While sensors in India, the UK and Germany recorded decreases, the US saw a staggering 145.2 million ransomware hits in Q3 — a 139 per cent year-over-year increase, said the report.

Hackers attack 100 key people to collect intelligence: Microsoft

Nov 2, 2020

As always, enabling multi-factor authentication across both business and personal email accounts will successfully thwart most credential harvesting attacks like these, Microsoft said.

UK watchdog fines Marriott 18.4mn pounds over data breach

Nov 2, 2020

The personal data involved differed between individuals but may have included names, email addresses, phone numbers, unencrypted passport numbers, arrival/departure information, guests’ VIP status and loyalty programme membership number.

Wall Street logs biggest weekly loss since March as Covid-19 cases spiral

Nov 1, 2020

“COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations are surging across the United States and Europe. The stock market appears to be taking note,” analysts at Zacks Investment Management, said in a note Saturday.

The daily new cases have regularly surpassed 80,000 recently in the United States. The country has reported more than 9.1 million in total infections with the death toll surpassing 230,000 as of Saturday afternoon, showed a tally by Johns Hopkins University.

“The threat of another economic lockdown is low, but cities with spiralling hospitalization rates may need to pursue more targeted restrictions and closures. The stock market is likely to respond adversely to any planned economic restrictions,” Zacks analysts added.

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