Industrial companies are prime targets for cyberattacks

Cyberattacks against industrial organizations could have real-life, physical consequences, yet most of them are quite vulnerable to penetration, a new report states. Experts from Positive Technologies recently analyzed security risks found in industrial companies and found that more than nine in ten (91 percent) could be attacked. The company’s penetration testers managed to gain access to the industrial control system …

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Ransomware attackers going after billion-dollar targets

Ransomware is evolving and today’s operators are mostly interested in going after high-value targets, as opposed to casting a wide net. This is according to a new report from cybersecurity company Trend Micro. In the report, the company explains that most contemporary ransomware operators have a “ruthless focus” on organizations posting more than $1 billion in revenue. Further, with IT …

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Pulse Secure says it has fixed VPN issue that saw major targets hacked

A major flaw in Pulse Connect Secure VPN, which allowed cybercriminals to compromise the internal networks of certain US government agencies and other targets, has now been remedied. The zero-day, first spotted by cybersecurity experts at FireEye and logged as CVE-2021-22893, is currently being exploited in the wild, so all customers are urged to apply the new patch immediately.  FireEye …

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Ryuk ransomware targets hospitals yet again

With healthcare institutions preoccupied with treating coronavirus cases and rolling out vaccines, cybercriminals have doubled down on attacks. A new report from cybersecurity researchers Check Point Software states that hospitals and other healthcare organizations globally have faced an increasing number of ransomware attacks lately. Since the start of November, the report claims, there has been a 45 percent increase in …

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UK set to miss gigabit broadband targets

The UK is set to miss out on its already watered-down target to deliver gigabit broadband to 85 percent of the country by 2025. This is the conclusion of the “Broadband and the Road to 5G” report, published earlier this week by the Digital, Culture, Media and Sports Committee, as well as the National Audit Office (NAO). The committee’s report …

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IBM smashes targets for super profitable quarter

IBM has released its financial results for the second quarter of the year, reporting  stellar profits despite the current financial climate. Overall, the company saw non-GAAP earnings per share of $2.18, with revenues of $18.1 billion, representing a 5.4 percent decline year-on-year but surpassing analyst estimates. As reported by ZDNet, the company’s cloud business performed particularly well, with revenue for …

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