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American healthcare providers run vulnerable web apps

Outpost24, an innovator in identifying and managing cybersecurity exposure, has announced results from its 2021 Web Application Security for Healthcare report, which analysed the top 10 American healthcare providers, as ranked by the 100 largest hospitals and health systems in the US. The report revealed the majority of US healthcare providers (90%) had an external attack […]


Costco discloses data breach after finding credit card skimmer

Costco Wholesale Corporation has warned customers in notification letters that their payment card information might have been stolen while recently shopping at one of its stores. The retail giant (also known as Costco Wholesale and Costco) is an American multinational that operates a large chain of membership-only retail stores, the fifth-largest retailer worldwide, and the 10th largest corporation in the US by […]


Robinhood suffers enormous breach, exposing millions of users’ data

Robinhood announced that its popular app has suffered a breach, exposing millions of email addresses, names and more. In a statement released on November 8, Robinhood said it discovered the incident on the evening of November 3, explaining that an ‘unauthorised third party’ managed to obtain personal information of its customers. The company was quick to say that no […]


Governing bodies to unite in the fight against cybercriminals

Cyber actors have represented a dangerous combination of aggressive disruption and high-stake targets in ransomware attacks against critical infrastructure. Governing bodies across the world were therefore required to come together and target these cybercriminals for their involvement in such harmful attacks. A total of 12 individuals wreaking havoc across the world with ransomware attacks against […]


Morehouse School of Medicine chooses Veeam for better cybersecurity

Veeam has announced that Morehouse School of Medicine (MSM) chose Veeam to replace two unreliable backup solutions and modernize its data protection strategy to defend against growing cyberthreats. With ransomware attacks in the education space proving to be highly lucrative for hackers, MSM knew it needed to improve its Disaster Recovery strategy and placed its trust […]


EagleView soars with improved DNS security from Infoblox

EagleView, an aerial imaging company based in Washington, has solved a number of its key security challenges by integrating Infoblox technology into the organization. Forwarding DNS traffic from EagleView’s internal DNS servers to the cloud was the fastest way to put security in place. With headquarters in Bellevue, Washington, EagleView assists organizations around the world […]


US government attributes Microsoft Exchange hack to China

The US government has formally attributed the Microsoft Exchange hack to China. It has released an indictment that identifies four APT40 operators as working with China’s Ministry of State Security.   In response to this move, Ben Read, Director of Analysis, Mandiant Threat Intelligence, said: “The statements by multiple governments naming the People’s Republic of China as responsible […]


Three-quarters of users believe they are more vulnerable to mobile attacks than a year ago

Menlo Security, a leader in cloud security, has released the findings from its Menlo Security Mobile Risk 2021 Report, which explores the security considerations and concerns around mobile usage as more businesses today operate remotely. Partnering with Sapio Research, the survey questioned respondents about the mobile security threat landscape and how businesses are responding to cybersecurity challenges […]


Managed Security Service Provider appoints Matt Gyde as chairman and CEO

Former CEO of NTT Security to invest in ProVision, Foresite’s proprietary cybersecurity platform. Foresite, a SaaS cybersecurity solutions provider, has announced that Matt Gyde has been named Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. Gyde brings more than 25 years of leadership experience to Foresite and has led some of the largest companies in the cybersecurity industry. […]


The University of Arizona speeds up COVID-19 vaccine rollout with Genetec AutoVu ALPR

When the University of Arizona (UA) was chosen as a COVID-19 vaccine point of dispensing (POD), it wanted to put in place a distribution process to get the vaccines out to as many people as possible as quickly and efficiently as possible. To do this, it turned to Genetec, a leading technology provider of unified security, […]


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