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The other day, I stumbled across an interesting blog post with the subject Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH) vs. Offensive Security Certified Professional (OSCP) . . . and How to Start Your Ethical Hacker Career”. I did not only read this article but I devoured it and kept nodding my head, in...

Cyber-safety company NortonLifeLock today announced that it will acquire Avira from Investcorp Technology Partners. The all-cash transaction to acquire the company, whose roots go back to 1986, will see roughly $360m change hands. Avira is headquartered on the shores of Lake Constance...

One of the world’s largest recruitment agencies has become the latest victim of a serious ransomware attack, after being hit by the Egregor variant. Randstad claims to have 280,000 clients and operations in 38 countries. Its 38,000 employees helped to generate nearly €24bn ($29bn) in revenue...

The UK government has unveiled plans to develop a new statutory code for tech companies that is designed to give customers more choice and control over their data. The Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) said that a dedicated Digital Markets Unit will work alongside...

Skills gaps and mass remote working are the biggest security challenges facing small- and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) today, according to new research from Infosecurity Europe. The organizers behind the number one cybersecurity event in the region canvassed opinion from nearly 3700 industry...

More than one in seven emails sent on Black Friday today could be a scam, security experts have warned. Vade Secure claims to protect one billion inboxes around the world with AI-powered security for Microsoft 365. Its Current Events tracker has detected a predictable spike in malicious...

The number of DDoS attacks targeting e-commerce in Europe has increased four-fold over the last eight months. According to research by Stormwall, between February and October 2020, the number of DDoS attacks targeted at online retail services quadrupled compared to the same period last year...

A consumer rights group has found security vulnerabilities in 11 popular smart doorbell products available on two of the world’s biggest online marketplaces. Which? enlisted the help of researchers at NCC Group to run tests on the smart devices they found on eBay and Amazon, many of which had...

TikTok has patched two common types of vulnerability which a researcher combined to create a “one-click” account takeover attack. Submitted by Muhammed Taskiran via HackerOne back on August 26, the bugs were originally labelled medium severity before being upgraded to high (CVSS 8.2) a few days...