Cyberwarfare Used At The Start Of War
Term of the month: Cyberwar Is a war conducted using computers and the networks connecting them. The main targets are usually military or...
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- Feb 1, 2022
- 2 min
Bad Month For Major Ransomware Operators
Term of the month: Bot Bot is a short term for robot and is meant to perform a simple and specific task as a part of a computer. The most...
- Jan 3, 2022
- 2 min
Log4shell: Why You Should Check Your Company Right Now
Term of the month: Remote Code Execution One of the main culprits of the destruction that Log4j can do is Remote Code Execution. In its...
- Dec 1, 2021
- 2 min
US IS LOOKING TO TRACK DOWN RANSOMWARE ATTACKERS
Term of the month: Worm A worm is a specific type of malware with the defining characteristic of the program being that it...
- Nov 1, 2021
- 2 min
Ransomware still going strong even through crackdowns
Term of the month: Brute Force Attack Brute force attack is one of the oldest methods of attack for guessing passwords, encryption keys...
- Oct 1, 2021
- 2 min
THE RE-APPEARANCE OF REVIL RANSOMWARE & 3 ZERO- DAYS RELEASED BY A DEVELOPER FOR IOS
Term of the month: Catphishing Is a type of social engineering attack that uses fake social media profiles to lure victims into a...
- Sep 1, 2021
- 2 min
APPLE WANTS TO SEE ALL YOUR PHOTOS AND RANSOMWARE STILL A CONSTANT THREAT
Term of the month: Phishing Is a type of social engineering attack with the goal of stealing data from the victim or inserting malware...
- Jul 1, 2021
- 2 min
SPYWARE USED TO TARGET JOURNALISTS AND RANSOMWARE RUNNING RAMPANT
Term of the month: Spyware Spyware is software that can be used for legitimate purposes by law enforcement or for malicious purposes by...
- May 31, 2021
- 2 min
RANSOMWARE CONTINUES TO SHOW HOW MUCH DAMAGE IT CAN CAUSE
Term of the month: Web Scraping Web Scraping is the process of using automated tools to gather up publicly available data from websites....
- May 1, 2021
- 2 min
RANSOMWARE SHOWS THE ECONOMIC CONSEQUENCES OF AGEING INFRASTRUCTURE
Term of the month: Spear Phishing Spear phishing refers to targeting a specific individual or company with a well-researched and per...
- Mar 31, 2021
- 2 min
MASSIVE DATA LEAKS AND BANKING TROJAN ATTACKS
Term of the month: Malware Malware is a collective word for malicious software variants ranging from viruses, spyware, trojans etc. The...
- Mar 1, 2021
- 2 min
ZERO DAYS ARE USED EXTENSIVELY TO CREATE CHAOS
Term of the month: Zero-Day vulnerability Is a flaw in any software of hardware that isn’t known to the vendor and can be exploited. It’s...
- Feb 1, 2021
- 2 min
RANSOMWARE CRIMINALS SHIFT TARGET
Term of the month: Trojan horse Is a type of malware that misleads the victims of its true intent by disguising as a different type of...
- Jan 1, 2021
- 2 min
INCREASE IN COVID-19 ASSOCIATED SCAMS
Term of the month: Advanced Persistent Threat Groups (APT) Like most threat actors APT-s try to steal data, disrupt or destroy...
- Sep 30, 2020
- 2 min
EXPLOSION IN RANSOMWARE ATTACKS
Term of the month: Social Engineering Social engineering is the manipulation of people to divulge confidential information or get access...
- Aug 31, 2020
- 2 min
CORONAVIRUS ‘TRACK AND TRACE’ GENERATES SHARP INCREASE IN CYBER ATTACKS
Term of the month: Keylogger Keyloggers are one of the oldest threats still used today. It is a type of malicious spyware designed to...
- Jul 31, 2020
- 2 min
‘SHARP INCREASE IN MALWARE, PHISHING AND RANSOMWARE ATTACKS’
Term of the month: Ransomware Ransomware is a type of malware that prevents the victim from accessing files on their system and demands a...
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