New Report Explains COVID-19’s Impact on Cyber Security

Most cybersecurity professionals fully anticipated that cybercriminals would leverage the fear and confusion surrounding the Covid-19 pandemic in their cyberattacks. Of course, malicious emails would contain subjects relating to Covid-19, and malicious downloads would be Covid-19 related. This is how cybercriminals operate. Any opportunity to maximize effectiveness, no matter how contemptible, is taken. While many…

Chinese Hackers Exploiting Unpatched Devices to Target U.S. Agencies

The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) issued a new advisory on Monday about a wave of cyberattacks carried by Chinese nation-state actors targeting US government agencies and private entities. “CISA has observed Chinese [Ministry of State Security]-affiliated cyber threat actors operating from the People’s Republic of China using commercially available information sources and…