Tag: Malware

Regulator targeted by 80,000 email attacks per month

One of the UK's most influential financial regulators was targeted by 238,711 malicious and unsolicited emails over the final three months of 2020, averaging around 80,000 email attacks per month.

Nine out of ten IT professionals have been breached

New research reveals that 94% of IT professionals have seen their digital infrastructures hacked by outsiders or had their own co-workers compromise data.

Russian charged for trying to recruit company employee to install malware

The US Department of Justice has charged a Russian citizen who travelled to the US to recruit a big company employee to install malware on the business' computers.

This hacking group has been targeting FinTechs since 2018

If you've never heard of Evilnum, then you better read this carefully as the hacking group has targeted European FinTechs since 2018.

Finastra’s systems are back online after Friday’s ransomware attack

London-based FinTech company Finastra took down some of its services over the weekend after noticing a hack attack. Now, parts of the services are reportedly back online.

It’s official: these are the most and least cybersecurity-safe countries in...

Some countries are simply better at creating and using digital defences than others. Now a new study has revealed an official ranking.

Hackers are hacking hackers in a new unearthed widespread campaign

It seems as if some hackers have been given a taste of their own medicine in a campaign where threat actors baited hackers with infected hacking tools.

Hacking more frequently used than malware in cyberattacks in 2019

Cybercriminals seem to favour new spins on the old school hacking methods over using malware, according to new report from CrowdStrike, the cybersecurity firm that recently partnered with eSentire.

Travelex downgraded after crippling cyberattack and coronavirus cut £25m of its...

Analysts have downgraded foreign exchange Travelex’s credit rating due to questions of its governance as well as its losses from the coronavirus and a hack attack earlier this year.

E-commerce to drive cybersecurity market to be worth $281.74bn by 2027

The cybersecurity market is expected to grow considerably in the years to come, with e-commerce driving the growth.

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