Tag: #CybersecurityAwareness
Exploring the Alarming Sextortion Epidemic and the Fight to Slow its Spread in the U.S. It’s been called the largest blackmail operation in human history and one of the fastest growing cybercrimes in the country — sextortion has become a national crisis. The crime occurs when nudes or explicit videos are used to blackmail the […]
In a deeply concerning case of prolonged cyberespionage, the Chinese state-linked hacking group Weaver Ant (a subgroup of the larger APT41) was discovered to have infiltrated a telecom provider’s internal network for more than four years, from 2019 to mid-2023. The hackers deployed custom malware, including xDealer and LionsBot, targeting both Windows and Linux environments […]
Healthcare data breaches in 2024 have marked an alarming trend in cybersecurity, with the healthcare sector reflecting on a year fraught with unprecedented challenges. From large-scale breaches to recurring vulnerabilities, healthcare data breaches in 2024 escalated sharply, exposing critical weaknesses. Let’s dive into the statistics and insights from the healthcare data breaches of 2024 and […]