US bookseller, Barnes & Noble, has been victim to a cyberattack impacting Nook services. The Nook service is an ebook reader and storage platform and customers complained across social media of outages. Some customers were unable to access their Nook libraries while others were not able to log in to the firm’s online platform. On Twitter, […]
Study showcases how ExtraHop Reveal(x) delivers operational and business benefits for enterprise customers. ExtraHop, a leader in cloud-native network detection and response, has announced survey results of The Total Economic Impact of ExtraHop Reveal(x). The commissioned survey conducted by Forrester Consulting on behalf of ExtraHop reveals that ExtraHop customers benefit from “an 84% decrease in […]
COVID-19 has brought about a work from home culture that is now the norm. Employees have therefore had to adapt and get to grips with the technologies they’re working with. Ryan Trost, CTO and Co-Founder of ThreatQuotient, discusses the importance of investing time and money into giving employees the know-how when transitioning to a new […]
The Polish authorities have announced the arrest of four suspected hackers as part of a coordinated strike against cybercrime. Those arrested are believed to be among the most active cybercriminals in the country. This operation was carried out by the Polish Police Centre Bureau of Investigation (Centralne Biuro Śledecze Policji) under the supervision of […]
Cybersecurity experts have stepped up support for UK schools, colleges and universities following a spate of online attacks with the potential to de-rail their preparations for the new term. The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) issued an alert to the sector containing a number of steps they can take to keep cybercriminals out of their […]
Nearly 1.7 million mobile subscribers are infected with mobile malware in South Africa alone, according to full year 2019 data by mobile security expert, Secure-D. According to the company, malware is the main culprit responsible for airtime theft and mobile ad fraud evident in the country with 18,000 instances found on South African users’ devices. […]
A cybersecurity attack on the New Zealand stock exchange has led two cybersecurity experts to underline its impact on critical infrastructure. In a statement, the stock market blamed the attack on overseas hackers, saying that it had “experienced a volumetric DDoS attack from offshore via its network service provider, which impacted NZX network connectivity.” Cath Goulding, […]
An alleged criminal network of copyright infringing hackers, mainly responsible for pirating movies and hosting illegal digital content worldwide, was dismantled in a co-ordinated action between US authorities and their counterparts in 18 countries around the world, with Europol and Eurojust support. On August 25, 60 servers were taken down in North America, Europe and […]
Cruise line operator Carnival Corporation & Carnival plc has announced that one of its brands suffered a ransomware attack that accessed and encrypted a portion of IT systems. The unauthorised access also included the download of certain data files. In a statement, the company said that, based on a preliminary assessment and the information currently […]
With cloud technology becoming more popular among technology leaders, it is easy for data to get lost among the hype. Michael Gogos, Product Manager, Quest Data Protection, offers some top tips to protecting Office 365 environments and bolstering backup and recovery processes. With today’s global workforce, more and more organisations are leveraging the cloud to […]
