Check Point Research Q1 2024 Results- Microsoft, Google, and Linkedin Topped the List; Airbnb is a New Entry
by Duocircle
Check Point Research has released the latest report enlisting the top 10 phishing brands for Q1 2024. Microsoft topped the list, with 38% of phishing attacks targeted at it, while Google and LinkedIn experienced 11% of attacks each. What’s surprising is Airbnb’s entry with 1% of attacks; this could be due to the seasonal holiday surge, specifically among travelers preferring to stay at unique accommodations.
Cyber Security vs Ethical Hacking: What’s the Difference?
by Duocircle
Are you struggling to safeguard your organization’s data from the plague caused by malicious attacks such as spoofing, DDoS, phishing, malware, etc.? In your pursuit of a secure and resilient future for your organization, we are sure you must have come across the term “cyber security strategy” quite often! Do you think it is just another buzzword, or does it carry real significance?
Cybersecurity Conferences that CISOs Should Attend in 2024
by Duocircle
How do you stay one step ahead in a world where cybersecurity threats evolve faster than a click? One of the best ways to stay on top of your cybersecurity game is to cultivate a comprehensive understanding of the various determinants that shape the cybersecurity landscape—major threats, emerging technologies, regulatory changes, etc. And what better way to gain insights into all of this and more than by attending conferences?
A Guide to Navigating the Cyber Threat Landscape for Teenagers
by Duocircle
Do your children take lessons or play games online? Do they spend significant time on the internet downloading songs or simply browsing through the treasure trove of information available online?
Top Cybersecurity Challenges that Will Plague the 2024 US Elections
by Duocircle
National security is generally associated with protecting the borders, but in this hyperconnected digital world, there’s more to ensuring a nation’s safety than just safeguarding the borders from external threats.
Another Instance of Nissan Data Breach: 100K People Affected Across New Zealand and Australia
by Duocircle
Nissan, the Japanese car manufacturing company, experienced a mind-boggling ransomware attack on December 5, 2024, resulting in a complete frenzy across Australia and New Zealand. This is not the first time that Nissan has come under the radar of cybercriminals. Earlier, this automobile company faced attacks such as proof of concept exploitation, source code leak issues, and data breach cases. Apparently, the notorious Akira ransomware gang is the mastermind behind this cyber scam. They have claimed to have scraped a whopping 100GB of data.
Don’t we all love it when tasks become easier for us? And by saying ‘all’ we unfortunately have to include cybercriminals as well. What we are talking about today is cybercrime-as-a-service or CaaS– a model that has democratized cybercrime by allowing even budding malicious actors to wreak havoc with just a rudimentary understanding of cyber menaces, access to the internet, and some money.
The responsibility of handling data comes with its own intricacies, but adhering to global data compliance laws makes the situation a bit sorted. By sorted, we don’t mean easy, but rather uniform. These laws are introduced to safeguard the privacy of customers and users while ensuring companies run their operations using the requisite details and documents. Moreover, adhering to these laws and best practices reflects your concern about cybersecurity, which consequently boosts your image as a responsible and trusted company.
A DNS record is a domain name system record that helps users visit a website without having to memorize its IP address. It basically translates easy-to-remember domain names to their corresponding IP addresses and presents the desired web results.
In a recent study, Cornell University researchers have uncovered a startling new threat to cybersecurity: the use of AI models to steal passwords by analyzing the acoustic side-channel, or the sounds made while typing on a keyboard. This AI model achieved an alarming 95% accuracy rate in stealing passwords — the highest accuracy seen without the use of a language model, which emphasizes the need for increased vigilance in digital security.
Paying off ransom in exchange for information isn’t a new concerning tangent for the cybersecurity Ninjas. However, the UK has been recently bombarded with a series of ransomware attacks, especially steered towards the police and the education sector.
Cyber actors have been exploiting different online means to trick people and demand hefty ransom. They gain unauthorized access to systems and then steal, encrypt, or intercept sensitive information to blackmail reputed companies.
Attachment-based malware threats are not dying out, they are now a persistent threat. Researchers discovered a new ransomware threat, MortalKombat, in early 2023 that spreads through phishing emails and targets victims worldwide. MortalKombat and Tengyun Snake are the emerging email threats that made experts wonder whether detection-based approaches are enough today.
For obvious reasons, banking and financial institutions have always been easy targets for malicious actors. Microsoft has recently uncovered banking AitM phishing and BEC attacks to expose the underbelly of the cyber threat landscape affecting the financial industry.
With cybercrimes rising, you need to learn to ward off cyber attacks, which can only be done with proper, updated knowledge of cybersecurity’s latest developments. Here is the latest cybersecurity news of the week.
If you think iOS devices are tamper-proof, you might be mistaken because Operation Triangulation has proved otherwise. The novel ‘zero-click’ compromise uses stealthy root privilege malware to hack into iOS systems indicating the need for enhanced cybersecurity measures for iPhones as well.
Microsoft Azure’s virtual machines (VMs) have fallen victim to what cybersecurity experts consider to be one of the most sophisticated financially-motivated cyberattacks. The security breach has sent shockwaves through the cybersecurity community, raising serious questions about the security of cloud computing environments.
The threat actor IntelBroker stole the sensitive information of 11 million Weee customers and posted the database on a hacker forum, risking the lives of these individuals. This article delves deep into the incident sharing how it occurred, what is currently happening, and how to stay safe.
Callback phishing, the latest trick in the attackers’ pockets, can bypass email filters because they do not contain attachments and links with malware. Hence, email filters fail to red-flag them. This article discusses callback phishing so individuals and cyber security teams can remain vigilant about such attacks.
Every second counts when your organization experiences a data breach. Having a response plan ready before a data breach happens is critical, so you know the steps to respond quickly to minimize the damage. This article discusses how your enterprise can respond to a data breach by taking proactive measures.
