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Covid-19 Early Release Of Super: Skilled Cyber-Scammers Steals Thousands Of Dollars Using myGovID

The Federal government has recently allowed individuals affected by the outbreak of COVID-19 coronavirus to apply for the early release of their superannuation. Alarmingly, Government officials have uncovered a “highly complex” early-access fraud that robbed 150 Australians of $120,000 to...

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PCI DSS V4 – What To Expect?

It has been almost a year since we started to hear the news that the PCI council is about to release the PCI DSS standard–version 4.0. As a cybersecurity company, we have several clients who are curious about the upcoming...

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Beware Of Privacy-Policy Loopholes!

Every time you are installing a new application, updating your operating system, or getting a new loyalty card from the drugstore - you are presented with a lengthy legal statement and asked if you agree with the Terms of Service...

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Zoom And Its Unending Security Issues

Ever since the majority of the companies rolled out the work-from-home option for their employees in the coronavirus pandemic, countless gatherings have been taking place on Zoom - the viral video conferencing app. Within just three months, the number of...

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Cybercrime Spikes During COVID-19

Everyone around the world is in a panic about COVID-19. Cybercriminals are worsening the situation. They are taking advantage of coronavirus to exploit and play on the fears of people across the world. Government agencies have been receiving thousands of...

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“Ransomware, Phishing Attacks” Conquering US Headlines In 2019

Ransomware and phishing attacks conquered the US newspaper headlines last year. More than 70 state and local governments across the US and more than half of the organizations suffered from ransomware attacks. According to the bureau's Internet Core Competency Certification...

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Multi-Service Providers’ In Crosshairs Of Cybercriminals

Till a few years back, ransomware attackers focused on "quantity" rather than "quality".  We have seen several such incidents; one of the highest profiles among them was the WannaCry attack of 2017, which had hit a massive number of targets,...

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COVID-19: Beware Of The Virus, Beware Of The Scams!

"Coronavirus is officially declared as a pandemic"  The entire world is now striving hard to defend the systemic threats posed by COVID-19, but two unseen groups of people are poised to capitalize on the crisis:  Hackers and hand sanitizer vendors. ...

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Best Practices for Working from Home

In the wake of Coronavirus, the entire world is being impacted and as a precautionary measure, most of the organizations have allowed their employees to work from home. Whilst It's critical for organizations to take precautionary measures the majority of the...

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Microsoft Data Breach:  Exactly How Bad Was It?

Although data breaches weren’t new for modern internet-dwellers, we rarely witnessed them in the case of larger companies. But, when entities like Yahoo announced breaches that affected billions of their user accounts in the past year, it became quite clear...

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