Deepfake refers to media—usually images, videos, or audio—created or altered using advanced artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning techniques to make them appear real but to present false or manipulated content. While deepfake technology is often associated with entertainment or personal use, it has significant implications in the realm of cybersecurity. Deepfakes can be [...]
A Denial of Service (DoS) attack is aimed at making a network service, website, or online resource unavailable to its intended users by overwhelming it with traffic or other disruptions. The primary goal of a DoS attack is to deny legitimate users access to a system, server, or network by exhausting its resources, causing [...]
A dictionary attack is a systematic, brute-force technique during which attackers will run common words and phrases, along with their simple variations, to guess passwords. Unlike brute-force attacks, which attempt every possible combination of characters, a dictionary attack narrows the focus to commonly used passwords and variations, making it more efficient in terms of [...]
Distributed Denial of Service attacks are a type of cybercrime which uses numerous systems to perform an attack, aiming to exceed a website’s capacity to handle requests and therefore prevent the website from functioning properly for online users. Unlike a traditional Denial-of-Service (DoS) attack, which involves a single source of malicious traffic, a DDoS [...]
Double extortion is a cyberattack strategy used by ransomware groups during which attackers encrypt the victim's data and then also threaten to release sensitive data publicly unless a ransom is paid. Double extortion attacks are part of a broader trend in the evolution of cybercrime, where attackers seek to increase pressure on victims, leveraging [...]
The Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) Data Protection Law No. 5 is a new data protection law that combines data protection practices from a variety of laws including the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA).
The El Dorado ransomware group, identified in March 2024, operates as a Ransomware-as-a-Service (RaaS) platform, enabling affiliates to execute attacks using its malware infrastructure. This group has rapidly gained notoriety for its sophisticated attacks targeting both Windows and Linux systems across various industries, including real estate, education, professional services, healthcare, and manufacturing. El Dorado [...]
Encryption is the conversion of data from a readable format into an encoded (encrypted) format. A key or password is required to decrypt the data in order to read or process it. The primary goal of encryption is to ensure confidentiality, integrity, and privacy, especially when data is transmitted across insecure networks such as [...]
Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) is an endpoint security solution that is used to continuously detect, investigate and respond to cyberthreats. EDR tools are designed to provide real-time monitoring, advanced threat detection, and the ability to respond to and mitigate attacks that attempt to exploit vulnerabilities on these endpoints. How Endpoint Detection and [...]
Endpoint protection is an approach to protect endpoints or entry points of end-user devices such as desktops, laptops and mobile devices from being exploited by malicious actors and campaigns. In the context of a networked environment, endpoints are the points where users and devices interact with the network. As organizations increasingly rely on these [...]
