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Image: Robert Anasch The government of North Rhine-Westphalia, a province in western Germany, is believed to have lost tens of millions of euros after it failed to build a secure website for distributing coronavirus emergency aid funding. The funds were lost following a classic phishing operation. Cybercriminals created copies of an official website that the […] More
Digital banks looking to succeed in Singapore cannot simply look to grow their customer base and offer competitive pricing, but will need to also ensure they have a growth strategy that is sustainable. Data, too, will prove vital in enabling these market entrants to differentiate their services from traditional banks and provide richer customer experience. […] More
Image: Aptoide website A hacker has leaked today the details of 20 million users of Aptoide, a third-party app store for Android applications. The data, which was published on a well-known hacking forum, is part of a larger batch of 39 million records, which the hacker said to have obtained following a hack that took […] More
The IT infrastructure market in Brazil has seen a decline of 15.2% with revenues of $1.4 billion in 2019, with consistent decline predicted for 2020 but networking spend continues to rise, according to research. This year, analyst firm IDC expects a major impact on the country’s infrastructure market due to the Covid-19 outbreak. The expectation […] More
As streaming services such as Netflix and delivery services such as Uber Eats are seeing a surge in usage during social distancing, it is becoming more important than ever to protect our online privacy. But online users in the US do not seem to be too worried. Texas-based Insurance company Zebra Insurance services polled over […] More
Over £2 million has been lost to coronavirus themed scams, phishing emails and other fraud in the UK alone as cyber criminals look to exploit the COVID-19 pandemic for their own gain. Newly released figures from Action Fraud, the UK’s reporting centre for fraud and cyber crime, put the total combined cost of 862 known […] More
Image: Hack Capital Companies that run Pulse Secure VPN servers are still at risk of getting hacked, despite patching vulnerable systems, cyber-security agencies from the US and Japan have warned this month. Pulse Secure VPN servers are enterprise-grade VPN gateways that companies use to let workers connect to internal company networks from across the internet. […] More
Microsoft has rolled out a fix for a recent update that has been causing the Windows Defender built-in antivirus software to crash on Windows 10 PCs when running a full system scan. With around half a billion Windows 10 PCs using Windows Defender or Microsoft Defender, when things go wrong, lots of users feel the […] More
