Life Third of Irish households have experienced cybercrime Kyndryl survey finds 20% of respondents had direct experience of cyberattack or online fraud in the past year 11 Mar
Life Cryptocrime is more common with stablecoins than Bitcoin Ransomware generated significant revenue for criminals, although law enforcement actions and a declining willingness of victims to pay mitigated its... 17 Jan
Pro US hopes to leverage UN cybercrime treaty toward ransomware fight Proposed measures would allow law enforcement in one country could gain access to electronic evidence stored in another 13 Nov
Life FraudSmart: €44 million laundered through money mule accounts in last three years Third of 18–24-year-olds admit being willing to use their bank account to transfer funds 18 Sep
Pro AMTCE develops new national cyber security training programme to support industry 4.0 The suite of programmes aim to increase cyber security skills, public awareness, support job creation 16 Jun
Trade EY launches managed cyber security service Service is specifically tailored to support Irish SMEs 15 May
Pro Half of Irish SMEs have had data lost or stolen because of employees with privileged access 82% of SME owners believe that overprivileged users are a threat to their business 8 Nov
Life Data on 69 million Neopets users stolen and listed for sale on hacker forum Email addresses, passwords, and zip codes are all thought to have been stolen by the hacker 21 Jul
Pro Gardai seize Conti domains used in HSE ransomware attack Cyber crime unit confirms disruption to hacking gang's IT infrastructure 6 Sep
Pro US and Australia arrest ‘hundreds’ in encrypted messaging sting Anom app was installed on phones distributed by authorities and has led to arrests in 18 countries 8 Jun
Pro HSE attack has put some services ‘back 30 to 40 years’ CEO Reid says damage caused by cyberattack cannot be overstated 4 Jun
Pro Businesses must “embrace chaos” to improve cyber resilience RSA's CEO on what Netflix's internal network disruptor and the WannaCry hack can teach the security industry 18 May
Pro HSE shuts down IT system after cyber attack Working to contain the “very sophisticated” ransomware attack 14 May
Pro Microsoft Office the most targeted platform for attacks Office files are now more popular than PDFs to deliver malware 24 Jul
Pro Twitter hack raises concerns among government and security experts Recent attack underscores how social platforms have become a critical component of political systems 22 Jul
Pro Social engineering hacks weaken cyber security during the pandemic Disinformation, malware, and an array of cyber attacks are rising as fast as case counts 9 Jul
Pro Hackers attacked businesses 22m times in the last seven days globally Malware attacks comprised 63% of hacking attempts 22 Apr
Pro Hackers can steal Windows credentials via links in Zoom chat Attack can be prevented by making changes to the Windows settings, or by using the Zoom Web client 3 Apr
Pro Cybercriminal group mails malicious USB dongles to targeted companies Recent attack is the first known use of the BadUSB exploit in the wild 30 Mar
Pro Verizon expands security portfolio to combat cybercrime Three new security solutions designed to protect sensitive information announced 10 Mar
Life Web payment card skimmers add anti-forensics capabilities The newly discovered Pipka script can delete itself from a website after execution, making it very difficult to detect 15 Nov
Longform Cryptojacking: detection, prevention, and recovery Ransomware-like tactics used to poison web sites to hijack computers for mining 4 Nov
Pro Palo Alto Networks and Europol expand effort to tackle cybercrime Duo will exchange threat intelligence data and technical expertise 24 Oct
Pro Cobalt criminal group suspected of Magecart skimming attacks Researchers link Magecart-based skimming attacks to Cobalt (aka Carbanak), whose cyber attacks have netted millions of dollars 7 Oct
Pro Telcos around the world hit by long-term, intel gathering cyberattack Operation Soft Cell saw telcos lose more 100Gb of call record data 26 Jun
Pro Minister opens public consultation on national cyber security strategy Seeking a new framework to protect against hacking, cyber crime and espionage 19 Mar
Pro How phishing works and how to prevent it What you need to know about this venerable, but increasingly sophisticated, form of cyber attack 10 Aug
Life Sky turns to machine learning to tackle Premier League piracy Google Cloud tech helps shuts down pirate sites pirating valuable content 27 Jul
Pro Medical data more valuable to hackers than credit information Security consultant speaks out after huge Singapore data breach 23 Jul
Pro Evolving Irish attitudes to ransomware Survey builds on previous metrics, suggesting a softening to ransom demands 19 Jun
Pro Evolution characterises developing cyberthreats Verizon breach report shows refinement, not re-invention, says data scientist 11 Apr
Pro Gamification may help defeat cyber crooks Security managers will have difficulty or find it impossible to defend against cyberattacks, says report 9 Apr
Life Microsoft adds ransomware protection to OneDrive, Outlook.com New measures to complete rollout in coming weeks 6 Apr
Pro IT pros lack confidence in ability to detect and contain cyber breaches Less than half of all organisations were able to detect a major cybersecurity incident within an hour, finds report 6 Apr
Pro Blockchain to ‘radically’ transform anti-fraud, anti-money-laundering efforts Enterprises will need blockchain's immutability and security to thwart bad actors 23 Mar
Pro Distributed denial of service attacks are evolving DDoS attacks have been part of the criminal toolbox for twenty years, but are now increasing in frequency and impact 13 Mar
Pro Recent cyberattacks show worrying trends From virtual bank heists to semi-open attacks from nation-states, the last couple of years has been rough in IT security 8 Mar
Pro Why cybercriminals will ‘strategically’ target companies This year, extortion attempts will likely target organisations trying to comply with new EU privacy laws, says Trend Micro report 21 Feb
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