Vulnerable
Medical Implants are super- vulnerable to Cyber Attacks
Connected implants also called as smart devices are reported to be super vulnerable to cyber attacks say experts from Nuffield Council on Bioethics. As current rules do not authenticate the sale of medical implants only if they are cyber safe, experts insist on outlining new laws for the manufactures in order to receive sales approval. […]
How dating app vulnerabilities can put enterprises at risk
Vulnerabilities in dating apps can not only put enterprises at risk but also could jeopardize enterprise BYOD models says a survey conducted by Kaspersky. The study made by the Russian Cybersecurity firm has examined 9 such apps and came to the conclusion that they are susceptible to man-in-the-middle attacks putting sensitive info at risk. Security […]
Online streaming services were cyber attacked 30 billion times last year
Research conducted by Akamai Technologies reports that online streaming services witnessed data breaches over 30 billion times last year. This includes those companies streaming video and music content to online users. The American Content delivery and Cloud services provider’s study named State of Internet/Security: Credential stuffing: Attacks and Economies- Special Media Report states that the […]
Almost all financial apps are vulnerable to cyber attacks
Financial applications meant for banking services are said to be vulnerable to cyber attacks. And this was revealed in a new study commissioned by cybersecurity firm Arxan and produced by Aite Group. Almost 97% of apps tried and tested in the past six weeks did not show any defense to protect their source codes which […]
Google Chrome users are vulnerable to cyber attacks
Google, the web search giant has issued a public statement yesterday urging its users to update their Chrome browsers with the latest version. According to Justin Schulz, the security and desktop engineer at Google, all old version chrome browsers are vulnerable to cyber attacks and to save your system from such incidents, it is better […]
Power systems in data centers are vulnerable to Cyber Attacks
Power systems which happen to be the most critical infrastructure of a data center are sadly the most overlooked architecture by Cybersecurity teams. The reason, most of the IT heads think that protecting the powers systems through backups and restricting physical access to them is enough to protect them from failures and blackouts. However, they […]
Cyber Attacks cause financial amercement and reputational damage to SMBs
Switzerland based insurance company Chubb says that cyber attacks can cause financial amercement and ruin the reputation of small and medium scale business on a permanent note. The recent report published by the cyber insurance provider says that on an average business face a loss of $400,000 which might push an SMB into doldrums forever. […]
Diligent Employees make firms vulnerable to Cyber Attacks
A survey conducted by EY Global Information Security says that diligent employees of organizations often make firms vulnerable to cyber attacks. So, the firm has specified in its Indian edition survey that untrained and unaware employees often prove as biggest cyber threats to their organizations. Burgess Cooper, the Cybersecurity partner of EY Global has come […]
US Government Shutdown made NASA vulnerable to Cyber Attacks
Recent US Government Shutdown which lasted for almost 35 days is said to have put the employees of NASA to extreme cyber risks. Yes, you’ve read it right! The shutdown not only failed to pay the employees the salary but also stalled several critical science missions and exposed them to cyber threats launched by the […]
Security in our Mobile Phones is extremely weak say CheckPoint experts
Security experts from the CheckPoint Software Technologies, the Israel based cybersecurity firm say that the security factor in our mobile phones is extremely weak making them vulnerable to cyber attacks in a big way in 2019. Tony Jarvis, a Security Evangelist for Asia Pacific region, CheckPoint Technologies said that the vulnerability scale in the year […]
