Advanced phishing techniques and poor user behaviors that exacerbate the threat of successful attacks.

The U.S. Federal Election Commission (FEC) said today companies can offer discounted cybersecurity services to political campaigns without running afoul of existing campaign finance laws, provided they already do the same for other non-political entities. The decision comes amid much jostling on Capitol Hill over election security at the state level, and fresh warnings from U.S. intelligence agencies about impending cyber attacks targeting candidates in the lead up to the 2020 election.

Google is under fire after a report found that Google Home and Google Assistant records user audio, even when no wake-up word is used.

By Waqas

As surprising as it may sound, Facebook is up but Twitter is down. The online news and social networking site Twitter is down right now after suffering a massive outage. This comes as a surprise since Twitter has a proven track record of maintaining its service even when social media giants like Facebook and Instagram […]

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By Waqas

As surprising as it may sound, Facebook is up but Twitter is down. The online news and social networking site Twitter is down right now after suffering a massive outage. This comes as a surprise since Twitter has a proven track record of maintaining its service even when social media giants like Facebook and Instagram […]

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By Uzair Amir

Have you ever received emails from unknown sources claiming to offer insurance, lottery tickets or advertisements? You may have noticed that such emails always have a link that they prompt you to click. What lies on the other side of the link can be any one of many ways to phish users into giving away […]

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Despite increasing threats, many organizations continue to run with only token cybersecurity and resilience.

All campuses are affected, with attackers demanding $2 million in Bitcoin in exchange for decryption keys.

About a third of cybersecurity professionals believe that their companies see more cyberattacks during the summer, but the survey data does not convince on the reasons for the perception of a summer bump.

Long-hidden server-side template injection bug unearthed