Latest Cybersecurity News
ISA is committed to keeping the security community up to date with the latest cybersecurity news. Garmin hit by suspected ransomware attack Garmin, a global leader in the production of fitness trackers, smartwatches and other GPS-enabled wearable devices, was hit with a suspected ransomware attack on July 23 that shut down many of its global […]
Assessing Increasingly Complex IoT Threats
There has been a steady uptake of IoT as the number of organizations that use the technology increased from 13 to 25 percent between 2014 and 2017. Experts estimate that the global number of IoT connected devices will increase threefold to 43 billion between 2018 and 2023. Total spending on endpoints and IoT services will reach […]
BEC Fraud: From C-Suite To Finance
Attackers are now increasingly targeting the accounts payable (AP) department, with an attempt to establish profound connection and trust with the AP personnel before launching an attack. The scam, which involves sending emails to impersonate legitimate vendors and employees, primarily targets enterprises that conduct wire transfers to local and oversea suppliers. Business email compromise (BEC) […]
Latest Cybersecurity News
ISA is committed to keeping the security community up to date with the latest cybersecurity news. Details slowly emerge regarding Twitter hack More information is coming to light about the Twitter hack on July 15. The social media giant suffered what is widely described as the most significant security breach in its history, with the […]
Mitigating the Cyber Risks of Remote Work
This is Part II of a two-part series on improving work-from-home security. Part I discussed how work-at-home employees can recognize and mitigate some of their cyber risks while working remotely. Here in Part II, we detail some of the steps that businesses with distributed workforces can take to keep staff, clients, and overall operations […]
Securely Work From Home
This is Part I of a two-part series on improving work-from-home security. Part II details some of the steps that businesses with a distributed workforce can take to keep staff, clients, and overall operations “cyber safe”. Here in Part I, we discuss how you can recognize and mitigate some of your cyber risks while working remotely. […]
Latest Cybersecurity News
ISA is committed to keeping the security community up to date with the latest cybersecurity news. New strain of Mac malware The Mac world has not been hit as hard or as frequently as the Windows world when it comes to malware. That’s just one of the reasons the recent outbreak affecting Mac computers is […]
Ripple20 Bugs Affecting Millions of IoT devices
According to researchers, a lightweight TCP/IP software library that manufacturers have deployed in connected devices for approximately two decades has Ripple20 vulnerabilities. The bugs, four of which are critical, affect hundreds of millions of Internet of Things (IoT) devices. In September 2019, security researchers discovered several severe flaws in connected devices using a software library […]
Think Twice Before Taking A Facebook Quiz
With more time on our hands over the last few months, some of us have been on social media more than ever. Seemingly innocuous entries on many Facebook feeds are personality quizzes or profiling games that promise to reveal your spirit animal, or favourite ice cream, or whatever. While these may seem harmless, pause to […]