Capita IT systems disrupted by cyber-attack

Capita, a major outsourcing company with £6.5 billion in public sector contracts, has confirmed that a cyber attack caused IT outages for some of its services on March 31. The attack affected the company’s internal Microsoft 365 applications, resulting in disruptions to some services provided to individual clients. While the majority of the company’s client […]

U.S. organizations targeted by fraudulent ransomware group using hollow data leak warnings

A group of fraudulent extortionists are exploiting data breaches and ransomware attacks to scam US companies. They threaten to sell or publish allegedly stolen data unless payment is made. In some cases, the group has added a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack threat. The group, calling themselves Midnight, impersonates ransomware and data extortion gangs in emails, […]

The Continuing Importance of Cybersecurity for Businesses

As businesses face a challenging economic environment in 2023, cybersecurity remains a top priority due to the increasing prevalence of cyberattacks and exploding data volumes. Even though 65% of organizations plan to increase their cybersecurity spending this year, organizations must not ease up on cybersecurity efforts. All businesses are at risk of cyber threats, and […]

Experts claim that a popular Chinese app has the capability to spy on its users

Pinduoduo, one of China’s most popular e-commerce platforms with over 750 million users a month, has been found to have malware in its app, according to several cybersecurity researchers. The malware, which exploits vulnerabilities in Android operating systems, can monitor users’ activities on other apps, access notifications, read private messages and change settings. Experts have […]