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
Pro Winter Olympics confirms opening ceremony cyberattack Officials say issues during opening ceremony in PyeongChang were a caused by cyberattack 14 Feb
Pro Confirmed cryptocurrency attack on SCADA network Utility’s infrastructure hit by mining attack, vendor confirms 13 Feb
Pro Equifax hack haul more extensive than initially reported List of 'accessed' data is more extensive than the public was told 12 Feb
Pro Accidental DDoS attacks among top threats Kaspersky report found most DDoS attacks were sabotage or mercenary, but some were accidental 8 Feb
Pro Ransomware attacks costs $133,000 Sophos survey reveals average cost of an attack, with most being hit twice 31 Jan
Pro Cyber attack surface facts, figures and stats for 2017 to 2022 Internet-connectedness is outpacing security 18 Dec
Pro Uber hack netted 57m records Badly handled breach revealed at embattled ride hailing company 22 Nov
Pro Snowden: Mass surveillance is a problem for the masses Surveillance should be selective, least impact, and controlled by technology, not politics, Cyber Threat Summit hears 17 Nov
Blogs Cryptocurrency – real concerns The full implications of cryptocurrencies for security are only just emerging 17 Nov
Pro Inaugural Cyber Data and Compliance Expo Renaissance introduces a new event on Wednesday, 29 November 2017 at the IMI, Dublin 31 Oct
Pro BadRabbit ransomware attacks multiple media outlets Russian media outlet Interfax confirmed the attack, with several other outlets also reporting incidents 25 Oct
Pro Inside the thriving ransomware market Criminal marketplaces teem with ransomware offers and ad placements 23 Oct
Pro Israel hacked Kaspersky, catching Russia using the software to hack US Theft from US government classified programmes discovered secondhand from state hacking of unwitting security provider 11 Oct
Life CCleaner hacked with malware Popular utility infection potentially puts more than 2 million users at risk 18 Sep
Pro The biggest threat from the Equifax breach? Account takeovers Cybercriminals have the most to gain by taking ownership of bank, brokerage and retirement accounts 13 Sep
Pro Equifax: website vulnerability exposed 143m US consumers Massive data breach discovered on 29 July 8 Sep
Pro Hackers have access to sabotage power in Europe and US Symantec report claims hacker access to energy firms 8 Sep
Pro Security firms coordinate to neutralise WireX botnet Researchers from at least seven organisations worked jointly to dismantle the WireX botnet after multiple DDoS attacks 29 Aug
Blogs Missing the point somewhat New report shows rise in phishing and related activity, but ‘sophisticated’ interpretations fail 18 Aug
Pro Attackers experiment with CVE-2017-0199 in phishing attacks Likely a test run, attacks less effective due to mistakes, say researchers 18 Aug
Pro Ukrainian police seize computers that spread NotPetya Malware may have come form updates for tax and accounting app 6 Jul
Pro New ransomware attack is going global Petya variant ‘Petrwrap’ wreaks havoc from Ukraine to Ireland 27 Jun
Pro EU readies cyber-diplomacy toolbox Framework to be developed for a joint diplomatic response to malicious cyber activity 22 Jun
Pro WannaCry was a Windows 7 phenomenon Weakness of Windows 7’s Defender was partly to blame for the WannaCry ransomware outbreak 24 May
Pro EternalRocks network worm uses seven NSA hacking tools New EternalRocks network worm observed using NSA hacking tools 22 May
Pro The worst of WannaCry is yet to come, warn experts Massive scale of ransomware attack exposed significant weaknesses in global IT 18 May
Pro Shadow Brokers tease more Windows exploits and cyberespionage data Group plans to sell more exploits and cyberespionage data via subs service 17 May
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