The novel coronavirus was not the only contagion to wreak havoc across the world in 2020. There was a similar pandemic prevailing in global cyberspace. Ransomware attacks, a threat that has been ever-increasing at an alarming rate pre-COVID, exploded ever since the world was forced to shift as many operations as possible to online platforms. Experts predict yearly ransomware attacks to … [Read more...] about Why 2021 Could Witness an Outbreak of Ransomware Attacks
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Why You Should be Concerned About How Phishing Attacks are Evolving
Phishing, similar to actual fishing but applied to the cyber context, is one of the biggest threats to your online privacy. They're known to be cunning and malicious tactics that effectively deceive users into performing specific actions. These techniques have been developed and evolved over many years by cybercriminals and have reached terrifying efficacy levels in 2021. What is … [Read more...] about Why You Should be Concerned About How Phishing Attacks are Evolving
2020: The year that cybersecurity went from reactive to proactive
The year 2020 has literally been like no other. The entire world went from being very connected, where people could easily meet each other without a second thought, to suddenly having to think about every single movement they made. One of the biggest changes that we saw take place was how everyone interacted with one another. The “new” world is mostly online. Within the first few months … [Read more...] about 2020: The year that cybersecurity went from reactive to proactive
US-based auto parts distributor has sensitive data leaked by cybercriminals
Ever since 2019, there has been a series of cyberattacks on different companies all over the world by a ransomware gang called the “NetWalker” group. Over the course of the entire year, they successfully attacked over 100 businesses, stole their data and uploaded it on to the dark web. The data includes every single piece of information the companies had access to. Which company was … [Read more...] about US-based auto parts distributor has sensitive data leaked by cybercriminals
Two in three businesses faced insider attacks in 2020
Although it’s common to think that your data would only be attacked by a malicious hacker from the other side of the world, more often than not, a cyberattack stems from within an organisation. Atlas VPN has put forward some research that shows that from July 2019 to July 2020, 65% of all the organisations suffered one or more cyberattacks from within the organisation itself, and with most of the … [Read more...] about Two in three businesses faced insider attacks in 2020
