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Huge rise in hacking attacks on homeworkers during lockdown Hackers have launched a wave of cyber-attacks trying to exploit British people working from home, as the coronavirus lockdown forces people to use often unfamiliar computer systems. The proportion of attacks targeting home workers increased from 12% of malicious email traffic before the UK’s lockdown began…

Hackers Sell Data from 26 Million LiveJournal Users on Dark Web Passwords and other credentials have been listed on Have I Been Pwned as attack rumors circulate. A database containing credentials from more than 26 million LiveJournal accounts has been leaked online and is being sold on the Dark Web and hacker forums. The data…

Remote Workers Often Not Provided Secure Tools The number of employees working from home is increasing, but the security technology to support them is not being deployed. According to a survey of 694 IT security administrators and practitioners, most companies fail to authenticate remote workers properly or inadequately inspect their network traffic for threats. The…

Kaspersky Report Shows Need for Improved Password Storage More than four out of five people think up their own passwords, while 54% don’t know how to check if any of their credentials have been leaked. This is according to Kaspersky’s Defending digital privacy: taking personal protection to the next level report, which highlighted the growing need for…

Cyber-Criminals Exploiting Remote Working McAfee has recorded a growth increase in the number of attacks on Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) ports exposed to the internet. The study has highlighted yet another way in which cyber-criminals are exploiting the huge increase in people working from home as a result of COVID-19. RDP ports are a vital…

Cyber-Attacks on UK Organisations Up 30% New research from business ISP specialist Beaming has revealed that the volume of cyber-attacks on UK businesses increased by almost a third in the first three months of 2020. Beaming analysts identified 394,000 unique IP addresses used to attack UK businesses in the first quarter of 2020, discovering that companies with…

New Android Malware Targets PayPal, CapitalOne App Users Researchers warn that the EventBot Android malware, which targets over 200 financial apps, could be the “next big mobile malware.” Android mobile malware has been uncovered that steals payment data from users of popular financial apps like PayPal, Barclays, CapitalOne and more. The info stealer, called EventBot,…