Data in Jeopardy for Tesco Clubcard Members

United Kingdom, 2 March 2020 – Tesco, a giant supermarket chain was recently abrupted with risk to a data breach, jeopardizing 600,000 Clubcard accounts containing card holder’s personal data. Tesco’s IT system was intact, however, the root of it all started...

2020 Is The Year For Cybersecurity

The Internet is booming with infinite numbers of users year by year, 2020 will foresee great challenges towards the cybersecurity industry. Cybersecurity awareness has become more prominent, as the topic shifted as a minor error to a major concern due to many cases...

3 Main Types of Hackers

1. BLACK HATS: THE BAD GUYS Black hat hackers (which also known as crackers) are the people that breach vulnerable companies. They are the bad guys whom exploit other’s weaknesses to steal valuable data and money. They are intelligent people but are motivated by greed...
Top 4 Causes of Data Loss

Top 4 Causes of Data Loss

1.Ransomware Ransomware is a type of malware that prevents users from accessing their system or personal files and demands ransom payment in order to regain access. Two common methods today are through malicious spam and malvertising. Malicious spam is unsolicited...

69% of Employees Lack Annual Cyber Security Trainings

Despite the numerous counts of headlines reporting data breach, employees are not being encouraged or given the support they need by employers to take a proactive step in defending their system against cyber threats. The Chubb’s Third Annual Cyber Report reveals that...

8 Tips to Prevent Phishing Attacks

8 Tips To Defend Your Organization Against Phishing Attacks. 1. Use SSL certificate on your website to protect all information transmitted between the web server and the visitor’s browser. 2. Provide proper and regular training to employees about phishing, how to...

Monster.com Job Seekers’ Data Exposed

A server belonging to a recruitment company that was a customer of Monster.com and others was left unprotected causing the exposure of personal details from resumes to CVs from job seekers. Monster.com was aware of the data breach since August, however, this did not...

CIMB’s Systems Allegedly Hit By Ransomware?

For the past few days, CIMB’s customer service has been flooded with complaints and criticisms online over technical difficulties customers were facing when trying to access their banking services. There’s a claim posted by Twitter user @aizadfahmy that...

iPhones Hacked for Years

A security researcher at Google’s Project Zero, Ian Beer has found a number of malicious websites which could quietly slip into user’s iPhone by exploiting a set of previously undisclosed software flaws. The websites have thousands of visitors per week. The attack can...