Jul 31, 2019 | Cloud Consultancy News
An unauthorised third-party accessed the information for 106 million people by exploiting a configuration vulnerability. The exposed information includes personal information, credit card data, transaction data, Social Security numbers, linked bank account numbers,...
Jul 30, 2019 | Cloud Consultancy News
The victims are asked to share the message with at least 30 more people in order to claim the reward. The ultimate goal of the scammers is to perform click fraud through this type of scam. A new WhatsApp scam that claims to offer free internet data has been doing...
Jul 29, 2019 | Cloud Consultancy News
With the first large fines for breaching GDPR upon us, even anonymized datasets can be traced back to individuals using machine learning, researchers from University of Louvain and Imperial College London have shown. The researchers say their paper demonstrates that...
Jul 26, 2019 | Cloud Consultancy News
Malware attacks against mobile devices — and Android handsets in particular — have rocketed this year, with hackers increasingly turning their attention to attacking smartphones with credential-theft, surveillance, and malicious advertising. Researchers at...
Jul 25, 2019 | Cloud Consultancy News
Microsoft has plans in the works to change the way it is pricing and packaging its Dynamics 365 CRM and ERP applications. Officials shared some of the changes which will go live on October 1 with Dynamics 365 partners at last week’s Inspire partner conference....
Jul 24, 2019 | Cloud Consultancy News
This free decryptor allows LooCipher victims to decrypt their encrypted files without the need for paying the ransom. This decryptor has been created by security researcher Michael Gillespie with assistance from Francesco Muroni. Emsisoft has released a free...
Jul 23, 2019 | Cloud Consultancy News
The purpose of these campaigns is to steal the Microsoft login credentials of users. The phishing pages hosted on Azure are secured using a certificate from Microsoft in order to make it less susceptible. Phishers have been found creating campaigns that are disguised...
Jul 22, 2019 | Cloud Consultancy News
In just a few weeks Apple’s new iOS 13, the thirteenth major iteration of its popular iPhone software, will be out — along with new iPhones and a new iPad version, the aptly named iPadOS. The guys at TechCrunch have taken iOS 13 for a spin over the past few weeks —...
Jul 19, 2019 | Cloud Consultancy News
You might think that cyber attacks are a constant year round activity, or perhaps that they are focused on peak shopping periods like Christmas. But a new study from threat protection specialist Lastline reveals many security professionals believe their organisations...
Jul 18, 2019 | Cloud Consultancy News
Businesses are being attacked from all sides, and with all kinds of weapons. IT experts are being overwhelmed by the sheer scale of cyberattacks hitting businesses today, new research has claimed. A report from Sophos suggests that the attack techniques are varied and...
Jul 17, 2019 | Cloud Consultancy News
The Education and Transport industries are at the highest risk of cyber attacks due to phishing, because of weak employee training Weak employee training is the main reason industries are left vulnerable to phishing cyber attacks — this is the conclusion of...
Jul 16, 2019 | Cloud Consultancy News
Today’s business landscape is more dynamic than ever before. Organisations are being inundated with data, generated by an ever-increasing number of connected devices and systems. According to IDC, volume of data worldwide will grow ten-fold to 163ZB by 2025, and the...
Jul 15, 2019 | Cloud Consultancy News
Phishing remains a leading concern for organisations worldwide. A new Proofpoint report features analysis of data related to nearly 130 million cybersecurity questions and offers insights into employee knowledge levels across 14 categories, 16 industries, and more...
Jul 14, 2019 | Cloud Consultancy News
Businesses are increasing the pace of investment in AI systems to defend against the next generation of cyberattacks, a study from the Capgemini Research Institute has found. Two thirds (69%) of organisations acknowledge that they will not be able to respond to...
Jul 13, 2019 | Cloud Consultancy News
Some users of online team-based shooters, battle royale, or survival games commonly use game hacking or cheats to give themselves an advantage over their opponents. Unfortunately, in many cases these cheats do nothing but compromise the user’s own data as...
Jul 12, 2019 | Cloud Consultancy News
Microsoft is continuing to roll out new Windows 10 20H1 test builds with incremental new features regularly. On July 10, the company delivered Windows 10 Build 18936 to 20H1 testers in the Fast Ring. This test build adds a new “Make your device...
Jul 11, 2019 | Cloud Consultancy News
The DNS-over-HTTPS (DoH) protocol is currently the talk of the town, and the Firefox browser is the only one to support it. However, the feature is not enabled by default for Firefox users, who will have to go through many hoops and modify multiple settings before...
Jul 10, 2019 | Cloud Consultancy News
The National Health Service is still vulnerable to cyberattack, and must take action to prevent incidents that could risk the safety of patients, researchers have claimed. A report by Imperial College London’s Institute of Global Health Innovation warns that...
Jul 9, 2019 | Cloud Consultancy News
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) is to fine British Airways £183.4 million over the payments system security breach last year. The fine is the first to be issued under GDPR. BA chairman and CEO Alex Cruz said that the company would appeal. “We...
Jul 8, 2019 | Cloud Consultancy News
Every executive team cares about business risk. Leaders actively trying to manage risk have realized that cyber-threats now represent the lion’s share of potential harm, and they want timely KPI metrics and insights aligned with business priorities. In fact, according...
Jul 5, 2019 | Cloud Consultancy News
There’s no doubt that the Cloud has changed the way most companies do business. It has opened up a whole new world of collaboration and productivity that now we could probably not live without. Yet Cloud adoption is continuing to raise security concerns across small-...
Jul 4, 2019 | Cloud Consultancy News
It appears that Apple is getting ready to release a new MacBook Pro, according to FCC filings. The filings, which are no longer available but were picked up by several eagle-eyed tech sites, refer to a laptop with the model number A2159, which lines up with a filing...
Jul 3, 2019 | Cloud Consultancy News
The rise in IoT devices may be leading to better connectivty and a boost in your Netflix consumption, but could also be putting your home at risk of cyberattack, new research has claimed. A report from security firm Avast and Stanford University has found that...
Jul 2, 2019 | Cloud Consultancy News
Google loves to pack hidden Easter Eggs into all of its products. Each version of Android has a different hidden game or other offerings. For example, You can play the hidden Flappy Bird game in Android 6.0 and Android Pie has a hidden trippy P logo you can launch....
Jul 1, 2019 | Cloud Consultancy News
June’s cyber security news round up features NHS Highland apologiing following reports the email addresses of almost 40 people who have HIV were made public by mistake. Elsewhere a report has suggested the healthcare cyber security market is on track to reach £21.5bn...
