Ransomware

Honda Operations down by ransomware?

Operations of the Honda, were reportedly disrupted in parts across Europe, Japan, and the U.S. due to Snake ransomware (also known as EKANS). The cybersecurity company Virus Total claimed that it had certain evidence which clearly points out that Honda’s internal server has been encrypted with Snake ransomware and the cybercriminals have demanded a ransom […]

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65% growth in cybercrime reports in 2019

A total of 4,703 cybercrime offenses were registered in 2019. This equates to an average of almost 13 crimes per day. Almost 13 percent of Dutch people aged 15 or older were victims of cybercrime last year. Amsterdam is – from a national point of view – the least secure online; a total of 300 […]

Privacy Security

Tips to prevent VPN vulnerabilities

Tips from the Digital Trust Center to avoid vulnerabilities:– run the security updates;– check the internal logging for traces of abuse;– analysis of the logging of the VPN environment;– delete all existing VPN accounts and recreate usernames with strong passwords;– consider implementing two-factor authentication for users. Read more about this here: https://www.digitaltrustcenter.nl/nieuws/wees- alert-for-vpn vulnerabilities