Reading Time: 6 minutes The immense wave of phishing attacks hit the users of major banks in Turkey. Poisoned emails dropped into the users’ inboxes to covertly penetrate their computers and give the attackers total control over those who would be unlucky to take the perpetrators’ bait. With sophisticated and hard-to-discover malware attached, the phishing waves spread from many…

Reading Time: 3 minutes Ransomware is pretty dreadful when it hits consumer PCs and smartphones. But ransomware is also frequently being used to target organizations and institutions around the world. WannaCry’s effect on the UK NHS public healthcare system last year highlighted how harmful ransomware can be when it hits hospital computers. This past February, I wrote about a…

Reading Time: 3 minutes The second quarter 2018 Comodo Cybersecurity Global Threat Report has just been released! I couldn’t wait to read it, and I’m glad I did. It’s my job to keep on top of the rapidly evolving cyber threat landscape, but I was still surprised by what I learned. I’ll tell you which findings were the most…

Reading Time: 4 minutes Perpetrators go on inventing cunning techniques to attack users. One of the most popular tricks of infecting a computer is poisoned MS Office files with a malicious script inside. A new dangerous threat related to this kind of attack has newly appeared. Hackers use .IQY files to get a total remote access to a victim’s…

Reading Time: 2 minutes All You Need to Know About Network Security Protecting an organization’s network from Internet-based service attacks has become a serious concern in the recent years. New threats outplay the existing defense mechanism and it is getting complex day after day. Understanding the real purpose of cybersecurity has become more than necessity. Security experts are on…

Reading Time: 4 minutes The Gartner Information Security & Risk Management Summit at National Harbor, Maryland ran from June 3rd to 7th. Gartner’s event is a great opportunity for cybersecurity professionals to network with each other and attend panels on topics ranging from CISO responsibilities to cloud security, from intrusion detection to risk assessment, from endpoint protection to compliance….

Reading Time: 4 minutes The RSA Conference is one of the biggest events in the world of cybersecurity. I wasn’t there this year, but most of my colleagues were. They weren’t replying to my emails while RSAC 2018 was happening, but I can certainly understand why. A lot of the most important people and companies in information security share…

Reading Time: 4 minutes Bitcoin… Blockchain… Cryptocurrency… and Now Cryptojacking! I know what you’re thinking… I have nothing to do with these technologies, why should I care? As of March 2018, the market cap for cryptocurrencies surpassed $264 billion and has become the new bull’s eye for cybercriminals. And the bottom-line is… if you have a website, then you…

Reading Time: 4 minutes Without human intervention, a stone is just a stone. But when it is lifted and placed within a broader structure, like a winding country wall, it becomes a boundary, a landmark, a work of art. And when it is wielded with anger against another person, it become a dangerous weapon, capable of inflicting injury or…

Reading Time: 5 minutes There’s no better time than the present, or so they say. And when it comes to protecting sensitive data and finding increased guardianship in the digital age, this adage has never felt more true. Looking around at today’s online threats, one thing becomes perfectly clear—the realm of cybersecurity has become, hands down, one of the…