International

Tenable published a new study revealing that Indian organisations could not prevent 42% of cyberattacks on their businesses, only successfully thwarting 58% of cyberattacks over the past two years. Consequently, organisations have had to rely on reactive measures rather than preventing attacks from occurring in the first place. The study …

WhatsApp introduces a privacy feature called “Protect IP Address in Calls.” This feature masks users’ IP addresses by relaying the calls through its servers. WhatsApp stated that calls are end-to-end encrypted, meaning that even if a call goes through their servers, they cannot listen to the calls. The main idea …

Microsoft has added a new security feature to the Authenticator app. This feature blocks suspicious notifications that occur during the account login process. Microsoft Authenticator is an app that provides multi-factor authentication, password auto-fill, and password-less sign-in to Microsoft accounts. When a user tries to log into an account with …

According to a study from Duke University, it is possible to purchase data on thousands of military personnel, including personal details such as health issues and gambling habits, for less than $0.50 per person. Researchers from Duke University conducted a data brokerage project. They reached out to 12 data brokers …

Telegram is one of the most popular social media platforms in the world. The platform is constantly being updated. But recently cyber security experts have discovered a new malware. The malicious ‘WhatsApp Spy Mode’ has already attacked messaging platform Telegram users at least 340 thousand times. According to the researchers, …

The US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has reported that threat actors have accessed sensitive health data of tens of millions of American patients this year. The HHS reported a significant increase in “large breaches” and ransomware incidents to its Office for Civil Rights (OCR). In 2023, there …

Trend Micro’s Zero Day Initiative (ZDI) Thursday (02.11.23) published four zero days vulnerabilities of Microsoft Exchange which can exploit remotely to execute arbitrary code or disclose sensitive information on affected installations. Bleeping Computer reported, these vulnerabilities were reported to Microsoft on September 7th and 8th, 2023. Microsoft acknowledges the reports …

According to an analyst, there will be major data breaches and fines for application developers who use generative AI (GenAI) extensively next year. Forrester made the claims in its 2024 predictions for cybersecurity, risk and privacy and trust. Alla Valente, a senior analyst, issued a warning about the excessive use …

The Forum of Incident Response and Security Teams (FIRST) has recently announced the release of CVSS v4.0, the latest version of the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) standard. This update comes more than eight years after the release of CVSS v3.0 in June 2015. Version 4.0 of CVSS aims to …

40 countries will sign a pledge to stop paying ransoms demanded by cybercriminal groups at the International Counter-Ransomware Initiative summit in Washington, D.C. Anne Neuberger, Deputy National Security Adviser for Cyber and Emerging Technology at the White House, suggested that this initiative is a response to the increasing global threat …