October 28, 2019

Weekly Security News Roundup: NordVPN Confirms Third-Party Provider Breach

3 min read - NordVPN revealed that one of its servers experienced a breach as a result of vulnerabilities affecting a third-party data center. Learn what else happened last week in security news.

October 23, 2019

Ransomware Attack Affects Municipal Computer Systems in Johnson City, Tennessee

2 min read - Johnson City officials revealed that a ransomware attack affected some of the Tennessee municipality's computer systems.

October 22, 2019

Alexa and Google Home Exposed Users to Phishing Attacks, Eavesdropping via Developer Backends

2 min read - Backends that let developers create custom apps are also exposing Alexa and Google Home devices to eavesdropping and phishing attacks, security researchers discovered.

October 21, 2019

Weekly Security News Roundup: Ransomware Still the Top Cyberthreat, Reports Europol

3 min read - Last week in security news, a new report from Europol announced that ransomware is still the top cyberthreat facing users and organizations.

October 15, 2019

New Corporate Phishing Attacks Mimic Performance Appraisal Processes to Steal Credentials

2 min read - New corporate phishing attacks are mimicking the performance appraisal processes at targeted companies to steal employees' business account credentials.

October 14, 2019

Impostor Email Attacks Targeting Healthcare Increased by 300 Percent Between Q1 2018 and Q1 2019

2 min read - Healthcare companies saw a 300 percent increase in impostor email attacks between the first quarters of 2018 and 2019, a new report found.

October 14, 2019

Weekly Security News Roundup: Adware-Laden Apps Found Lurking on Google Play Store

3 min read - Researchers spotted 15 adware-laden Android apps lurking on the Google Play store that hid their icons after users installed them. Learn what else happened last week in security news.

October 7, 2019

Attackers Exploit Certified Emails to Target Italians With sLoad Malware

2 min read - Threat actors are using certified emails to target Italian users with samples of the sLoad malware family.

October 3, 2019

Silent Starling Group Stages Vendor Email Compromise Attacks

2 min read - The Silent Starling cybercriminal group is using an attack known as vendor email compromise to target unsuspecting customers.

Data Protection October 2, 2019

Why Humans Are a Growing Target for Cyberattacks — And What to Do About It

3 min read - Cybersecurity defenses and cyberattack methods are evolving rapidly, but human beings, not so much. This is why nearly all cyberattacks are now based on exploiting human nature.