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Tony Anscombe • 13 Oct 2021 • 5 min. read
Scams
Don't get phished! How to be the one that got away
Digital Security
Microsoft thwarts record-breaking DDoS attack
Ransomware
Ransomware cost US companies almost $21 billion in downtime in 2020
If it looks like a duck, swims like a duck, and quacks like a duck, then it's probably a duck. Now, how do you apply the duck test to defend against phishing?
Tony Anscombe • 13 Oct 2021
The attack, which clocked in at 2.4 Tbps, targeted an Azure customer based in Europe
Amer Owaida • 12 Oct 2021
The victims lost an average of nine days to downtime and two-and-a-half months to investigations, an analysis of disclosed attacks shows
Amer Owaida • 11 Oct 2021
Google to turn on 2FA by default for 150 million users, 2 million YouTubers
Two-factor authentication is a simple way to greatly enhance the security of your account
Amer Owaida • 06 Oct 2021
October is Cybersecurity Awareness Month! Why being cyber-smart matters
The campaign may last for a month, but we should remember that cybersecurity is a year-round affair
Amer Owaida • 01 Oct 2021
Hackers could force locked iPhones to make contactless payments
Flaws in Apple Pay and Visa could allow criminals to make arbitrary contactless payments – no authentication needed, research finds
Amer Owaida • 30 Sep 2021
Google releases emergency fix to plug zero-day hole in Chrome
The emergency release comes a mere three days after Google’s previous update that plugged another 19 security loopholes
Amer Owaida • 27 Sep 2021
Bug in macOS Finder allows remote code execution
While Apple did issue a patch for the vulnerability, it seems that the fix can be easily circumvented
Amer Owaida • 23 Sep 2021
Cybercrime
European police dismantle cybercrime ring with ties to Italian Mafia
The group used phishing, BEC and other types of attacks to swindle victims out of millions
Amer Owaida • 21 Sep 2021