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Threats & Malware, Vulnerabilities

In the vanguard of 21st century cyber threats

March 1, 2024

Via: The Register

The quantum threat might seem futuristic, more like something you’d encounter in a science fiction film. But it’s arguably already a danger to real cyber security defences. Strengthening those defences relies heavily on knowledge and preparation. Arqit can help you […]


Threats & Malware, Virus & Malware

LockBit registered nearly 200 “affiliates” over the past two years

February 22, 2024

Via: Tech Xplore

More information about the business operations of the LockBit ransomware gang have emerged, a day after the UK National Crime Agency (NCA) and partners were able to apparently disrupt the group and deface its leak site. According to The Register, […]


Network security, Security

A common goal for European cyber security

February 21, 2024

Via: The Register

It was growing threat levels and an increase in reported cybersecurity attacks since digitalization which pushed the European Union to introduce the original Network and Information Security (NIS) Directive in 2016. The rules at the time went some way towards […]


Hacker, Threats & Malware

Cutting kids off from the dark web – the solution can only ever be social

February 16, 2024

Via: The Register

The murder of 16-year-old schoolgirl Brianna Ghey has kickstarted a debate around limiting children’s access to the dark web in the UK, with experts highlighting the difficulty in achieving this. Ciaran Martin, the National Cyber Security Centre’s first CEO and […]


Threats & Malware, Virus & Malware

The ever-present state of cyber security alert

February 9, 2024

Via: The Register

As artificial intelligence (AI) technology becomes increasingly complex so do the threats from bad actors. It is like a forever war. Half the time too, we barely know that we’re using AI, largely because it’s getting progressively cheaper and easier […]


Cyber-crime, Malware

Sandworm’s Kyivstar attack should serve as a reminder of the Kremlin crew’s ‘global reach’

January 5, 2024

Via: The Register

Russia’s Sandworm crew appear to have been responsible for knocking out mobile and internet services to about 24 million users in Ukraine last month with an attack on telco giant Kyivstar. The criminals lurked in the telco’s systems for at […]


Network security, Security

Cyber security isn’t simple, but it could be

December 13, 2023

Via: The Register

Most experts agree cybersecurity is now so complex that managing it has become a security problem in itself. This has happened gradually over the last 25 years, often for perfectly good reasons. Hackers targeted weaknesses in isolated systems such as […]


Cloud security, Security

Learning the safety language of the cloud

December 13, 2023

Via: The Register

In China, clouds are a symbol of luck. See multiple layering of clouds in a blue sky can mean you are in line to receive eternal happiness. If only that was true in the complex world of IT, where multi-cloud […]


Cloud security, Security

Read the clouds, reduce the cyber risk

December 11, 2023

Via: The Register

In the natural world, there are ten different kinds of cloud – a rare simplicity in meteorological terms. But in our global business environment, there’s no single defining feature to aid classification. Multi-cloud environments in particular spawn a lot of […]


Network security, Security

Polish train maker denies claims its software bricked rolling stock maintained by competitor

December 8, 2023

Via: The Register

A trio of Polish security researchers claim to have found that trains built by Newag SA contain software that sabotages them if the hardware is serviced by competitors. Newag, a Polish train maker, emphatically denied that it installed such software […]


Network security, Security

UK government denies China/Russia nuke plant hack claim

December 5, 2023

Via: The Register

The government of the United Kingdom has issued a strongly worded denial of a report that the Sellafield nuclear complex has been compromised by malware for years. The report, appearing in The Guardian, claimed that the controversial complex was hacked […]


Threats & Malware, Virus & Malware

Royal Mail’s recovery from ransomware attack will cost business at least $12M

November 16, 2023

Via: The Register

Royal Mail’s parent International Distributions Services has revealed for the first time the infrastructure costs associated with its January ransomware attack. LockBit’s attack has driven costs up across various areas of the Brit business, but improvements to the corporation’s Heathrow […]


Cyber-crime, Malware

Australia declares ‘nationally significant cyber incident’ after port attack

November 13, 2023

Via: The Register

Australia’s National Cyber Security Coordinator has described an attack on logistics company DP World as a “nationally significant cyber incident.” The attack saw DP World’s tech go offline at four Australian ports late last Friday. The facilities remain closed at […]


Cloud security, Security

Helping you bridge the cloud security gap

October 24, 2023

Via: The Register

The job of the cyber security professional is never easy, and it gets progressively harder with the movement of sensitive data and applications across the multiple different on and off premise systems that make up modern hybrid cloud environments. That’s […]


Cyber-crime, Malware

Ransomware realities in 2023: one employee mistake can cost a company millions

October 17, 2023

Via: Security Affairs

According to Statista.com, the impact of cybercrime is expected to reach almost $13 trillion this year. Furthermore, it’s estimated that this sum will increase to nearly $24 trillion by 2027. Based on Ransomlooker, a free Cybernews tool for monitoring the […]


Network security, Security

HM Government has partnered with SANS to train cyber security experts

October 12, 2023

Via: The Register

According to the Cyber Security Breaches Survey 26 percent of medium businesses, 37 percent of large businesses and 25 percent of high-income charities have experienced cyber crime in the last 12 months. With cyber security experts in high demand, finding […]


Data loss, Threats & Malware

Data breach reveals distressing info: People who order pineapple on pizza

September 21, 2023

Via: The Register

Pizza Hut’s Australian outpost has suffered a data breach. The baked goods purveyor has delivered bitter news to around 190,000 customers: that their name, delivery address, email address, and phone numbers have been accessed by unautorised entities. Even more seriously, […]


Network security, Security

Broaden your cyber security knowhow at CyberThreat 2023

September 20, 2023

Via: The Register

Cyber security remains a top three priority for most, if not all, organisations. The risks associated with failure to implement adequate defences were once again highlighted by the ransomware incident which impacted several hospital computer systems across the US last […]


Network security, Security

Australia to build six ‘cyber shields’ to defend its shores

September 19, 2023

Via: The Register

Australia will build “six cyber shields around our nation” declared home affairs minister Clare O’Neill yesterday, as part of a national cyber security strategy. Detailed in a speech before a summit on cyber security, the strategy’s six “shields” comprise: Education […]


Threats & Malware, Virus & Malware

Attackers Create Synthetic Security Researchers to Steal IP

June 16, 2023

Via: Dark Reading

During the month of May, an unknown threat group created a malicious GitHub repository that claimed to contain a zero-day exploit for a vulnerability in the Signal messaging app. The attackers supported the credibility of the exploit by creating a […]