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McKinsey Report Reveals Retail’s New Normal
According to a recent report from McKinsey, “There was a 16.5% decline in US retail sales in April alone.” This is the biggest decline in sales seen in a month. With large changes occurring in...
Finance Related BEC Attacks Peak in Recent Report
The recent BEC Report for Q2 2020 released by Abnormal Security Quarterly shows a peak in Business Email Compromise (BEC) attacks related to covid-19. Throughout the quarter there was a huge spike...
Calix Ransomware Attack Hits Development Bank of Seychelles
Last week, the Development Bank of Seychelles (DBS) fell victim to Calix ransomware, which is known to encrypt files and lock employees out of important information. Fortunately, client information...
Shadow Code Concerns Grow Ahead of Holiday Season
With the rise of covid-19 e-commerce has become a vital to consumers who are unable to go to brick and mortar stores. While the holiday season is typically a busy time of year for e-commerce, it is...
The Largest Hacking Attack in Five Years Targets Magento
The large-scale automated hacking attack against Adobe Magento serves as a reminder to update your software when new security updates are available. The software platform allows retailers to create...
Widespread Endpoint Problem Targeting Healthcare
According to Malwarebytes Lab, the healthcare sector is the seventh-most targeted industry by cyber attackers. Experts expect healthcare’s ranking to rise in the next few years as hackers are...
Millions of Individuals Fall Victim to Cyberattacks on Healthcare Institutions
In light of covid-19, the healthcare industry is more important now more than ever, which makes it a larger target for cybercriminals. Across the country institutions have fallen victim to...
If the hospital’s digital assets and patient data are compromised, catastrophic events could take place
Cyber criminals have rapidly worked to take advantage of the new landscape, targeting virtual private networks (VPNs), cloud service platforms, and remote workers in an effort to financially benefit...
Cyber and IT Executives Fear Burnout
Cyber chiefs fear burnout. Long hours, remote work, a lurking pathogen and an onslaught of cyberattacks have security chiefs concerned that their staff are quietly absorbing too much stress at once....
2020 Report: Most Common Causes of Malicious Health Data Breaches
According to HIPAA Journal In healthcare, 50% of data breaches were due to malicious attacks, 23% were due to system glitches, and 27% were caused by human error. Malicious attacks were most due to...