Internet Crime Report For 2016
The Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) has released its 2016 Internet Crime Report, describing the numbers and types of cyber crimes reported to IC3. Business Email Compromise (BEC), ransomware attacks,…
Read MoreIndustrial Companies Targeted by Nigerian Cybercriminals
Industrial companies from around the world have been targeted in phishing attacks believed to have been launched by cybercriminals located in Nigeria, Kaspersky Lab reported on Thursday. In October 2016,…
Read MoreCybersecurity for Electronic Devices
Why does cybersecurity extend beyond computers? Actually, the issue is not that cybersecurity extends beyond computers; it is that computers extend beyond traditional laptops and desktops. Many electronic devices are…
Read MoreThousands of smartphone apps have been found leaking personal data
Security researchers have discovered a new vulnerability caught leaking vast swathes of personal information from legitimate mobile applications found on both Apple and Google marketplaces, with fears rising the compromised…
Read MoreDDOS attacks in Q1 2017
News Overview Thanks to IoT botnets, DDoS attacks have finally turned from something of a novelty into an everyday occurrence. According to the A10 Networks survey, this year the ‘DDoS…
Read MoreTwitter Bug Allowed Publishing Tweets From Any Account
A bug in the Twitter social network allowed an attacker to post tweets as a different user without having access to the victim’s account. Discovered by a security researcher going…
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