Avantia Cyber Security

COVID CYBERCRIME: TEN DISTURBING STATISTICS TO KEEP YOU AWAKE TONIGHT Nine out of 10 coronavirus domains are scams Half a million Zoom accounts are for sale on the Dark Web Brute-force attacks are up 400 percent And there's more So much more

BRUTE-FORCE CYBERATTACKS ON THE RISE IN BRAZIL The widespread adoption of remote working is the main driver behind the increase, according to a new report

WORKING FROM HOME CAUSES SURGE IN SECURITY BREACHES, STAFF 'OBLIVIOUS' TO BEST PRACTICES The coronavirus pandemic is thought to be at the heart of a rise in security incidents this year

FAKE NEWS ON COVID-19 GOVERNMENT INITIATIVES BOOST PHISHING About one in eight Internet users have accessed a website with malicious content during the first months of the pandemic, research suggests

NHS HIT WITH WAVE OF SCAM EMAILS AT HEIGHT OF COVID-19 PANDEMIC NHS Digital said its cybersecurity teams were working hard to keep patient data secure as attackers continued to target under-pressure services

HOW CORONAVIRUS HAS EXPOSED MIDDLE EAST'S GAPING DIGITAL DIVIDE The problems facing the region's tech have-nots were bad enough before the pandemic struck

CORONAVIRUS, REMOTE WORKING, AND RANSOMWARE: THE KEY CYBERSECURITY CHALLENGES YOUR ORGANIZATION IS FACING ZDNet Security Update: Danny Palmer talks to George Kurtz, co-founder and CEO of Crowd-strike, about how cybersecurity has had to adapt to unique circumstances in 2020 -- and what it means going forward

SONICWALL REPORT: COVID-19 HAS CREATED 'BOON' FOR CRIMINALS Hackers have adapted their strategies to take advantage of the pandemic and vulnerable work-from-home IT connections

DOJ INDICTS TWO CHINESE HACKERS FOR ATTEMPTED IP THEFT OF COVID-19 RESEARCH The DOJ suggests in the indictment that the hackers were working for both themselves and for the benefit the Chinese government's Ministry of State Security

CYBERSECURITY BASICS MORE IMPORTANT THAN EVER IN THE NEW NORMAL OF REMOTE WORK SAYS SALESFORCE CHIEF TRUST OFFICER Jim Alkove, Chief Trust Officer at Salesforce, talks security in the new normal of remote work, cybersecurity best practices, and how security jobs can be a way to increase diversity in IT

RUSSIAN HACKERS ARE TARGETING CORONAVIRUS SCIENTISTS WITH PHISHING AND MALWARE ATTACKS Advisory from the UK's National Cyber Security Centre warns of an active spear-phishing campaign by APT 29 - a hacking group associated with Russian intelligence services - in an effort to steal research data

REMOTE WORKING: THIS FREE TOOL TESTS HOW GOOD YOUR SECURITY REALLY IS The NCSC's Exercise in a Box toolset has been updated to help organisations keep their employees safe while working from home

RANSOMWARE ATTACKS JUMP AS CROOKS TARGET REMOTE WORKING Ransomware attacks are getting bigger and bolder - at a time where many organisations don't have the resources to fight them off

COVID-19 FUELS CYBER ATTACKS, EXPOSES GAPS IN BUSINESS RECOVERY Some 91% of businesses reported an increase in cyber attacks with employees working from home, including 93% in Singapore, where 89% and 86% also noted gaps in their business recovery planning and IT operations, respectively, as a result of the global pandemic

NEW RANSOMWARE MASQUERADES AS COVID-19 CONTACT-TRACING APP ON YOUR ANDROID DEVICE