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If you think that schools and colleges don’t need any cyber security as they don’t store any data that will interest criminals, think again. In May 2015, Pennsylvania State University’s engineering school was the target of a cyber attack. The...
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As the cyber world is progressing , so are the threats around it. In the late 80’s and early 90’s, the threats were simple as compared to today’s standards. The viruses got transferred through infected floppies, but they were easy to detect and stop. Today,...
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The education sector, especially institutions of higher education, have been the focus of Information Security Professionals in recent times. It has been observed that the education sector ranks very high in the list of targets for cyber-attacks. Investigations have...
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Remote Access Trojans are programs that allow attackers to gain unauthorized access to a targeted computer without the victim’s knowledge. Java RAT malware is a Trojan-Dropper written in Java. It is designed to steal passwords, access files, for keylogging...
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Cyber security breaches in the healthcare industry are very costly. In the USA alone they cost over $6 billion a year. Almost 90% of the hospitals report having suffered a breach over the last two years. These violations result in about half a million...
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It was August 5th, 2012, when a massive cyber-attack crippled operations of one of the world’s leading petroleum and natural gas company, Saudi Aramco. A Virus named ‘Shamoon’ wiped out data from 35,000 computers bringing most of their operations...
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Exploit Kits are dynamic in nature particularly in terms of their delivery mechanism. Their landing page i.e., the content is obfuscated and changed frequently in order to evade various security software. The RIG Exploit Kit, however, has a different...
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A ransomware attack can paralyze the functioning of an enterprise if they are unprepared. Over the years ransomware has become the most malicious attack faced by enterprises. In this attack, hackers hold your data hostage and demand a ransom...
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Earlier this week, a new variant of Petya Ransomware was spotted which was creating havoc all over Europe as well as major parts of Asia including India. The major target for Petya has been Ukraine as its major banks...
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Regulation is the innovation Any data protection law is mostly drafted with a certain amount of jargon and the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is no different. Many of us can hear the clock tick as the European Union is set...