Cyber Security

Court charges dev with hacking after cybersecurity issue disclosure

A German court has charged a programmer investigating an IT problem with hacking and fined them €3,000 ($3,265) for what it deemed was...

Brave to end ‘Strict’ fingerprinting protection as it breaks websites

Brave Software has announced plans to deprecate the 'Strict' fingerprinting protection mode in its privacy-focused Brave Browser because it causes many sites to...

Watch out for “I can’t believe he is gone” Facebook phishing posts

A widespread Facebook phishing campaign stating, "I can't believe he is gone. I'm gonna miss him so much," leads unsuspecting users to a...

Tietoevry ransomware attack causes outages for Swedish firms, cities

Finnish IT services and enterprise cloud hosting provider Tietoevry has suffered a ransomware attack impacting cloud hosting customers in one of its data...

Anti-Ransomware Coalition Bound to Fail Without Key Adjustments

COMMENTARYRansomware is a pervasive issue affecting businesses of all sizes and industries, and the best way to respond remains hotly debated. While much...

UAE Cyber Security Council, Khalifa University Launch Abu Dhabi Academy

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) Cyber Security Council and the Khalifa University of Science and Technology have announced the launch of a Cybersecurity...

Africa, Middle East Lead Peers in Cybersecurity, but Lag Globally

Both Africa and the Middle East lead their economic peers in cybersecurity, but the regions fall short of claiming strong scores for overall...

The Case for Whole-of-State Cybersecurity

COMMENTARYThreat actors have paid particular attention to the public sector recently, increasing efforts where they know defenses are low and valuable personal data...

Nearly 7K WordPress Sites Compromised by Balada Injector

About 6,700 WordPress websites have been infected with the Balada Injector malware, after using a Popup Builder plug-in with a cross-site scripting (XSS)...

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