Major hacks of social media platforms or a tale of 3 data ‘leaks’: Clubhouse, LinkedIn, Facebook. Following is a list of three major security breaches to have impacted social media platforms over the past week. You’ve likely seen reports of new data hacks on Facebook and LinkedIn, which have exposed the personal information of […]
Sorry, this entry is only available in Russian. For the sake of viewer convenience, the content is shown below in the alternative language. You may click the link to switch the active language. Финансовые компании и состоятельные люди всегда привлекали мошенников и преступников. Капитализация рынка криптовалют, составляющая сотни миллиардов долларов США, само собой приковала к […]
The coronavirus topic has not lost its actuality, and the introduction of new regulations only fuels the imagination of cybercriminals. Experts from Check Point Research have discovered that fake vaccination certificates and negative COVID-19 tests are being actively sold on Darknet. In the past three months, the number of such ads has increased by more […]
2020 broke all records for cybercrime. According to the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s annual report, there were nearly 800,000 complaints about various cyber incidents last year, a 69 percent increase over 2019. For the fifth year in a row, the FBI recorded an increase in crimes and increasing monetary losses. In 2020, victims reported more […]
In the digital world, no business can be sure of its invulnerability. Every company sooner or later faces a cyberattack, but only a few take a business-oriented approach to cyber risks. A PwC 2020 study found that about 62% of CEOs worldwide worry that cyber threats will affect their companies’ growth potential. Yet, according to […]
Four zero-day vulnerabilities in Microsoft Exchange Server are being actively exploited by a state-backed threat group Hafnium from China and appear to have been adopted by other cyber attackers in widespread attacks. At least 30,000 organizations are already thought to have been attacked in the US, but the number may be much larger globally […]
Sorry, this entry is only available in Russian. For the sake of viewer convenience, the content is shown below in the alternative language. You may click the link to switch the active language. Хит-парад худших паролей за год уже стал чем-то традиционным. Помните, в 2019 году мы публиковали рейтинг из 100 самых неудачных? 2020-й не […]
In the so-called new reality of 2020, when over 20 billion records with personal data and payment information were exposed, it is important for businesses to keep an ear to the ground. Every leader should be aware that there is no 100%-security guarantee! Therefore, any modern organization needs to craft a clear plan to be […]
Over 20 billion data records lost or stolen in 2020 In 2020, there were recorded 1,120 breaches and cyber attacks. Most of these incidents were reported by the world’s major media and accounted for 20,120,074,547 breached records. The number of disclosed incidents that occurred in the second half of the year shows the […]
Cyber risk insurance: forecast for the next 5 years More and more organizations in the world tend to insure cyber risks rather than pray for good luck. In Ukraine, this service is not popular yet unlike other European countries. Generally speaking, cyber risk insurance is not so different from car insurance: if you […]