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08 May 2024
Police accessed phone records of ‘trouble making journalists’
By Bill GoodwinThe Police Service of Northern Ireland ran a rolling programme to monitor phone records of journalists to identify the source of police leaks it was claimed today
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08 May 2024
White House: Threats to critical infrastructure are 'severe'
By Arielle WaldmanWhile the White House released the new National Cybersecurity Strategy last year to help combat threats to critical infrastructure organizations, attacks have continued.
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08 May 2024
Microsoft hit by fresh round of cloud-focused anti-competitive behaviour complaints
By Caroline DonnellyA Spanish trade association has filed a complaint with the country's competition watchdog over accusations Microsoft’s ‘anti-competitive’ behaviour is harmful to startups
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12 Jan 2024
Big tech reps call for U.S. data privacy law at CES 2024
By Makenzie HollandCorporate data privacy advocates said that a federal law could provide businesses with consistency and facilitate future regulation for artificial intelligence.
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12 Jan 2024
Logicalis CEO identifies reasons to be optimistic about 2024
By Simon QuickeChannel player’s boss outlines areas where customers are looking to make investments as the market picks up
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12 Jan 2024
UK government seeks public views on impacts of AI-generated porn
By Sebastian Klovig SkeltonThe government’s Pornography Review will look in part at the use of AI throughout the industry to generate sexually explicit content without people’s consent
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11 Jan 2024
Ivanti confirms 2 zero-day vulnerabilities are under attack
By Arielle WaldmanVolexity reported the vulnerabilities to Ivanti after discovering that suspected Chinese nation-state threat actors created an exploit chain to achieve remote code execution.
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11 Jan 2024
Apple, Google face tumultuous legal year ahead
By Makenzie HollandGoogle has agreed to make changes to its app store, while Apple has remained largely unscathed after antitrust trials challenged both companies' app store operating models.
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11 Jan 2024
Channel facing a delicate AI pitch into SMEs
By Simon QuickeThere is a clear appetite for artificial intelligence technology, but there is a gap in perceptions of its purpose between those buying the tech and those using it
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11 Jan 2024
Cisco fixes high-impact flaw in unified comms platform
By Alex ScroxtonCisco unified comms customers are urged to patch a critical vulnerability in Unity Connection, a messaging and voicemail product
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10 Jan 2024
Ransomware prevention a focus for storage stewards in 2024
By Tim McCarthyIn 2024, generative AI and machine learning, along with employee education, are important tools to prevent the spread of ransomware throughout the enterprise.
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10 Jan 2024
Davos 2024: AI-generated disinformation poses threat to elections, says World Economic Forum
By Bill GoodwinDisinformation and misinformation are the top risks facing businesses, governments and the public over the next two years
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10 Jan 2024
China claims it cracked Apple's AirDrop, can track senders
By Alexander CulafiThe flaw used by Chinese researchers to crack Apple's AirDrop encryption was reported to the company in 2019 by researchers at German university TU Darmstadt.
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10 Jan 2024
Windows Kerberos, Hyper-V vulns among January Patch Tuesday bugs
By Alex ScroxtonMicrosoft starts 2024 right with another slimline Patch Tuesday drop, but there are some critical vulns to be alert to, including a number of man-in-the-middle attack vectors
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10 Jan 2024
SEC social media hack highlights value of MFA
By Alex ScroxtonThe US SEC briefly appeared to approve new bitcoin trading rules after a social media account was targeted by troublemakers, proving the value of MFA once again
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10 Jan 2024
Scotland ‘sleepwalking’ to mass surveillance with DPDI Bill
By Sebastian Klovig SkeltonThe independent checks and balances over biometrics and biometric-enabled surveillance must be strengthened to prevent Scotland from sliding into a surveillance state along with the rest of the UK
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09 Jan 2024
Microsoft starts year with a subdued January Patch Tuesday
By Tom WalatFor the second month in a row, Microsoft had no zero-days and relatively few vulnerabilities for administrators to address.
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09 Jan 2024
Amsterdam arrest leads to Babuk Tortilla ransomware decryptor
By Arielle WaldmanA joint effort by Cisco Talos, Avast and Dutch law enforcement results in an all-encompassing Babuk ransomware recovery key and the arrest of a threat actor.
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09 Jan 2024
Account hijacking, cryptocurrency scams spread on X
By Alexander CulafiOne company that had its account stolen and used for cryptocurrency scams, CertiK, said it was hacked through a phishing attack from a journalist's compromised account.
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09 Jan 2024
Babuk Tortilla ransomware decryptor made available
By Alex ScroxtonA joint effort between Cisco Talos, Avast and the Dutch police will bring relief to many victims of a variant of the Babuk ransomware known as Tortilla
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09 Jan 2024
Study reveals cyber risks to US elections
By Alex ScroxtonWith the 2024 US presidential election cycle beginning, a study produced by Arctic Wolf has highlighted big gaps in preparedness and resourcing at government bodies across the US
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08 Jan 2024
British Library ransomware attack could cost up to £7m
By Alex ScroxtonThe cost of recovering the British Library’s ransomware-stricken IT systems could be up to £7m, it has emerged
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08 Jan 2024
Inside the Met Police’s investigation into EncroChat crime gangs
By Bill GoodwinThe Met’s senior investigating officer responsible for investigating criminals using the EncroChat encrypted phone network tells the inside story of the UK’s biggest organised crime bust in a BBC podcast series released this week
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04 Jan 2024
December ransomware attacks disrupt healthcare organizations
By Arielle WaldmanTwo attacks last month exposed the sensitive information of more than 3 million individuals as ransomware attacks continued to disrupt networks and expose private data.
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04 Jan 2024
Celona and Palo Alto partner to enhance private 5G network security
By Alex ScroxtonWireless services specialist Celona and security firm Palo Alto Networks are coming together to enhance device protection for organisations operating private mobile networks
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03 Jan 2024
Dutch working to promote cooperation in Europe to keep internet safe
By Kim LoohuisA Dutch cooperative approach offers national and international cooperation opportunities for ISPs to guard against DDoS attacks, lawful interception and detect abuse in networks
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03 Jan 2024
SonicWall adds more zero trust depth with Banyan buy
By Simon QuickeSecurity player dips back into the M&A market to add more zero trust and SSE coverage
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03 Jan 2024
SonicWall acquires Banyan to boost zero-trust, SSE offerings
By Arielle WaldmanWith its second acquisition in two months, SonicWall aims to help enterprises with growing remote workforces through zero-trust network and security service edge offerings.
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03 Jan 2024
Fighting money laundering with AI
By Aaron TanMike Foster, CEO of SymphonyAI Sensa-NetReveal, talks up how AI can be used to fight financial crime and how the company’s technology can augment existing AML investments
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02 Jan 2024
China’s UNC4841 pivots to new Barracuda ESG zero-day
By Alex ScroxtonThe Chinese state threat actor behind a series of cyber attacks on Barracuda Networks customers embarked on a campaign targeting the supplier’s email security products in the run-up to Christmas
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02 Jan 2024
Cloudflare eyes GenAI workloads with Workers AI
By Aaron TanCloudflare’s Workers developer platform is touted to make it easier for organisations to deploy GenAI capabilities at the edge to speed up inferencing
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29 Dec 2023
Top 10 India IT stories of 2023
By Aaron TanWe recap the year’s top 10 stories in India, including the country’s datacentre boom and innovations in space and agriculture technologies
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29 Dec 2023
Top 10 AI regulation stories of 2023
By Sebastian Klovig SkeltonFrom the UK government’s publication of its long-awaited AI whitepaper to its convening of the world’s first AI Safety Summit, here are Computer Weekly’s top 10 AI regulation stories of 2023
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28 Dec 2023
Top 10 technology and ethics stories of 2023
By Sebastian Klovig SkeltonHere are Computer Weekly’s top 10 technology and ethics stories of 2023
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27 Dec 2023
Another Barracuda ESG zero-day flaw exploited in the wild
By Arielle WaldmanOn Christmas Eve, Barracuda disclosed that a China-nexus threat actor had resumed attacks against its Email Security Gateway appliance using a new zero-day vulnerability.
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27 Dec 2023
Top 10 police technology stories of 2023
By Sebastian Klovig SkeltonHere are Computer Weekly’s top 10 police technology stories of 2023
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27 Dec 2023
Top 10 ASEAN IT stories of 2023
By Aaron TanOrganisations across the region have continued to shore up their cyber security posture while investing in infrastructure to pave the way for emerging technologies like GenAI
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22 Dec 2023
Top 10 government IT stories of 2023
By Lis EvenstadIn the year that gave life to four new government departments, Whitehall bosses have continued to fly the flag for technology, with mixed results and success. Here are the stories that made waves in 2023
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21 Dec 2023
10 of the biggest ransomware attacks in 2023
By Arielle WaldmanRansomware attacks against U.S. organizations hit record levels this year as threat actors stepped up extortion tactics and took shaming victims to new levels.
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21 Dec 2023
Cisco Security Cloud adds Isovalent for multi-cloud networks
By Beth PariseauThe commercial backer of open source networking and security projects Cilium and Tetragon comes under Cisco's control for cloud-native network security.
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21 Dec 2023
Top 10 cyber crime stories of 2023
By Alex ScroxtonRansomware gangs dominated the cyber criminal underworld in 2023, a year that will prove notable for significant evolutionary trends in their tactics
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21 Dec 2023
Top 10 storage stories of 2023
By Antony AdsheadIn this 2023 review, we consider if flash will thrash disk, what the Toyota outage shows about capacity planning, how to achieve green storage, the backup and compliance risks of AI, the lowdown on DPUs, and more
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21 Dec 2023
Top 10 storage supplier strategy stories of 2023
By Antony AdsheadIn 2023, we looked at the top storage suppliers, their market share and how they set themselves for a future of hybrid cloud, containerisation and consumption models of purchasing
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20 Dec 2023
ALPHV/BlackCat operation down, but maybe not out
By Alex ScroxtonMultinational law enforcement has targeted the operations of the notorious ALPHV/BlackCat cyber extortion gang, but the group’s members appear to remain defiant
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20 Dec 2023
Top 10 NHS IT stories of 2023
By Lis EvenstadIn the year we said goodbye to NHS Digital, the NHS has made some serious strides in digitising the health service, but many challenges remain. We look back at the stories that made the headlines in 2023
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19 Dec 2023
U.S.-China relations will affect businesses in 2024
By Makenzie HollandU.S.-China relations will affect U.S. businesses in 2024, whether it's through more export controls or building alliances with other countries on technology.
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19 Dec 2023
FBI leads Alphv/BlackCat takedown, decrypts victims' data
By Arielle WaldmanThe latest law enforcement effort to halt the surge of ransomware attacks was successful in disrupting one of the most active ransomware-as-a-service groups.
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19 Dec 2023
Top 10 cyber security stories of 2023
By Alex ScroxtonThe past 12 months have seen the security agenda dominated by the usual round of vulnerabilities, concerns over supply chain security and more besides, but it was the chaotic state of global geopolitics that really made an impact
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18 Dec 2023
Akamai discloses zero-click exploit for Microsoft Outlook
By Arielle WaldmanDuring research into an older Microsoft Outlook privilege escalation vulnerability, Akamai discovered two new flaws that can be chained for a zero-click RCE exploit.
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18 Dec 2023
How threat intelligence is applied in DNS security
By Aaron TanInfoblox’s director of security architecture explains how the company leverages its threat intelligence capabilities to help organisations stay ahead of DNS security threats
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15 Dec 2023
DOJ's long-term goals in Google antitrust case unclear
By Makenzie HollandThe DOJ faced off against Google this year in an antitrust trial, claiming that Google maintained an illegal monopoly over the online search and search advertising markets.
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15 Dec 2023
Police defend facial recognition target selection to Lords
By Sebastian Klovig SkeltonSenior police officers confirm to Lords committee that facial recognition watchlist image selection is based on crime categories attached to people’s photos, rather than a context-specific assessment of the threat presented by a given individual
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14 Dec 2023
Russian APT exploiting JetBrains TeamCity vulnerability
By Arielle WaldmanThe Russian hackers behind the SolarWinds attacks are the latest nation-state group to exploit a critical TeamCity vulnerability to gain initial access to victims' servers.
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14 Dec 2023
Technology inflation rate edges up for storage, IT services
By John MoorePrice hikes persist for professional services and cloud, while an increase in storage costs could reflect a return toward more typical pricing levels after a period of decline.
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14 Dec 2023
Government plans to regulate to tackle datacentre threats
By Alex ScroxtonDSIT outlines a range of proposals designed to protect data storage facilities from cyber attacks, as well as physical threats and the effects of climate breakdown
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14 Dec 2023
Splunk: AI isn't making spear phishing more effective
By Arielle WaldmanWhile new research shows AI tools won't make it easier for adversaries to conduct successful phishing attacks, social engineering awareness should remain a priority.
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14 Dec 2023
The Security Interviews: Talking identity with Microsoft’s Joy Chik
By Alex ScroxtonMicrosoft’s president of identity and network access, Joy Chik, joins Computer Weekly to discuss the evolving threat landscape in identity security, using innovations in artificial intelligence to stay ahead, and advocating for the coming passwordless future
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14 Dec 2023
NCSC CEO Lindy Cameron to step down in 2024
By Alex ScroxtonNCSC chief exec Lindy Cameron, who helped lead and elevate the national dialogue on cyber security through major events such as Covid-19, SolarWinds Sunburst and Colonial Pipeline, is to step down in the New Year
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14 Dec 2023
ICO complaint seeks answers from prosecutors over deleted Assange emails
By Bill GoodwinAn Italian journalist has complained to the data protection watchdog after the Crown Prosecution Service gave conflicting explanations over its deletion of key emails on WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange
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14 Dec 2023
Cisco eyes opportunities in AI, sustainability in Australia
By Stephen WithersCisco is looking to tap opportunities in sustainability, AI and cyber security as it navigates Australia’s economic headwinds
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13 Dec 2023
Malwarebytes enhances MSP offering as DataSolutions looks for vendor growth
By Simon QuickeCyber security firm enhances MSP offering after reporting strong demand for the services, while elsewhere, distributor reveals intention to grow its vendor portfolio
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13 Dec 2023
How ransomware gangs use the tech media against their victims
By Alex ScroxtonRansomware gangs are increasingly media-savvy operators, and this means incident response plans now need to account for communications and PR strategies too
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13 Dec 2023
Microsoft’s Christmas present for cyber teams: no zero-days
By Alex ScroxtonBarely 30 vulnerabilities, and no zero-days, have been fixed in the final Patch Tuesday drop of 2023
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13 Dec 2023
How ransomware gangs are engaging -- and using -- the media
By Arielle WaldmanNew Sophos research shows that ransomware groups are not only attacking technical systems, but taking advantage of information systems as well to pressure victims into paying.
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13 Dec 2023
Critical UK infrastructure a ‘hostage of fortune’ to ransomware
By Alex ScroxtonA lack of ransomware planning and preparedness at the highest levels of government is leaving UK operators or critical national infrastructure dangerously exposed, according to a Joint Committee report
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13 Dec 2023
Inside the Singapore government’s cloud journey
By Aaron TanThe Smart Nation Group’s chief digital technology officer outlines the government’s cloud journey, including its approach to cloud migration and how it came to host mission-critical workloads on AWS
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12 Dec 2023
Microsoft delivers light December Patch Tuesday for admins
By Tom WalatIT operations teams should prioritize deploying the Windows cumulative update to dispatch a critical MSHTML bug affecting Microsoft Outlook.
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12 Dec 2023
MoD fined after breach of Afghan staffers’ data put lives at risk
By Alex ScroxtonThe MoD has been fined £350,000 by the ICO after an email blunder exposed data on Afghan nationals who had worked with British forces and were at risk of Taliban reprisals
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12 Dec 2023
IBM engineers hatch Linux Foundation HashiCorp Vault fork
By Beth PariseauIBM engineers working on Open Horizon within the Linux Foundation begin a Vault fork as challenges continue for HashiCorp, which also addressed Terraform Cloud pricing angst.
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12 Dec 2023
Outdated data protection practice key factor in PSNI data breach
By Alex ScroxtonThe August 2023 data breach at the Police Service of Northern Ireland arose chiefly from an outdated approach to data protection and compliance at the force, according to an independent review
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12 Dec 2023
Top IT predictions in APAC in 2024
By Aaron TanGenerative AI will continue to leave its mark on many areas in business and IT, along with other trends such as sustainability, cyber security and smart factories that are expected to shape the region’s technology landscape in 2024
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11 Dec 2023
Nordic governments join forces to protect data transfers
By Gerard O'DwyerNordic countries deepen their cooperation over cyber security amid heightened threat from neighbouring Russia
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08 Dec 2023
Fancy Bear targets Nato entities via critical Outlook flaw
By Alex ScroxtonA vulnerability patched in March has likely been exploited by the Russian state actor Fancy Bear, for over two years, according to the latest intelligence
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07 Dec 2023
UK names Russian FSB agents behind political hacking campaign
By Bill GoodwinRussian hacking group, Star Blizzard, was part of a Russian intelligence operation aimed at interfering with UK politics and the democratic process, says government.
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07 Dec 2023
Distology shines light on OT security
By Simon QuickeDistributor steps up partner education around OT security to ensure the opportunity is grasped
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07 Dec 2023
Scality channel boss looking to grow via distribution
By Simon QuickeStorage infrastructure player looks to replicate a decent 2023 by extending its channel reach
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07 Dec 2023
NCSC exposes Russian cyber attacks on UK political processes
By Alex ScroxtonThe NCSC has firmly attributed a long-running campaign of cyber attacks targeting UK political processes to a group run out of Russia’s FSB intelligence agency, known as Star Blizzard
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07 Dec 2023
2023 may have seen highest ransomware ‘body count’ yet
By Alex ScroxtonRansomware, or cyber extortion as it is increasingly being termed, remained the most prominent security threat in 2023 – and thanks to large-scale supply chain attacks, the past 12 months may have seen the most victims ever
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07 Dec 2023
How Proofpoint is helping to mitigate AI security threats
By Aaron TanProofpoint is offering monitoring tools to prevent leakage of sensitive information in generative AI models and other capabilities to mitigate AI mediated attacks
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06 Dec 2023
Congress might act on AI-generated content in 2024
By Makenzie HollandMisinformation is an issue facing digital platforms that's being exacerbated by AI-generated content, something Congress could tackle in the new year.
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06 Dec 2023
Forescout uncovers 21 Sierra Wireless router vulnerabilities
By Arielle WaldmanForescout is urging enterprises to patch software for affected OT/IoT routers as attackers increasingly target edge devices to gain network access to critical infrastructure.
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06 Dec 2023
Government launches UK-wide Cyber Explorers Cup
By Alex ScroxtonSchoolkids across the UK are being called on to team up and defeat Herbert the Hacker in a new government-backed competition
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05 Dec 2023
Exposed Hugging Face API tokens jeopardized GenAI models
By Rob WrightLasso Security discovered more than 1,600 exposed Hugging Face API tokens provided access to generative AI and large-language models contained in hundreds of repositories.
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05 Dec 2023
Ransomware ramps up against private sector in November
By Arielle WaldmanRansomware disclosures and reports increased again in November, with the most disruptive and dangerous attacks occurring against healthcare organizations.
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05 Dec 2023
Operator of Sellafield nuclear facility denies hacking claims
By Alex ScroxtonThe operator of the Sellafield nuclear site has denied allegations that senior managers covered up a series of cyber security lapses that enabled Chinese and Russian threat actors to compromise its networks
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04 Dec 2023
Fancy Bear hackers still exploiting Microsoft Exchange flaw
By Arielle WaldmanMicrosoft and Polish Cyber Command warned enterprises that Russian nation-state hackers are exploiting CVE-2023-23397 to gain privileged access to Exchange email accounts.
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04 Dec 2023
Rhysida ransomware gang hits hospital holding royal family’s data
By Alex ScroxtonRansomware gang boasts of having stolen data on the royal family in an attack on a private London hospital
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01 Dec 2023
Human augmentation tech requires dual use oversight
By Sebastian Klovig SkeltonResearchers investigating human augmentation technologies must acknowledge the potential military applications of their work, and military bodies cannot be allowed to dismiss ethical concerns in their pursuit of national security interests, says NGO Drone Wars UK
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01 Dec 2023
Report reveals sorry state of cyber security at UK football clubs
By Alex ScroxtonFootball clubs up and down the country are putting staff, players and fans alike at risk through outdated attitudes to cyber security, according to a report
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01 Dec 2023
The Security Interviews: Mark McClain, SailPoint Technologies
By Alex ScroxtonSailPoint founder and CEO Mark McClain reflects on how the concept of identity has evolved over the past 20 years, and points to rapid evolution still to come
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30 Nov 2023
Black Basta ransomware payments exceed $100M since 2022
By Arielle WaldmanInsurance provider Corvus and blockchain analytics vendor Elliptic partnered to examine how much damage the Black Basta ransomware group has caused in less than two years.
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30 Nov 2023
ScamClub spreads fake McAfee alerts to ESPN, AP, CBS sites
By Rob WrightMalwarebytes said the malicious affiliate behind the fake virus alerts and other malvertising attacks has been flagged many times over the years, but McAfee has yet to take action.
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30 Nov 2023
Government’s Online Fraud Charter welcomed
By Alex ScroxtonThe government has corralled 11 of the largest tech platforms in the world to commit to its Online Fraud Charter, designed to tackle online scams, fake adverts, and more
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30 Nov 2023
Rhysida gang stole hundreds of gigabytes of British Library data
By Alex ScroxtonThe Rhysida ransomware gang behind the cyber attack on the British Library has published almost 600GB of stolen data to its dark web leak site
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29 Nov 2023
Okta: Support system breach affected all customers
By Arielle WaldmanOkta warned customers that they face an 'increased risk of phishing and social engineering attacks' after new details emerged from a breach that occurred earlier this year.
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29 Nov 2023
Law enforcement dismembers major ransomware operation in Ukraine
By Alex ScroxtonA joint law enforcement operation between the Ukrainian authorities, Europol and Eurojust has seem five ransomware operators taken into custody
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29 Nov 2023
Scope of Okta helpdesk breach widens to impact all users
By Alex ScroxtonOkta has widened the scope of the October breach of its systems to include every customer that has used its helpdesk service, after new information came to light
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28 Nov 2023
Europol, Ukraine police arrest alleged ransomware ringleader
By Arielle WaldmanEuropol and Ukraine's National Police arrested the alleged leader of a ransomware gang last week, along with four accomplices, dismantling the cybercrime group.
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28 Nov 2023
Meta faces GDPR complaint over processing personal data without 'free consent'
By Bill GoodwinPaid-for service means data protection is only available to those who can afford it, privacy group argues in data protection complaint
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28 Nov 2023
Infinigate launches next-gen security package
By Simon QuickeDistributor combines offerings from a number of vendor partners to produce fresh option for resellers
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28 Nov 2023
Scope of British Library data breach widens
By Alex ScroxtonPersonal data on British Library users has appeared for sale on the dark web following a Rhysida ransomware attack, as the scope of the still-developing incident widens again
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28 Nov 2023
Volume of unique malware samples threatens to overwhelm defenders
By Alex ScroxtonA massive increase in malware volumes could cause problems for security teams tasked with adapting their defences against them
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28 Nov 2023
Softcat indicates 2023 on track to finish strongly
By Simon QuickeChannel player shares trading update for its first quarter, including favourable comparisons lined up against this time last year