Life Ripple warns of increase in XRP scams through YouTube impersonations and deepfakes Familiar faces being used in crypto scams 25 Jul
Life Scam or real? McAfee wants to wake up Internet users Scam Stories initiative gives victims a chance to share their experiences and teach others how to protect themselves 22 May
Pro Russian cyber criminals increasingly smart and better organised Advanced technologies such as AI and Web3 are being used to fuel new forms of cyber crime, such as Ransomware-as-a-Service 9 Apr
Radio Palo Alto Networks’ Scott McKinnon on how cyber criminals are using AI Trump surprises with executive orders, Samsung dazzles with the S25 and bad actors confuse with a new generation of threats 24 Jan
Pro Do ransomware attackers keep their word? Unit 42 report shows paying up not necessarily an end to hostilities 26 Feb
Pro International policing operation disrupts LockBit ransomware gang UK-led effort seizes critical infrastructure 20 Feb
Radio Deepfakes aplenty and Caragh O’Carroll on tech that doesn’t work Fake meetings, faker presidents and not so great pretenders 9 Feb
Blogs New tech, new problems Excitement over AI must be tempered by awareness of new dangers, warns Billy MacInnes 1 Dec
Pro Lenovo patches ThinkPad, Yoga, IdeaPad UEFI secure boot vulnerability Mistakenly used drivers could allow hackers to modify the secure boot process 11 Nov
Pro Head of Garda National Cyber Crime Bureau to discuss ransomware threat at Ekco event Bureau warns business owners of increased threat of ransomware 2 Sep
Blogs The cyber crime heatwave demands a security rethink Cyber criminals don’t take summer holidays, so the rest of us need to have a long, hard think about security, says Jason Walsh 10 Aug
Pro Auditors blame massive $4m cryptocurrency heist on leaky logging technology Investigators raised concern over the thousands of vulnerable wallets containing Solana, USDC and other tokens 4 Aug
Pro T-Mobile ‘social engineer’ store owner ran $25m black market operation The five-year campaign saw the former owner defraud the company after stealing more than 50 employees' login credentials 4 Aug
Pro Hackers hiding malicious links in top Google search results, researchers warn Malicious adverts made to resemble links to websites are targeting some of the world’s most popular websites 22 Jul
Life Roblox hacker posts stolen documents online The company said that it has been investigating a phishing incident in which an employee was targeted through social engineering 18 Jul
Pro Palermo ransomware attack: Vice Society claims responsibility as city details recovery strategy The Italian municipality is attempting to defy attackers by restoring its systems from backups 13 Jun
Pro Cyber criminals are spending longer inside business’ networks after the initial breach Cyber attackers' dwell time is up 36% thanks to initial access brokers and repeat exploitation of Microsoft Exchange vulnerabilities, according to... 8 Jun
Pro Ransomware group Conti threatens to overthrow Costa Rican government It has urged citizens to go out onto the streets to demand their government pays the ransomware demand 18 May
Pro Lone Russian RAT operator rivals large gangs with “passion project” Researchers say the lone actor's success speaks to the growing complexity of the underground malware market 13 May
Pro Landmark amendments to international cyber crime treaty set to be signed next week It's only the second amendment to the historically significant Budapest Convention since it was introduced in 2001 6 May
Pro Phishing scam convinces US government to pay $23.5m to cyber criminals The historic case has finally reached an end with the criminals facing huge fines and jail terms 3 May
Pro Critical security flaw discovered in NFT marketplace Rarible If exploited, the vulnerability could have led to the theft of NFTs and crypto tokens in a single transaction 19 Apr
Pro T-Mobile allegedly tried to buy leaked data from a hacker forum for $200k The stolen information was still up for sale long after payment, court papers suggest 13 Apr
Life ‘Treasure hunter’ Dark Web marketplace Hydra seized and shuttered by German cyber police Hydra Market operated on a vastly different model to most other popular marketplaces of its kind and was among the most popular in existence 6 Apr
Pro Simple Active Directory tweak helps block BlackMatter ransomware attacks Security researchers reverse engineer the infamous ransomware strain and discover a way to stymie its file encryption process, even if it reaches a... 10 Jan
Pro Coombe hospital suffers ransomware attack Extent of damage unknown as systems taken offline 16 Dec
Pro Acer confirms breach after cyber attack on Indian servers The attackers claim the data belongs to several million customers 15 Oct
Pro Hackers lift $610m in cryptocurrency from Poly Network The company has pleaded with the hackers to return the stolen tokens 11 Aug
Life Met Police seize record £180m of cryptocurrency The amount tops the £114m confiscated during a raid last month 13 Jul
Pro SolarWinds hackers hit 150 organisations in new wave of attacks Microsoft warns that “nation-state cyber attacks aren’t slowing” 28 May
Radio HSE hacked: The story so far A timeline of the week's events what what organisations can do to stay safe 21 May
Pro New DarkSide ransomware targets hidden files in disk partitions Colonial Pipeline hackers are behind this new strain 18 May
Pro Distributed denial of service attacks are evolving Attacks have long been part of the criminal toolbox, and grow in strength and prevalence 3 Jul
Pro How attackers exploit the Covid-19 crisis Cybercriminals are taking advantage of the coronavirus crisis to spread malware, disrupt operations, sow doubt and make a quick buck 18 May
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