Digital Shadows

Kaspersky Identifies All-Singing, Multi-OS Malware Framework Dubbed “MATA”

Russian security firm Kaspersky says it has discovered a novel new multi-platform malware framework featuring a rich array of loaders,…

The Promise of Browser Isolation: A Panacea with a UX Problem?

In 2018 Gartner released a report saying that trying to stop each cyber attack as they come will become impossible,…

Cooped Up Inside? Why Not Practice Your Hacking Skills?

Being housebound for the foreseeable future has left most of us a bit stir crazy. But as this period of…

Majority of Successful Phishing Tests Prompt Users to Change Their Password

Nearly half of successful phishing tests state urgent messages prompting victims to change their passwords immediately. According to a report…

FBI Warns Businesses of High Cyber-Risk as they Receive 1,200 Scam Complaints in One Week

After receiving 1,200 coronavirus-related scam complaints in a single week, the FBI warns businesses of high cyber-risk in the use…

The Average “Cyber Breach” Costs Business £5,220 Says this Gov’t Report: Is It Badly Wrong?

A recent government-commissioned report claims that the average cost of a cyber-breach for medium to large UK businesses and charities…

White Hats, Security Firms Step Up to Tackle COVID-19 Scams

Global internet security company Fraudwatch International has promised to track down and report COVID-19 scams and make data on them…

Coronavirus-Related Domain Registrations Rise 6,000 in a Week

More than 6,000 Covid-19 and coronavirus-related web domains have been registered in the past week, security researchers say, with large…

SQL Attacks are a piece of Cake for Hackers – and the Risk to Firms is High

SQL attacks are old hat, but that hasn’t stopped them from ripping open systems that companies like Sony and TalkTalk…

Colossal 2.3 Billion Files Now Exposed Online

There are now a eye watering 2.3 billion files exposed online, owing to the misconfiguration of commonly used file storage…