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Gartner Top 10 Security Projects for 2020-2021

Gartner Top 10 Security Projects for 2020-2021

/ Cyber Security
The demand for information security is increasing, and the allocation of corporate resources is becoming more and more important. Especially under the epidemic, Budget is tight for NGOs. At the Gartner Security & Risk Management Summit 2020, its Senior Director Analyst Brian Reed pointed out that many companies spend too ...
85 percent of CISOs admit sacrificing security to enable remote working

85 percent of CISOs admit sacrificing security to enable remote working

How IT can balance security and productivity is always a question to ask for. As work from home is the new model, NGOs should review the existing policy and procedures for identifying the sensitive information and how the information be handled. For details, please refer to the below link: https://betanews.com/2020/09/22/remote-working-security-sacrifice/ ...
A Patient Dies After Ransomware Attack Paralyzes German Hospital Systems

A Patient Dies After Ransomware Attack Paralyzes German Hospital Systems

/ Cyber Security, Ransomware
Keeping systems patched is one of the challenges for most of the NGOs. There is an example to show what would results were operated with an unpatched system. For details, please refer to the below link: https://thehackernews.com/2020/09/a-patient-dies-after-ransomware-attack.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+TheHackersNews+%28The+Hackers+News+-+Cyber+Security+Blog%29 ...
SMB Cybersecurity Catching Up to Enterprise… But the Human Element Still a Major Concern

SMB Cybersecurity Catching Up to Enterprise… But the Human Element Still a Major Concern

/ Cyber Security
Most of the leaks come from outside the organization, and cyber attacks against small and medium-sized enterprises (SMB) are still ongoing. Some people believe that hackers are actively targeting these smaller companies because they believe that SMEs lack sufficient resources and enterprise-level security tools, so they are more likely to ...
Millions of WordPress sites are being probed and attacked with recent plugin bug

Millions of WordPress sites are being probed and attacked with recent plugin bug

Since many NGOs would outsource their website and web application development to the vendor and WordPress is one of the popular tools for web development, vulnerabilities in WordPress may cause problems for NGOs. Hackers discovered and started to exploit zero-day vulnerabilities in the "File Manager", and millions of WordPress sites ...
A Google Drive 'Feature' Could Let Attackers Trick You Into Installing Malware

A Google Drive ‘Feature’ Could Let Attackers Trick You Into Installing Malware

/ Cloud Services
Google is one of the popular services adopted by NGOs. It is important for NGOs to pay attention to the security news about Google. The latest security problem exists in Google Drive. Malware attackers can use unpatched security holes in Google Drive to attack. For details, please refer to the ...
Cybersecurity 101: Protect your privacy from hackers, spies, and the government

Cybersecurity 101: Protect your privacy from hackers, spies, and the government

Protecting the privacy is one of the most important for NGOs. The articles list kind of information which contained privacy and what is being done to protect this information. For details, please refer to the below link: https://www.zdnet.com/article/online-security-101-how-to-protect-your-privacy-from-hackers-spies-and-the-government/ ...
Is your VPN secure?

Is your VPN secure?

/ Cyber Security, VPN
In the last few months, Work from home is a new model for NGOs. This article reminds us that VPN, which many people who work from home consider a safe solution, is just one of many security layers. There are actually many things that VPN cannot protect. The article shares ...
Google: Here come 11 new security features across Gmail, Meet and Chat

Google: Here come 11 new security features across Gmail, Meet and Chat

/ Cloud Services
Google is one of the popular services adopted by NGOs. Therefore, making use of the security features in Google is important. Google announced 11 new security features, including new G Suite security features to protect Gmail, Meet and Chat, and new tools for Google Drive data leakage. For details, please ...
Ransomware Evolved: Double Extortion and Fake Decryptor

Ransomware Evolved: Double Extortion and Fake Decryptor

/ Cyber Security, Ransomware
Ransomware is among the most detrimental and wide-spread cyber security threats. Hackers are using it to encrypt files on the user's device and demand ransom payments for file decryption. HKCERT has been continually monitoring ransomware trends, providing security advice to users. In the end of last year, it published a ...