The human element contributes something to almost every successful cyberattack. Occasionally, it even causes it. You have probably seen several similar headlines lately: people get hacked, according to these headlines: Here’s another one: And another one: Amid the high-tech technological tools hackers now utilize, social engineering remains the primary threat that is still the most
Recently, a piece of malware has been discovered in which it can infiltrate corporate computer systems to secretly mine cryptocurrency by exploiting an access point. According recent research, the malware is capable of launching DDoS attacks, seizing a foothold over corporate networks, and launching break-ins. To maintain Akamai’s continual security and safety, the Security Intelligence
The program initiated by the US government which labels smart device security will be launched next year, but details concerning the scheduling are not known. To the Internet of Things (IoT), household appliances are comparable, and home appliances are likened to the Energy Star labels used to distinguish products which have exceptional energy efficiency. In
Hackers are conducting a large-scale black hat search engine optimization (SEO) campaign by compromising almost 15,000 websites to redirect visitors to fake Q&A discussion forums. The attacks were first discovered by Sucuri, which indicates that each compromised site contains approximately 20,000 files used as part of the search engine spam campaign, with the most affected
