18,000 cybersecurity attacks reported to Hong Kong police in three months
Phishing attacks accounted for nearly 46% of the incidents, police said.
Category: Cybersecurity
US bans Russia’s Kaspersky antivirus software
US President Joe Biden’s administration on June 20 banned Russia-based cybersecurity firm Kaspersky from providing its popular antivirus products in…
Biden bans US sales of Kaspersky software over Russia ties
The Biden administration on June 20 announced plans to bar the sale of antivirus software made by Russia’s Kaspersky Lab…
Two-factor authentication faces new security threat from OTP bots
A new breed of malicious bots are capable of stealing the one-time passwords (OTPs) from online two-factor authentication systems by…
Man hacks law enforcement database to extort victim and threaten family, US feds say
Two men hacked into a federal law enforcement database with a police officer’s stolen password, and one accessed the portal’s…
Microsoft faces heat from US Congress over cybersecurity
Members of US Congress on Thursday pressed Microsoft to explain a "cascade of avoidable errors" that allowed a Chinese hacking…
Apple to debut passwords app in challenge to 1Password, LastPass
Apple Inc will introduce a new homegrown app next week called Passwords, aiming to make it easier for customers to…
A Russian cyber gang is thought to be behind a ransomware attack that hit London hospitals
A Russian cyber gang is believed to be behind a ransomware attack that disrupted London hospitals and led to operations…
Hack that crippled London hospitals is only the latest to hit UK
In June of last year, a Russian cybercrime gang called BlackCat hacked the Barts Health NHS Trust, a part of…