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 Twilio account breach result of sophisticated social engineering campaign Employees were subjected to personalised texts that impersonated Twilio's IT department, in a strategic credential harvesting operation 9 Aug
Pro Decade-old malware strains top annual list of most pervasive business exploits Allied cyber security authorities say the most active strains of 2021 have been in operation for longer than five years, and are being constantly... 8 Aug
Pro Cyber attacks rain on Taiwan during Pelosi visit IP addresses from China and Russia were said to have been responsible for the attack 5 Aug
Pro Twitter API keys found leaked in over 3,200 apps Business and verified Twitter accounts linked to affected apps are at risk of takeover, use in malicious campaigns 2 Aug
Pro European energy company and gas pipeline hacked by AlphV ransomware The ransomware gang responsible is also linked with the group that took down Colonial Pipeline a year ago 2 Aug
Pro Cyber attack on US court system being investigated, DoJ confirms The early 2020 attack, publicly disclosed for the first time this week, is thought to have had a "staggering effect" on the department and other... 29 Jul
Trade Fraud detection and prevention market to hit $176bn by 2030 Payment fraud ranks highest in Acumen’s recent forecast, with identity theft growing by the day 28 Jul
Trade Price hike for consumers as data breach costs rocket to all-time high Report from IBM Security finds that 60% of organisations have raised product or service prices post-breach 27 Jul
Pro Facebook business accounts hijacked by infostealer malware campaign Threat actors are using LinkedIn phishing to seize business, ad accounts for financial gain 26 Jul
Pro Mysterious MacOS spyware discovered using public cloud storage as its control server Researchers have warned that little is known about the 'CloudMensis' malware, including how it is distributed and who is behind it 26 Jul
Pro Global ransomware activity surges again following a short decline in Q1 Researchers blamed the rise on a marked increase in activity from a select few prolific ransomware operations 18 Jul
Pro Web3 projects lose over $2bn to hacks and exploits in 2022 Blockchain and crypto schemes have already lost more in the first half of this year than throughout all of 2021 8 Jul
Life Apple launching Lockdown Mode with iOS 16 to guard against Pegasus-style spyware Apple breaks its bug bounty record with $2m top prize 7 Jul
Pro Actively exploited server backdoor remains undetected in government, NGO networks Kaspersky researchers identified a growing trend of implanting highly stealthy backdoors in the servers belonging to the most powerful organisations 4 Jul
Life Google merges Chrome and Android password managers after community feedback The tech giant is also giving users the ability to generate passwords for iOS apps when Chrome is set as the autofill provider 1 Jul
Trade Former Uber security chief to face fraud charges over hack coverup This is thought to be the first instance of a corporate information security officer criminally charged with concealing a hack 30 Jun
Pro LockBit 2.0 ransomware disguised as PDFs distributed in e-mail attacks Researchers have urged vigilance over compressed attachments sent under false pretenses 28 Jun
Pro Kaspersky finds most effective phishing emails imitate corporate messages, delivery notifications Most e-mails containing threats or promising money were identified as phishing 28 Jun
Pro Cloudflare fixes outage that knocked major Web services offline Online services such as Nord VPN, Shopify, and Steam were all inaccessible by users in most regions 21 Jun
Pro Cloudflare mitigates biggest ever HTTPS DDoS attack A botnet generated over 212 million HTTPS requests from over 1,500 networks in 121 countries 16 Jun
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 Siren, Q6 Cyber launch critical infrastructure defence solution Jointly developed by the investigative intelligence analytics provider and cyber threat intelligence provider 7 Jun
Pro Chinese hackers exploit Microsoft zero-day as list of vulnerable Office products grows Microsoft has published a support guide and temporary workarounds for IT admins to mitigate the threat 3 Jun
Life The EU’s Apple App Store crackdown ‘will fuel cyber attacks’ Organisations should be encouraged to embrace the ‘security by Playstation’ approach as much as possible, expert says 2 Jun
Pro Second ransomware group attacks Costa Rica The country’s health service has had its systems affected by the new attack 1 Jun
Pro Survey finds hybrid working model causing new cyber security concerns The vast majority of businesses say cyber resilience is a priority at senior leadership level within their organisation 31 May
Life Google Chrome branded the least effective browser for stopping phishing attacks The world's most popular browser came dead last when compared against competitors 26 May
Pro Open source packages with millions of installs hacked to harvest AWS credentials Two popular open source packages used by Python and PHP developers compromised 24 May
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 IT admin deletes company’s databases and is jailed for seven years Forensic experts correlated Wi-Fi connectivity logs and timestamps with internal CCTV footage to confirm their suspicions 17 May
Pro Microsoft warns of new botnet variant targeting Windows and Linux systems The Sysrv botnet is back and equipped with more exploits though the primary goal of installing cryptominers remains the same 16 May
Life Russian hackers declare war on 10 countries after failed Eurovision DDoS attack Italian police thwart cyber attacks on Eurovision's voting systems from the Russian-linked hacker group Killnet after the same group targeted public... 16 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 Five Eyes and US governments finally confirm Russia was behind Ukrainian government, Viasat cyber attacks NCSC detailed the government-level attribution process at CYBERUK 2022 and why it took so much longer to assign blame compared to the private sector 11 May
Pro Apple, Google, Microsoft expand their support for password-less sign-ins New approach promises to offer “simpler, stronger authentication” across leading platforms to help protect users from malicious activity 6 May
Pro GitHub to introduce two-factor authentication by 2023 GitHub.com will require 2FA by the end of 2023, as the company works to secure the software ecosystem through improved account security 5 May
Pro DDoS attacks surge to record numbers in 2022 as a result of Russia-Ukraine war Cases this year saw some of the longest-lasting DDoS attacks ever seen 26 Apr
Pro Russian-affiliates believed to be behind cyber attacks on wind turbines firms Three German-based renewable energy companies attacked as country attempts to wean itself off Russian oil 26 Apr
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