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With a large number of people working from home, and kids now thrown into transitioning to remote learning, our home networks are being flooded with private and important information. And with the influx comes the need to secure our home networks. Firewalla is a small plug and play device that does just that. You can […] More
Ransomware is so dangerous because in many cases, the victim doesn’t feel like they have any other option other than to pay-up – especially if the alternative the whole organisation being out of operation for weeks, or even months as it attempts to rebuild the network from scratch. But handing over a bitcoin ransom to […] More
Hackers could target smart manufacturing and other industrial environments with new and unconventional cyber attacks designed to exploit vulnerabilities in ecosystems which are supporting the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) according to academics and security company researchers. Researchers at cybersecurity company Trend Micro and experts at the the Polytechnic University of Milan examined how hackers can […] More
Texas has revealed a ransomware attack launched against its court system but insists no ransom will be paid. According to a statement issued on Monday by the Office of Court Administration (OCA), later posted on Twitter, the attack took place overnight last Thursday and was discovered on Friday morning. The agency is responsible for providing […] More
The Page Builder by SiteOrigin WordPress plugin was subject to vulnerabilities that exposed websites to code execution attacks. Developed by Greg Priday, Page Builder by SiteOrigin is a drag-and-drop page creation plugin used for creating mobile-ready content. The software is actively installed on over one million websites. The Wordfence Threat Intelligence team discovered the bugs […] More
Consumers in Singapore will make decisions based on their own experience rather than depend on data and technology, preferring instead to use the latter for more innocuous tasks, such as route navigation and ticket reservation. A majority, particularly amongst Generation Z and Baby Boomers, are cautious about devices, websites, and apps collecting personal data in […] More
ESET has been forced to fend off a DDoS attack facilitated by a malicious news app hosted in the Google Play Store. On Monday, ESET researcher Lukas Stefanko described how the app, named “Updates for Android,” promised users a free daily news feed. The app appeared to gather good reviews with an overall score of […] More
The Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security (IGIS) was stood up to ensure the legality and propriety of the Australian intelligence community actions. As one of its roles, IGIS would have oversight of how the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO) uses the international production orders (IPO) regime, if legislation currently under consideration goes ahead as planned. […] More
