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Making accurate predictions, especially for cybersecurity needs years of experience — 2020 was a different situation altogether. Amidst many forecasts, no one predicted the onslaught of a global pandemic that would disrupt the world as we know it, baffling...
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2020 has been a year when pharma companies have been in the spotlight. The unprecedented COVID-19 pandemic, while shuttering offices and impacting lives across the globe, led to an immediate upsurge in interest for a potential vaccine. With much...
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Institutes and organizations across the world are using EdTech to complement their offerings further. However, it is also important to understand that the rapidly rising EdTech industry is also vulnerable to certain security challenges which can prove damaging. A...
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A few months back, Delphibased malware was being distributed on multiple systems via SMB exploit. The payloads used by this malware have close similarities with open-source Gh0stRAT code. Gh0st has been used by Chinese threat actors to target multiple...
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An air-gapped network (or system) is isolated from all other networks. This essentially means that the system or the network is physically not connected to any outside network, whether it is the internet or a local area network. The...
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The holiday season is upon us. While employees take time off to be with their families and enjoy some well-deserved rest and recognition, cybersecurity cannot afford to take it easy. It’s a clear fact that the holiday season is...
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Without a doubt, 2020 will go down in history as a year which changed the course of humanity. While the jury is still out on whether this change has been good or bad, it cannot be denied that the...
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Ransomware has come a long way in cyberspace by continuous improvement in its techniques and tactics in encrypting system files. Over the years ransomware has improvised itself by moving from PE to non-PE and standalone payloads, by using different...
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A few numbers provide a sobering perspective of the massive global economic impact the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has had. Early on, when the pandemic had just started, the International Labour Organization (ILO), a division of the United Nations,...
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The prospect of geopolitical tensions leading to large-scale cyberattacks is a very real one. Nor would it be a new development – nation-states have been using cyberattacks as a warfare technique for more than a decade now. Perhaps the...