Earlier this week, Avast, the company behind the award-winning AV and antimalware solution, announced the discovery of a new WannaCry strain. Dubbed WannaHydra, the cybersecurity researchers revealed that the malware was engineered to install spyware, crack open banks, and to remotely access admin functions. The latest WannaCry strain has already …
Read More »UK Forensics Company Lifts Ransomware Attack Lockdown
Eurofins, a UK-based forensics provider, recently announced that its voluntary ‘lockdown’ had been lifted. On the 2nd of June, the company’s servers got encrypted by a “highly sophisticated ransomware.” Albeit a rumor, it would see that Eurofins had no choice but to pay the ransom in order to regain access …
Read More »Trailblazing Mac-Blasting Malware Discovered on High-Ranking Google Websites
On Tuesday, a transnational cybersecurity company has trumped the discovery of a trailblazing Mac malware. According to Joshua Long, one of the online researchers who rooted out this second-gen ‘Mac-blaster”, revealed that this type of malware is quite unique, but very dangerous nonetheless. Intego’s Proof-of-Concept showed that the exploit could …
Read More »Amazon Backlashed over Retaining Voice Recordings
What’s not to like about Amazon? It has amazing products, great customer support, unparalleled bargains, and, on top of that, it even retains your voice commands history in case you forgot how to set the alarm or make an appointment. Indeed, earlier this week, the US-based company received a major …
Read More »Zero-Day Vulnerability Prompts Med Company to Recall Wireless Insulin Pumps
Medtronic, the medical company which manufactures wireless insulin pumps, has just made the public aware of its intentions of recalling some 4,000 products. In an official communiqué, Medtronic declared that recalled models were found to be susceptible to outside tampering. US’s Food and Drug Administration has also urged customers to …
Read More »Hacker Hijacks Grieving Support Facebook Page to Post Disturbing Content
And on the next episode of “hope in humanity lost for good,” I give you the story of an unknown hacker who hijacked a grieving support Facebook page just for the fun of it. According to Lynda Cheldelin Fell, Grief the Unspoken’s page manager and published author, the breach first …
Read More »Let’s come at the cybersecurity skills gap from a new angle
by Aidan McCauley, Vice President of Technology Investments, IDA Ireland Chess players know the satisfaction of solving a skills gap. Succeed in advancing a pawn completely across the board and it can become a queen, bishop, rook, or knight. The player now has a piece with more ways, more angles, …
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