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Attacks against COVID-19 vaccine developers will continue, while more reports will surface about patient data leaks in the cloud, says Kaspersky. Anatoliy Babiy 2020 has been a rough year for everyone, from individuals to organizations. One sector that’s been hit especially hard is healthcare. Under pressure to help those afflicted with the coronavirus and work toward a vaccine, hospitals and healthcare facilities have also been hurt by cyberattacks that have threatened not just the data…

Universities and colleges around the world are being targeted by a new phishing campaign, according to fresh research published by RiskIQ. Among the educational establishments to be hit by the Shadow Academy campaign are Louisiana State University (LSU) in the United States and Oxford, Brighton, and Wolverhampton Universities in the United Kingdom. RiskIQ researchers got wind of Shadow Academy threat actors’ malicious activity at the beginning of July 2020, when it showed up on their internet…

As I had mentioned previously, this year, I’m going back to school. Not to take classes, but to teach a course at my alma mater, Fanshawe College. I did this about a decade ago and thought it was interesting, so I was excited to give it another go. Additionally, after a friend mentioned that their kid wanted to learn Python, I developed an Intro to Python aimed at high school students that I’m teaching weekly….

By Robert Galarza, CEO, TruTrace Technologies By now, we all know the cost of COVID-19. Many countries have struggled to contain the virus, forcing people to practice social distancing, wear masks, and take extra precautions to minimize exposure. Frontline workers are unable to secure the PPE needed to keep them safe. News outlets and social media are pushing information on the public, right and wrong, causing rifts amongst communities. The pandemic has ignited a crisis…

Cybercriminals can exploit the at-risk apps to steal login credentials, passwords, financial details, and text messages, says Check Point. Image: Jack Wallen Many applications and products caught with a security vulnerability often require two responses to fully mitigate the flaw. First, the vendor may have to issue a patch to correct the server-side weakness on its end. But then the user or developer of the app might need to apply that patch on the client…

Embraer, a Brazilian manufacturer of aircraft, has disclosed that hackers managed to breach its computer systems, and steal data. Although Embraer may not be a household name, it is the world’s third-largest producer of civil aircraft (after Boeing and Airbus), having delivered more than 8,000 aeroplanes to date. According to a press release issued by the firm, Embraer spotted it was being attacked on November 25 2020, which resulted in “a single environment of the…

Tenable®, Inc. the Cyber Exposure company, today celebrates a successful year as deepwatch’s preferred risk-based vulnerability management partner. The strategic partnership combines Tenable’s industry-leading vulnerability management solutions with deepwatch’s innovative cloud SecOps platform and managed services to help joint customers see their systems, predict what matters and act to reduce risk, especially as they prioritize cloud computing. “Over the past year, we’ve seen a massive, global shift to the cloud and remote workforces,” said Mark…