Author: Asad Yaseen

ShinyHunters Exposes Over 125 Million Online Credentials   Meet ShinyHunters, a hacker who recently leaked 10 new databases this past month from companies including: • Pixlr.com• Bonobos.com• Wognai.com• Tesspring.com• Tunedglobal.com• Buyucoin.com• Wappalyzer.com• Chqbook.com• Rooter.io• MeetMindful.com But this isn’t the first time they’ve made headlines. It all started in May of 2020 when ShinyHunters attempted to sell several stolen databases on the Dark Web. They also leaked several other databases between April and July.  In October, they…

An American social media influencer has been charged with running a misinformation campaign that tricked social media users into believing that they could vote by text message in the 2016 US presidential election. Douglass Mackey, aka Ricky Vaughn, was arrested yesterday morning on charges of conspiring with others ahead of the election to spread misinformation designed to deprive US citizens of their constitutional right to vote. Mackey, of West Palm Beach, Florida, was charged by criminal complaint…

Your Linux servers could use a system to scan for malicious files. Jack Wallen shows you how with the help of ClamAV. Getty Images/iStockphoto Linux is a very secure platform. However, that doesn’t mean it’s invulnerable to malware and other types of attacks. Because of that, you must take every precaution possible to prevent and/or detect issues. One of the many things you can do is install and use ClamAV, which is an open source…

SANTA CLARA, Calif., Jan. 28, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Palo Alto Networks (NYSE: PANW), the global cybersecurity leader, today proudly announced that for the second consecutive year it has received a perfect score on the Human Rights Campaign Foundation’s 2021 Corporate Equality Index (CEI) and achieved designation as a Best Place to Work for LGBTQ Equality. The Corporate Equality Index is the nation’s foremost benchmarking survey and report measuring corporate policies and practices related to LGBTQ…

Data Privacy Day is dedicated to achieving sound privacy practices to protect businesses and customers. Learn insights from 10 experts in the field to help safeguard your company. Image: iStock/Leestat While companies should focus on data privacy all the time, Data Privacy Day on Jan. 28 is a good opportunity to reassess your business privacy strategies and learn some new methods to safeguard data. SEE: Identity theft protection policy (TechRepublic Premium) The sudden shift to…

New research by California IT service management company Okta has found an increase in the use of SMS as a security feature during the Covid-19 health crisis. The finding emerged from the latest “Businesses at Work” report, which analyzed the login activity of Okta’s 9,400 customers to reveal the ways in which companies have improved their security posture in response to the pandemic.  Analysis of the data revealed that although use of SMS as a security feature dropped…

A lack of visibility into remote endpoints can leave your organization vulnerable to ransomware attacks, says security provider Illumio. Image: Getty Images/iStockphoto The abrupt shift to remote working has created a more challenging and complicated environment when it comes to cybersecurity. IT and security professionals now have to struggle to keep track of all the remote endpoints that access their organization’s network, including work devices and personal devices. A report released Thursday by network security…

10 Easy Ways to Build Up Your Family’s Online Security The events of 2020 didn’t just set significant lifestyle changes in motion. According to a recent study, it also influenced our mindset about our online security. McAfee’s 2021 Consumer Security Mindset Report highlights our collective shift to a Digital-First mindset and the increased risks that come with it. This study is essential to families for several reasons. First, because it gives us a snapshot of reality, and…

The United States Department of Justice has launched a global law enforcement action against a cyber-criminal gang that has made millions by selling ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS). A coordinated international law enforcement action to disrupt NetWalker was announced by the Department yesterday. NetWalker ransomware has claimed numerous victims, including companies, municipalities, hospitals, law enforcement departments, emergency services, school districts, colleges, and universities. In June last year, the University of California San Francisco admitted paying $1.14m to recover important academic work stored…

A couple of days ago, I have been asked whether, notably thanks to the GDPR[1] and the CCPA[2], we were seeing as professionals, a standardization in negotiations governing privacy terms. Alas, we have possibly never been so much away of such harmonization. 128 out of 194 countries have put in place legislation to secure the protection of data and privacy. And despite the existence of initiatives to develop tools able to harmonize compliance with legal,…