New Ransomware Attack By Russian Hackers Highlights Cybersecurity Challenges

New Ransomware Attack By Russian Hackers Highlights Cybersecurity Challenges

NBC News reported on Friday that, “A successful ransomware attack on a single company has spread to at least 200 organizations, according to cybersecurity firm Huntress Labs, making it one of the single largest criminal ransomware sprees in history.” The Washington Post later said the attack impacted more than 1,000 companies.

If Any Of These Apps Are On Your Phone, Delete Them Now

An urgent new warning for Android users today. Eight “dangerous” apps have been found on Google’s Play Store that can steal your banking details and even bypass two-factor authentication. If you have any of these apps on your phone, you need to delete them immediately and check your bank accounts for any suspicious activity.

These are the top cybersecurity challenges of 2021

These are the top cybersecurity challenges of 2021

Corporate leaders are increasingly elevating the importance of cybersecurity to their companies.
But recent high-profile attacks show how much more needs to be done in the year ahead.
Here are the five biggest cybersecurity challenges that must be overcome.

Key cyber security trends to look out for in 2021

Key cyber security trends to look out for in 2021

Greg Day, vice-president and chief security officer, EMEA at Palo Alto Networks, discusses the key cyber security trends that are set to emerge in 2021

Security Best Practice for Web Development Service

Security Best Practice for Web Development Service

Developing secure, robust web applications in the cloud is hard, very hard. If you think it is easy, you are either a higher form of life or you have a painful awakening ahead of you.

If you have drunk the MVP cool-aid and believe that you can create a product in one month that is both valuable and secure — think twice before you launch your “proto-product”.

After you review the checklist below, acknowledge that you are skipping many of these critical security issues. At the very minimum, be honest with your potential users and let them know that you don’t have a complete product yet and are offering a prototype without full security.

This checklist is simple, and by no means complete. We’ve been developing secure web applications for over many years and this list contains some of the more important issues that we’ve painfully learned over this period. We hope you will consider them seriously when creating a web application.