Impacts 25,000+ Sites
WordPress Bricks Theme Under Active Attack: Critical Flaw Impacts 25,000+ Sites https://firewall.firm.in/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/wordpress.jpg Feb 20, 2024NewsroomWebsite Security / PHP Code A critical security flaw in the Bricks theme for WordPress is being actively exploited by threat actors to run arbitrary PHP code on susceptible installations. The flaw, tracked as CVE-2024-25600 (CVSS score: 9.8), enables unauthenticated attackers to achieve remote code execution. ...
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