It?s no secret that the global pandemic increased opportunities for threat actors and cybercriminals to target financial services. Throughout 2020, scammers used the economic tension caused by COVID-19 ? the promise of financial assistance, the stress …
Our Journey to Detect Log4j-Vulnerable Machines
Log4Shell (CVE-2021-44228) is a remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability in the Apache-foundation open-source logging library Log4j. It was published on December 9, 2021, and then all hell broke loose. As Log4j is a common logging library for Java app…
Russian Military Pay Still Lags
Despite Defense Minister Shoygu’s announcement of “higher than planned” pay increases for Russian servicemen in 2022 and 2023, military salaries will still lag woefully behind cumulative consumer inflation amounting to more than 90 percent since 2012. At the December 22 … Continue reading
Albania’s Prime Minister Issues Data Leak Apology
Personal data of hundreds of thousands of Albanian citizens leaked on social media
Russia Fines Google $100m Over “Illegal” Content
Moscow slaps American tech giant with largest ever penalty relating to banned content
NY Makes Falsifying Vaccination Cards a Crime
Falsifying COVID-19 vaccination card data is now a Class D felony in the state of New York
Hellmann Warns Customers They Could Face Malicious Communications Following Attack
Hellmann confirmed that data was extracted from its systems during the ransomware attack earlier this month
Former Uber CSO Faces New Charge for 2016 Breach
US feds accuse Joe Sullivan of using bug bounty to conceal 2016 hack and breach
Unique Cyber-Attacks Fall for First Time Since 2018
The researchers recorded a 4.8% decline in unique attacks in Q3 compared to Q2 2021
The Everyday Impacts of Diversity and Inclusion at Akamai
To me, Diversity & Inclusion means a new way of thinking and engaging with society. It seems to be one of the most popular phrases that every person sees on the internet every day. I have been appointed as an ambassador of D&I for Akamai?s Asia-Pacific…