It’s an unfortunate fact that cybersecurity is rarely the foremost of concerns among small- to medium-sized businesses. However, investing in cybersecurity is becoming even more important as these organizations undergo digital transformation. It may seem like there are more important priorities on which a small business could focus, but putting your company and your customers at risk of a cyberattack can have huge consequences. Your reputation may suffer as your customers deal with potential financial…

Looking back over the past year, it’s impossible not to recognize the widespread data breaches that have caused such chaos. Secret and sensitive data of hundreds of millions of people and companies has been decrypted and exposed and then sold. Data breaches are a terrifying trend in the world of cybercrime, which shows no signs of slowing down just yet.   We’re looking at billions of records stolen and this trend is only getting worse.  Here…

The following list, in no particular order, contains the names, their countries of origins, their (biggest) victim (s) and a short piece about who they are.  Some are reformed and act as security consultants while others remain at large and are being hunted by the FBI, InterPol and others for their cybercrimes:   Behzad Mesri Country: Iran Victim: HBO Mesri is an Irani hacker and famous by the Arabic name “Sakote Vehshat” which means “…

SANTA CLARA, Calif., Feb. 19, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Palo Alto Networks (NYSE: PANW), the global cybersecurity leader, today announced the appointment of Dr. Helene D. Gayle to the company’s board of directors and the nominating and corporate governance committee of the board. “We are fortunate to have Dr. Gayle join the Palo Alto Networks’ board,” said Nikesh Arora, chairman and CEO of Palo Alto Networks. “I had the opportunity to serve on the Colgate-Palmolive board…

Accellion recently released patches addressing four vulnerabilities in its File Transfer Appliance, a tool linked to a growing list of data breaches since December. Background On January 12, Accellion, a private cloud solutions company, published a statement regarding a security incident involving one of its customers. The statement revealed the presence of a “P0 (priority zero) vulnerability” in its File Transfer Appliance (FTA), a cloud or on-premises based solution for organizations to “transfer large and…

Accellion recently released patches addressing four vulnerabilities in its File Transfer Appliance, a tool linked to a growing list of data breaches since December. Background On January 12, Accellion, a private cloud solutions company, published a statement regarding a security incident involving one of its customers. The statement revealed the presence of a “P0 (priority zero) vulnerability” in its File Transfer Appliance (FTA), a cloud or on-premises based solution for organizations to “transfer large and…

A week-long outage for Kia is reportedly connected to a ransomware attack from the DoppelPaymer gang, says BleepingComputer. Image: kaptnali, Getty Images/iStockphoto Kia Motors America may have been hit by a ransomware attack that has taken down some of its key customer-facing services. In a story published Tuesday, website BleepingComputer reported that Kia Motors USA was suffering a nationwide outage that was impacting IT servers, self-payment phone services, dealer platforms, phone support, and mobile apps….

The United States has arrested six alleged members of an international fraud and money-laundering ring that deployed spoofing, catfishing, and COVID-19 relief scams to con victims out of $55m. The defendants are accused of creating fake identities to trick companies, the Small Business Administration (SBA), and old folks searching for romance online into wiring funds to bank accounts controlled by a criminal enterprise. Thirty-five-year-old Farouk Appiedu was arrested on October 18 in Queens, New York. His alleged…