Your employees can often pose a huge risk to your data security, but what about ex-employees? Well, it turns out they may present an even bigger threat. When employees leave an organization, it’s prudent that their network and application privileges are immediately...
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Mamba Highlights a Change in Ransomware
We’re all aware that ransomware can hit you financially, but ransomware is now changing its modus operandi for causing chaos and becoming more dangerous. The Mamba ransomware first appeared in September 2016 and, rather than just scrambling certain file extensions, it...
Petya Cyber Attack Goes Global with Ransomware
A major cyber attack has swept across the globe and, once again, it’s taken the form of ransomware to shut down computers and demand Bitcoin ransoms. Known as Petya – the Russian word for stone – has managed to halt operations at a chocolate factory in Australia and...
Malware Upgrades to 64-Bit
Modern operating systems run on 64-bit systems, but they’re still capable of running 32-bit code and this is what hackers have always coded in. Until now. Guy Propper – security expert at Deep Instinct – has revealed that whilst malware coded in 32-bit code is still...
Windows 10S is NOT Immune from Ransomware
Microsoft has claimed that their latest upgrade to Windows 10 (10S) is immune to all known ransomware. However, it appears that this isn’t quite true. Windows 10S is a streamlined upgrade of Microsoft’s current operating system (OS) and it promises increased speed,...
5 Ways to Combat Malware
The impact of a malware attack can be highly problematic for organizations, but if you know how to protect yourself, it doesn’t have to be so bad. Whilst it’s certainly easy to know when you have been hacked, it’s just as easy to prevent falling victim to malware in...
IBM Ships Malware Infected USB Drives by Mistake
Malware is a particularly virulent strain of hacking and can spread very quickly. However, when it gets help from a tech giant, it can spread even quicker. It’s now been discovered that IBM have, quite accidentally, managed to ship USB flash drives containing malware....
4 Ways That Hackers are Targeting Your Employees
Hackers are now turning to employees of organizations to help breach their defenses and this can be knowingly or unknowingly, but how are they doing it? As this hacking technique doesn’t rely purely on digital attacks, it’s a unique problem in the world of...
Phishing Scams Target the End of Tax Year
The tax season is a stressful time of year for businesses, but now hackers are targeting this period in order to steal employee data and funds. Using a social engineering approach, hackers are able to trick businesses into relinquishing highly sensitive information...
Ransomware Found Lurking in Skype Ads
Skype is a great tool for businesses to communicate with customers and partners, but now it appears that it’s being used as a delivery route for ransomware. PC users who are using the Microsoft Skype App have reported that fake adverts have been appearing which...