Microsoft Exchange admins advised to expand antivirus scanning
After having stressed the importance of keeping Exchange servers updated last month, Microsoft is advising administrators to widen the scope of antivirus scanning on those…
Month: February 2023
PureCrypter Malware Targets Government Entities in Asia-Pacific and North America
Feb 27, 2023Ravie LakshmananRansomware / Cyber Attack Government entities in Asia-Pacific and North America are being targeted by an unknown threat actor with an off-the-shelf…
Green tech and the private sector: How the UK government will hit its 2050 net-zero emissions goal
The government is unequivocal in its belief that the private sector has a critical role to play in the UK’s transition to a net-zero economy…
Health info sharing bill passes Victoria’s Legislative Assembly – Strategy – Security
The Victorian government’s controversial health information sharing bill passed the state’s lower house yesterday. The Health Legislation Amendment (Information Sharing) bill has also passed its…
Chromium bug allowed SameSite cookie bypass on Android devices
Protections against cross-site request forgery could be bypassed A recently patched bug in the Chromium project could allow malicious actors to bypass a security feature…
Stanford University Discloses Data Breach
Stanford University has recently reported a security incident involving a data breach. The incident, which occurred between December 2022 and January 2023, involved the unauthorized…
Why Are More Hackers Targeting Industrial Systems?
Cybercriminals are increasingly hacking industrial control systems to profit off the widespread adoption of new technologies with weak cybersecurity. Industry 4.0 is paving the way…
FTC reveals alarming increase in scam activity, costing consumers billions
Newly released Federal Trade Commission (FTC) data shows that consumers reported losing nearly $8.8 billion to fraud in 2022, an increase of more than 30…
ChromeLoader Malware Targeting Gamers via Fake Nintendo and Steam Game Hacks
Feb 27, 2023Ravie LakshmananBrowser Security / Malware A new ChromeLoader malware campaign has been observed being distributed via virtual hard disk (VHD) files, marking a…
Unstructured data and the storage it needs
IDC estimates that upwards of 80% of business information is likely to be formed of unstructured data by 2025. And while “unstructured” can be something of…
The Pro-Russia Hacker Group Killnet Releases Hitlist of 2023
As the Russian occupation of Ukraine completes a year, pro-Russian threat group Killnet has posted another list of its targets The threat group published a…
PEXA to set up academy in Victoria University – Training & Development
PEXA is to set up an academy at Victoria University’s Melbourne campus, as part of a two-year agreement to expand VU’s digital training. The memorandum…