Many people think that vulnerability scanning and penetration testing are the same things. Although their processes relate to each other, their purposes are different, and we should not confuse them by acknowledging them as identical processes.
The IT security teams are facing an enormous challenge of protecting mobile users from phishing attacks. Every employee relies on mobile phones and connected devices to accomplish their everyday business and personal tasks.
Cybercriminals who transmit the ransomware are always looking for new targets. They are even hunting during the Coronavirus pandemic. Still, there are ransomware gangs who have vowed that they will not attack against hospitals and healthcare providers because the world is fighting against coronavirus. However, some hackers are still trying to make a profit from anyone and everyone.
A message containing letters in the Sindhi language can cause your iPhone, iPad, Mac, or even Apple Watch to crash without even a warning.
The problem lies in the shipping version of Apple's operating system. The version handles a Unicode symbol representing specific characters written in Sindhi, an official language in Pakistan.
The giant search engine has issued a warning for its Google Chrome users. The company has released a Chrome website browser update, which includes a cyber fix for its users.
The new update of the browser - version 81.0.4044.113 has been released for Window, Mac and Lynx.
While the world takes every precautionary measure to prevent the viral attacks from spreading, the data privacy experts waging a different kind of war against the scammers. Unfortunately, the chaotic pandemic has given a freeway to scammers as they are targeting more and more users every day.
Cybercriminals actively use the Your Account Was Hacked email scam as a way to scam users and get ransom amounts from them. As an unfortunate victim of such attacks, you will receive an email stating that your email address is hacked/infected with malware. They will also say that they have recorded a compromising video which will be leaked along with personal data/details unless you pay the hackers. It is one of the text-book email scams that happen to many people every year. Keep in mind that the scammers can demand anything as ransom and you get compelled to comply with them, otherwise you risk losing your sensitive personal data.
A memo sent to all NASA personnel stated that the company is facing a significant amount of cyberattacks, the attack included phishing and malware attacks to the system, while its workers are working remotely.
Swiss-Italian global shipping giant, Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC), has confirmed that a malware attack had caused an outage in MSC headquarter in Geneva.
Linksys, a security/router firm, suggested that the users should reset their passwords ever since Linksys learned that the hackers are using leaked credentials to change the settings of the user's router and directing them to install malware.