Cyber or security threats have increased dramatically over the course of time. It’s especially targeted towards smaller businesses or individuals working for bigger companies that are now assigned to remote work. The term “COVID-19” will never be forgotten, even for decades to come. During the pandemic breakout, many big-league industries and
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Scattered Canary: How A Nigerian Fraud Ring Hijacked Washington Unemployment System
Beware of Aarogya Setu Contact Tracing App clones
Aarogya Setu app, Indian’s contact tracing app for Covid-19 has become the latest government-backed app to be threatened by cybercriminals who have developed clones to steal data from users. According to Sonic Wall Labs, a California based cybersecurity firm, there has seen several cloned malware apps masquerading as the legitimate Aarogya
COVID-19, security and remote working – common myths and misconceptions
With COVID-19 stay-at-home orders still in place in many states, remote working has become the beginning of what will be the ‘new normal’ in the post-pandemic world. Given this, remote security should be at the top of every organizations’ priority list. Yet there remains a long list of common myths and
Coronavirus: Two Hospital Construction Companies Get Hit By Cyber-attacks
It was a toll of unfortunate events as two hospital construction companies tasked with the construction of emergency hospitals used in treating COVID-19 patients get hit by cyber-attacks. The attacks happened recently and the two construction companies involved are Bam Construct and Interserve. Bam Construct handled constructions in Humber and Yorkshire