Twitter has recently closed down parts of its services to investigate possible security issues that arose the other day. Tweets supposedly from prominent figures like Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos have circulated recently, with links to a cryptocoin scam. During the investigation, Twitter restricted access to n services such as changing passwords and other related […]
Palo Alto Networks has recently unveiled a new survey examining businesses’ attitudes towards cybersecurity across several markets in Southeast Asia, including Indonesia, Singapore, the Philippines and Thailand. The Palo Alto Networks research, conducted in February 2020 before the global escalation of COVID-19, revealed that Philippine companies are the most confident and proactive in dealing with […]
Sophos just conducted a survey showing that 82% of Philippine organizations fall prey to public cloud cybersecurity incidents. That’s more than three quarters. Sophos, leading cybersecurity firm, raises awareness again for the public on the necessity of cybersecurity. They’ve taken context locally with this survey. The Sophos survey results show alarming numbers—100% of Philippine organizations […]
Globe Business joins the Zscaler Summit Partner Program to lead and support PH companies taking the digital shift. It’s amazing that technology has progressed to the point that companies, large and small, can operate from home. But at the same time, nefarious cybercriminals have also been becoming more complex in their attacks. Taking the high […]
Sophos raises awareness on a malware family whose infection numbers have been steadily rising this 2020. Sophos has published a report on Glupteba, a malware which main prowess is its ability to stay hidden from its victim. Since the beginning of the year, Sophos has seen updates and feature enhancements on the malware along with […]
Sophos uncovered Bundlore adware targeting macOS users with updated safari extensions. Under the guise of one legitimate application, many unsecure and unwanted apps were found as adware. Bundlore is one of the most common “bundleware” installers for the macOS platform, accounting for 7% of total attacks received. This makes Bundlore #2 among the “badware” threats […]
Sophos has released its new Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) which makes for faster and easier threat detection. The new EDR 3.0 is available in Sophos Intercept X Advanced and Intercept X Advanced for Server with EDR. Sophos’ updated EDR can identify attacks faster to understand attacker behavior as well as reduce attacker dwell time. […]
Sophos discovers third-party programs for carrying out attacks after delving deep into Netwalker. Many cybercriminals have been using the pandemic to their benefit. This leaves many companies more vulnerable than normal. Sophos, a leading cybersecurity firm, investigated the Netwalker ransomware which specifically targets large organizations instead of individuals. During investigations, Sophos uncovered a collection of […]
Sophos has discovered a new ramsomware called Ragnar Locker which uses virtual machines to evade detection. This new breed of ransomware targets managed service providers specifically. Sophos Labs reports a detected Ragnar Locker an Oracle VirtualBox Windows XP virtual machine. In order to conceal a 49 kB ransomware executable, the attacked composed of a 122 […]
The sudden outbreak leaves PH hospital systems vulnerable to prying cybercriminals. Hospitals are now turning to strengthened cybersecurity strategies with PLDT to defend against these attacks. These cyberattacks are unfortunately very real and cybercriminals are truly targeting hospitals to their advantage. Moreover, even the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) has taken notice on […]