Author: Asad Yaseen

The US Department of Homeland Security’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has issued a warning to companies to better protect their cloud-based accounts after several recent successful attacks. According to an advisory published by CISA, an increasing number of attacks have succeeded as more employees have begun to work remotely with a variety of corporate laptops and personal devices during the COVID-19 pandemic. CISA has observed that the attackers have used a variety of…

As we gratefully move forward into the year 2021, we have to recognise that 2020 was as tumultuous in the digital realm as it has in the physical world. From low level fraudsters leveraging the pandemic as a vehicle to trick victims into parting with money for non-existent PPE, to more capable actors using malware that has considerably less prevalence in targeted campaigns. All of which has been played out at a time of immense…

By Marc Grens, Co-Founder & President at DigitalMintCrypto-related ransomware attacks are on the rise, and the pandemic has only hastened its propagation. For example, from 2018 to 2020, ransomware attacks have increased by 200%. Yet during the COVID-19 pandemic alone, from January to May of 2020, ransomware attacks have grown by 900%. This is not surprising with the rise and vulnerabilities of remote work and individuals mixing their professional and personal lives online.Ransomware is a…