Tag: Cybersecurity

The FBI has issued a warning against malicious quick response (QR) code, with cyber criminals tampering with them to redirect victims to malicious websites that steal login and financial information.

The UK’s National Cyber Security Center (NCSC) has published new guidance for companies to follow when speaking with customers through phone calls or SMS.

A report by payments authentication and monitoring solutions provider Outseer has detailed a massive spike in global brand abuse attacks in the third quarter of 2021.

Canadian cybersecurity unicorn 1Password has extended its valuation to $6.8bn after it closed a star-studded Series C round on $620m.

Trellix, an extended detection and response (XDR) solutions provider, has been officially launched as a result of the merger of McAfee Enterprise and FireEye.

Content firewall provider Accellion has come to a settlement of $8.1m to bring to an end a lawsuit over a data breach that involved FTA, its legacy file sharing service.

Research by Chainalysis has found North Korean cybercriminals stole close to $400m worth of digital assets across at least seven cyberattacks last year.

The chairwoman of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Jessica Rosenworcel has called for new policies around telecom providers’ reporting of data breaches.

French firm Stoïk has raised €3.8m from a new funding round to help the company with its development efforts.

Research by Check Point Software has identified that weekly cyber-attacks reached an all-time new high in 2021 with 50% more attacks recorded than the previous year.