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Confirmed by The Hacker News, the forum site of ZoneAlarm has suffered a data breach exposing user discussions.  ZoneAlarm, the internet security software company, owned by Israeli cybersecurity firm Check Point Technologies, offers various protection solutions for users to protect themselves online, such as antivirus and firewall. Ironically, hackers were…

Mexico’s state-owned petrol company, Pemex, were hit with a ransomware attack impacting less than 5% of their computers.  In a statement, Pemex stated that on November 10, the company had been struck by a cyber attack that fortunately was “neutralized in a timely manner.” The attack only impacted the functioning…

Research by Coveware has identified that the average ransom paid out by victims has increased 13% in the last three month.  In its Q3 Ransomware Marketplace report, the average ransom paid was $41,198, an increase of 13% as compared to Q2 of 2019, $36,295.  However, the researchers noted that the…

A report has revealed that Orvis.com, an American retailer, leaked hundreds of internal passwords on Pastebin.com. According to Krebs On Security, the leaked credentials related to backend management, firewall administration, router settings and database servers.  Krebs received a tip from Hold Security in late October about the data breach, stating…

Tuesday 13th and Wednesday 14th of November will see Manchester’s Victorian Warehouse host two days of networking, industry discussion and top-level insight into data protection, privacy and security. Over two days, European Data Protection Summit (EUDPS) Manchester will examine the challenges, opportunities and solutions on a complex data privacy landscape,…

Like most other business professionals, modern marketers have access to an increasingly large amount of data. However, although organisations are great at gathering ‘big data’ and creating huge data sets, they’re not great at understanding its value or outputting and integrating it in an effective way. The steps required to…

Data, privacy, analytics and customer service are top finance priorities, says a new Protivity report. The Today’s Finance Priorities: Security, Data, Analytics and Internal Customers, shows that CFOs and finance leaders are focused as much on strategic matters ad operational issues. The report says they are more focused on robotic process…

The Global Commission on the Stability of Cyberspace (GCSC) has issued its final report Advancing Cyberstability, as part of a panel held at the 2019 Paris Peace Forum. Stef Blok, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands, Jean-Yves Le Drian, Minister of Europe and Foreign Affairs of France, and David Koh, Chief Executive, Cyber Security Agency of Singapore, launched…

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) will host its fifth CyberForce Competition on Nov. 16. The event, held at 10 of the DOE’s National Laboratories across the United States, will challenge 105 college teams to defend a simulated energy infrastructure from cyber-attacks. During the competition, teams will compete to defend…

News reports are emerging of a major and “sophisticated” cyber-attack on the digital platforms of the UK’s Labour Party. A spokeswoman for the party has said the strike was ineffective thanks to the organisations “robust security systems”, adding that officials are confident that no data breach has occurred as a…