Pro Resentful hacker exposes Conti ransomware gang’s tools Tools leaked by disgruntled affiliate 9 Aug
Pro Russian Cozy Bear hackers reportedly attacked the Republican party The same hackers are thought to be behind the recent SolarWinds campaign and cyber espionage targeting Covid-19 vaccine development 8 Jul
Pro US, UK security agencies warn against Russian ‘global brute force campaign’ APT28 is accused of targeting hundreds of government and private sector targets worldwide 2 Jul
Pro SolarWinds hackers breach Microsoft support agent to target customers Nobelium engaged in password spray and brute-force attacks after implanting malware on a device belonging to a Microsoft employee 28 Jun
Pro North Korean hackers target nuclear research centre The attack on a South Korean government-funded research institute has been described as “a massive security breach” 18 Jun
Pro Ransomware criminals look to other hackers to provide them with network access Report says ransomware gangs are buying access from hackers planting backdoors 17 Jun
Pro Avaddon ransomware gang shuts down and releases decryption keys Avaddon is the latest hacking group to have suspend operations, following in the footsteps of DarkSide and Maze 14 Jun
Pro ‘Majority’ of ransom paid by Colonial Pipeline recovered 63.7 bitcoins worth $2.3m have been seized after a warrant was authorised by judge 8 Jun
Radio A post-Covid climate with ICHEC’s Alistair McKinstry Predicting the best and worst case scenarious using high-powered computing 4 Jun
Pro SolarWinds hackers hit 150 organisations in new wave of attacks Microsoft warns that “nation-state cyber attacks aren’t slowing” 28 May
Pro High Court serves HSE hackers injunction to block data leak Experts working on verifying decryption key supplied by Conti group 21 May
Pro HSE will not pay ransom after hackers name their price Chief executive confirms FBI, National Crime Agency, Europol have joined effort to trace Wizard Spider group 17 May
Pro US fuel pipeline hackers reveal their motive Colonial Pipeline was forced to suspend miles of pipeline after network breach 11 May
Pro Russia launched over a million cyber attacks in three months Unit 42 researchers found 75% of the attacks were critical 14 Apr
Pro Oldsmar cyberattack raises importance of water utility assessments, training Attempt to poison water supply highlights need for cybersecurity assistance at critical infrastructure facilities 10 Feb
Pro Security breaches follow the money Verizon data breach report finds hacking and social attacks on the rise, with implications for home working 22 May
Pro US elections remain vulnerable to attack despite security improvements Continued foreign interference and insecure paperless voting processes will sow doubt about the next election, experts warn 21 Jan
Pro The biggest data breach fines, penalties and settlements to date Hacks and data thefts, cover-ups and avoidable mistakes have cost companies $1.45b and counting 20 Dec
Pro ECB shuts down compromised website following hack Email addresses and other contact data may have been captured 19 Aug
Pro Avaya enterprise VoIP phones are vulnerable to hacking Attackers can use the vulnerability to gain complete control of the phone 9 Aug
Pro APT group Elfin switches from data destruction to data stealing via WinRAR vulnerability Iranian-linked hacker group switches techniques from Shamoon wiper attacks to WinRAR exploits 28 Mar
Pro Apple denies Bloomberg Chinese hacking report, calls for retraction Apple was a target of an unprecedented state-sponsored hack, says report. Cupertino says reporting inaccurate 23 Oct
Pro Here comes ‘antidisinformation as a service’ Lies and fake news are coming after your company’s brand and reputation. Time to get your AaaS in gear. 27 Aug
Blogs Hackers and horror The grim reality of the extremes of war and the consequences of hacking in Syria 11 Apr
Pro Irish websites affected by cryptocurrency mining hack Government sites on list of malware-infected 12 Feb
Blogs Cryptocurrency – real concerns The full implications of cryptocurrencies for security are only just emerging 17 Nov
Pro Boeing 757 hacked by US homeland security team DHS official admitted that a team of experts remotely hacked the aircraft while parked at an airport 13 Nov
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
Pro EternalRocks network worm uses seven NSA hacking tools New EternalRocks network worm observed using NSA hacking tools 22 May
Life Sneaky Gmail phishing attack fools with fake Google Docs app Russian hackers resorted to a similar method to abuse the OAuth protocol to phish user accounts 4 May
Life Russian hackers use OAuth, fake Google apps to phish users The phishing schemes can work, in spite of Google's two-step verification, Trend Micro said. 26 Apr
Pro HipChat resets user passwords after possible breach In some cases, messages in chat rooms may have been exposed 25 Apr
Pro Old attack code is new weapon for Russian hackers Researchers find commonalities between tools used against Solaris 20 years ago and modern-day attacks 4 Apr
Radio Puntastic gaming with Jen Carey The state of play for gaming in Ireland, and more from around the Web 17 Mar
Life Smart teddy bears involved in a contentious data breach Toy maker denies voice recordings were stolen after hack 28 Feb
Blogs The furry face of cyberwarfare Nation states have nothing on wildlife when it comes to sabotaging infrastructure 25 Jan
Pro Guccifer 2.0 returns to taunt US Alleged Kremlin agent says security experts have it all wrong 13 Jan
Pro Siblings arrested in Italy’s worst cyberespionage operation ever Brother and sister allegedly attacked at least 18,000 government and corporate PCs 13 Jan
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