CYBERSECUIRTY NEWS – Page 10

Misinformation and Hacktivist Campaigns Target The Philippines Amidst Rising Tensions With China

admin8 months ago03 mins

Amidst rising tensions with China in the South China Sea, Resecurity has observed a significant spike in malicious cyber activity targeting the Philippines in Q1 2024, increasing nearly 325% compared to the same period last year. The number of cyberattacks involving hacktivist groups and foreign misinformation campaigns has nearly tripled. In Q2 2024, this growth trajectory continues, with Resecurity observing multiple cyberattacks staged by previously unknown threat actors. These attacks are characterized by the…

Zscaler Acquires Airgap Networks to Enhance Zero Trust SASE

admin8 months ago8 months ago04 mins

Zscaler has announced the acquisition of Airgap Networks, a company renowned for its agentless segmentation technology. This acquisition is set to redefine the way enterprises protect their internal traffic, particularly in IT and Operational Technology (OT) environments. Cybersecurity rapidly evolves, with adversaries employing sophisticated techniques to bypass traditional security measures. However, traditional methods like Network…

Cloudflare Acquires Baseline to Enhance Serverless Performance

admin8 months ago05 mins

Cloudflare, Inc. the cloud company, announced an entrance into the observability market with the acquisition of Baselime, the cloud-native observability platform. By integrating Baselime’s technology with Cloudflare’s developer platform, Cloudflare will be uniquely positioned to bring deep knowledge of serverless platforms and developer experience together to solve the challenges of observability for serverless apps. …

Asia/Pacific* Security Spending to Grow 12.3% in 2024; IDC

admin8 months ago8 months ago04 mins

IDC’s latest Worldwide Semiannual Security Spending Guide According to IDC’s latest Worldwide Semiannual Security Spending Guide, spending on security hardware, services, and software in Asia/Pacific excluding Japan (APeJ) is expected to reach $36 billion in 2024, an increase of 12.3% over the previous year. With the evolving threat landscape and increasing complexities, organizations in the region are…

IIT Kanpur, C3iHub, Launches Start-Up Cohorts Specialising In Specific Cybersecurity Areas

admin8 months ago03 mins

C3iHub, a National Technology Innovation Hub (TIH) for Advanced Cybersecurity at the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur (IITK), launched start-up cohorts III, IV, and V at the Hyatt Regency, New Delhi. Funded by the Department of Science and Technology (DST) under the NM-ICPS Mission, C3iHub presented 19 start-ups in the Start-up Incubation Program, specialising in specific…

Alert: Hackers Hit High-Risk Individuals’ Personal Accounts

admin8 months ago07 mins

Calling all high-risk individuals: Ensure you’re taking adequate steps to secure your personal devices and accounts against hacking, tampering and other types of interference. Britain’s National Cyber Security Center is warning that criminals and nation-state hacking groups, confronted with well-managed corporate cybersecurity defenses, have turned their sights to individual personal devices and accounts. “In recent years there…

Cybercriminals Transform Raspberry Pi Into A Tool For Fraud & Anonymization: GEOBOX Discovery

admin8 months ago04 mins

Resecurity identified a new solution advertised on the Dark Web – GEOBOX, a custom software, purpose-built for Raspberry Pi devices, representing an evolution in tooling for fraud and anonymization. Notably, the cybercriminals transformed widely used geek-favorite device into a ‘plug-and-play’ weapon for digital deception – enabling the operator to spoof GPS locations, emulate specific…

CISA Releases Guidance For Critical Infrastructure To Defend Against Chinese Hacking Group

admin9 months ago03 mins

CISA Releases Guidance For Critical Infrastructure To Defend Against Chinese Hacking Group CISA, along with several other U.S. authorities including the NSA, FBI and global partner Five Eyes cyber security agencies have warned critical infrastructure leaders to protect their systems against the Chinese Volt Typhoon hacking group. Volt Typhoon (also known as Vanguard Panda, Brronze…

CybeReady Announces Launch of New Internal Communications Center to Maximize Cybersecurity Learning & Readiness

admin9 months ago04 mins

CybeReady a global leader in autonomous cybersecurity learning, is pleased to announce the launch of its new Internal Communications Center. This innovative management dashboard is designed to enhance how organizations orchestrate and communicate cybersecurity engagement among their employees, making it easier to keep everyone continually informed and committed to mastering the cybersecurity education process. …

Google Introduces Enhanced Real-Time URL Protection for Chrome Users

admin9 months ago05 mins

URL protection is an advanced email security service rewrites all links in inbound email and scans the destination website in real-time when clicked by the user to ensure that suspicious websites are blocked, no matter which client or which device is being used. Google recently announced an enhanced version of Safe Browsing to provide real-time, privacy-preserving URL…