Hackers stories

Hackers are moving fast to exploit security vulnerabilities. There was a surge in widespread zero-day attacks last year, with the average time to exploitation down from 42 days in 2020 to just 12 days in 2021. 

As the pandemic prioritised communication channels and the shift to remote work, IT departments fell behind in updating the security of print and IT infrastructure.

The conflict between Russia and Ukraine is raging not only in the physical realm, but also on the cyber front.

Check Point Research provides updates on cyberattack trends observed during the Russia-Ukraine conflict. 

When systems fail, or hackers strike, incident responders represent an organisation’s first line of defence.

Critical to every organisation is how to stop a cyber-security breach AND the damage it causes and do so within available budgets.

Cybercrime flourished in 2021, and there are no signs that it will slow down in 2022. There are several factors behind this high-confidence prediction.

From prevention to jacking, we look at the top enterprise cyber secuerity trends to investigate.

Hackers' actions can bring down businesses, infrastructure, and even entire countries. But what if they could no longer do any of these things?

HP has released a security report finding remote work is creating a growing cybersecurity risk.

Ethical hackers, also known as penetration testers or white-hat hackers, mimic the techniques used by malicious hackers to try and break into computer systems and discover vulnerabilities before the bad guys can exploit them.

Imperva Research Labs has revealed findings of a six-month intensive investigation into a botnet that has been exploiting CMS vulnerabilities.

“We have arrived at the point in history where you are ignorant and negligent if you do not have a way to receive useful input from ethical hackers."

Players will be able to use the Death Replay to see how they were killed from their opponent’s perspective.

"We want to make Australia the best place in the world for women to build and scale a startup. #SheHacks is the perfect starting point for any woman wanting to create something great."

Participants will try to compromise a target system protected by Stealth, Unisys’ encrypted, identity-based microsegmentation solution.

Cybercriminals are actively abusing the names of artists and songs nominated for a Grammy 2020 award, in order to spread malware.

“As you can see, we've had our eye on you for some time now, Mr. Anderson..."

New research from Akamai shows the gaming community is quickly becoming one of the most highly targeted industries for cyber attacks, with hackers largely driven by gaining consumer credentials.

Carbon Black's Rick McElroy discusses this new trend and what it means for the new age of cybercrime.

The study finds using a number of the top password managers is no better than putting your passwords in a text file and saving it to your desktop.

What happens when hackers get the munchies? Apparently in Canada, they decide to put their ‘hamburglar’ gloves on and go after unwitting people who happen to use the McDonalds app.

The next evolution of ransomware, escalating nation-state attacks, biometric hacking, Wi-Fi protocol security, and Die Hard fiction becomes reality.

As companies integrate more digital tools into their business, many of them remain unaware of the risk code-signing certificates are exposing them to.