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26 Jul 2024
Generative AI a top priority for Amazon QuickSight
By Eric AvidonThough the BI platform already enables users to analyze data and develop data products using natural language, AWS plans to do more to aid insight generation and user efficiency.
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26 Jul 2024
CrowdStrike outage underscores software testing dilemmas
By Beth PariseauExperts say efforts to avoid incidents such as last week's CrowdStrike outage will face time-honored tradeoffs between velocity, stability, access and security.
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26 Jul 2024
OpenAI takes on Google with new SearchGPT prototype
By Esther AjaoThe AI engine will provide users with information from the web. The AI vendor is working with publishers such as Newsmax. It will incorporate some features in ChatGPT.
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22 Feb 2024
Inside LockBit: A ransomware gang in decline?
By Alex ScroxtonThe LockBit ransomware gang was already on the ropes prior to the NCA-led takedown, according to security researchers
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21 Feb 2024
Australian data breach report highlights supply chain risks
By Aaron TanThe OAIC has called for organisations to proactively address privacy risks from outsourcing personal information handling to third parties
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21 Feb 2024
CVE volumes set to increase 25% this year
By Alex ScroxtonThe number of reported Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures is likely to grow significantly in 2024, hitting a new high of almost 35,000, according to Coalition, a cyber insurance specialist
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21 Feb 2024
Assange created a ‘grave and immediate risk’, says US government, as it seeks extradition
By Charlie MoloneyLawyers for the US government hit back at claims that extraditing WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is politically motivated
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21 Feb 2024
MSPs under pressure to solve customer security challenges
By Simon QuickeLatest SonicWall threat report shines light on role that managed service players are increasingly expected to play
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21 Feb 2024
Apple unveils PQ3 post-quantum encryption for iMessage
By Alexander CulafiApple said its new PQ3 protocol for iMessage is the first of its kind and addresses both future threats from quantum computing as well as "harvest now, decrypt later" attacks.
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21 Feb 2024
How Indian fintechs can address compliance issues
By Kavitha SrinivasaFintechs will need to bolster their know-your-customer practices and establish self-regulatory mechanisms, among other measures, to address compliance issues that have come under the spotlight
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21 Feb 2024
Coalition: Vulnerability scoring systems falling short
By Arielle WaldmanCoalition said enterprises faced more substantial fallout from attacks on Citrix Bleed and Progress Software's MoveIt Transfer due to inadequate vulnerability prioritization.
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21 Feb 2024
SailPoint cuts ribbon on MSP programme
By Simon QuickeSecurity player keen to get partners to solve more customer identity-related challenges
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21 Feb 2024
CrowdStrike 'Global Threat Report': Cloud intrusions up 75%
By Alexander CulafiThis year's report covered cloud intrusions, data extortion attacks, and the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas.
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20 Feb 2024
Cloud costs continue to rise in 2024
By John MooreEnterprises might look more closely at workload allocation and explore alternative platforms amid ongoing cloud price hikes. Storage costs are also trending upward.
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20 Feb 2024
Operation Cronos dismantles LockBit ransomware gang
By Rob WrightAn international law enforcement operation led by the U.K.'s National Crime Agency seizes LockBit's websites, servers, source code and decryption keys.
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20 Feb 2024
LockBit locked out: Cyber community reacts
By Alex ScroxtonReaction to the takedown of the LockBit ransomware gang is enthusiastic, but tempered with the knowledge that cyber criminals are often remarkably resilient
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20 Feb 2024
US extradition of Julian Assange is ‘state retaliation’ for exposing war crimes, court hears
By Charlie MoloneyLawyers argue that the US extradition case against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is politically motivated and in is breach of the UK-US extradition treaty
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20 Feb 2024
LockBit gang members arrested in Poland and Ukraine
By Alex ScroxtonThe UK’s National Crime Agency and its global partners have shared more details on their audacious takedown of the LockBit ransomware operation, including news of two arrests
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20 Feb 2024
Government agrees law to protect confidential journalistic material from state hacking
By Bill GoodwinThe government will update Investigatory Powers Act to require secret intelligence agencies to seek independent approval before accessing confidential journalistic material obtained by bulk hacking, but journalists remain vulnerable to other bulk surveillance powers
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19 Feb 2024
Cops take down LockBit ransomware gang
By Alex ScroxtonThe notorious LockBit ransomware crew has been disrupted in an international law enforcement sting led by the UK's National Crime Agency
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15 Feb 2024
Ransomware disrupts utilities, infrastructure in January
By Arielle WaldmanRansomware attacks last month caused outages and disruptions at public sector and critical infrastructure organizations as well as a major financial services firm.
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15 Feb 2024
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange faces last appeal against ‘political’ extradition
By Bill GoodwinWikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is seeking leave to appeal against extradition to the US in a case that could have chilling implications for journalists reporting on national security
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15 Feb 2024
Exclusive Networks and TD Synnex add to security options
By Simon QuickeThe trend of distributors adding more security vendors has continued with the latest couple of examples
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15 Feb 2024
Security-by-design push prompts new ISC2 accreditations
By Alex ScroxtonSecurity-by-design has become a hot-button regulatory issue. ISC2 has decided now is the time to upskill cyber pros around these vital software and hardware development principles
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15 Feb 2024
Eclypsium: Ivanti firmware has 'plethora' of security issues
By Alexander CulafiIn its firmware analysis, Eclypsium found that the Ivanti Pulse Secure appliance used a version of Linux that was more than a decade old and several years past end of life.
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14 Feb 2024
Microsoft, OpenAI warn nation-state hackers are abusing LLMs
By Arielle WaldmanMicrosoft and OpenAI observed five nation-state threat groups leveraging generative AI and large language models for social engineering, vulnerability research and other tasks.
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14 Feb 2024
Microsoft: Nation-state hackers are exploiting ChatGPT
By Alex ScroxtonThreat actors from China, Iran, North Korea and Russia have all been probing use cases for generative AI service ChatGPT, but have yet to use such tools in a full-blown cyber attack
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14 Feb 2024
Dutch Supreme Court approves use of EncroChat evidence
By Bill GoodwinDefence lawyers plan appeal to European Court of Human Rights after Supreme Court upholds a conviction based on intercepted messages from the EncroChat encrypted phone network
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14 Feb 2024
Southern Water customer data was taken in ransomware attack
By Alex ScroxtonSouthern Water has started to contact customers whose data was stolen in a January 2024 ransomware attack on its systems
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14 Feb 2024
Met Police to scrap and replace ‘racist’ Gangs Violence Matrix
By Sebastian Klovig SkeltonA database used by the Metropolitan Police to identify and track people linked with gang violence is being decommissioned and replaced. The decision follows a long-running controversy over its discriminatory impacts on young black people, but campaigners warn that racial discrimination will persist with new tool
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14 Feb 2024
Microsoft patches two zero-days for Valentine’s Day
By Alex ScroxtonTwo security feature bypasses impacting Microsoft SmartScreen are on the February Patch Tuesday docket, among more than 70 issues
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14 Feb 2024
Security experts: Investigatory powers plans will delay security updates
By Bill GoodwinCyber security experts warn that government proposals to amend the Investigatory Powers Act will limit tech companies’ ability to respond to security threats and could hamper the use of end-to-end encryption
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13 Feb 2024
February Patch Tuesday corrects two Windows zero-days
By Tom WalatAdministrators should focus on quickly deploying a critical vulnerability in Microsoft Outlook and exercising caution when applying an Exchange Server 2019 cumulative update.
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13 Feb 2024
Iranian cyberattacks targeting U.S. and Israeli entities
By Alexander CulafiGoogle said Tuesday that state-backed Iranian actors targeted the U.S. and Israel consistently in the years prior to the start of the Israel-Hamas war as well as the months after.
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13 Feb 2024
New variants of Qakbot malware under development
By Alex ScroxtonDespite its infrastructure having been taken down by the FBI last year, someone appears to be actively working on a new and improved version of the infamous Qakbot malware
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13 Feb 2024
Proofpoint: 'Hundreds' of Azure accounts compromised
By Rob WrightProofpoint researchers found that the attackers manipulated the MFA of compromised accounts, registering their own methods to maintain persistent access.
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13 Feb 2024
Hunter-killer malware volumes seen surging
By Alex ScroxtonLatest Picus Security report on malware tactics, techniques and procedures reveals an increasing focus on disabling security defences
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13 Feb 2024
Ignition Technology and CMS Distribution add more security depth
By Simon QuickeDistributors add to portfolios, with vendor signings in network and mobile threat prevention areas
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13 Feb 2024
Distology gearing up for growth with leadership shuffle
By Simon QuickeSecurity distributor makes some internal moves to ensure it has the right people in place ahead of its fiscal year starting in April
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13 Feb 2024
What will result from Cohesity’s Veritas acquisition?
By Yann SerraThe $7bn backup giant will leverage huge assets in enterprise customer base, compliance and governance intelligence, AI, R&D, and Kubernetes backup and storage
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12 Feb 2024
CISA warns Fortinet zero-day vulnerability under attack
By Arielle WaldmanCISA alerted federal agencies that a critical zero-day vulnerability in FortiOS is being actively exploited, though Fortinet has yet to confirm reports.
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12 Feb 2024
US works to develop AI standards while California legislates
By Makenzie HollandCalifornia has proposed AI regulation as the U.S. works to develop AI standards by bringing together companies such as Apple, Amazon, Google and Microsoft.
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12 Feb 2024
Businesses brace for FCC's ban on AI robocalls
By Makenzie HollandThe FCC's ban on AI-generated robocalls comes in response to growing concern about bad actors using AI to mimic someone's likeness and voice to spread misinformation.
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09 Feb 2024
Amazon defends facial-recognition tech sale to FBI despite moratorium
By Sebastian Klovig SkeltonThe FBI has confirmed it is using Amazon’s Rekognition image and video analysis software, but Amazon says it is ‘false’ to suggest this violates the company’s self-imposed moratorium on selling facial-recognition technology to US police
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09 Feb 2024
MoD ethical hacking programme expands after initial success
By Alex ScroxtonThe Ministry of Defence has expanded the scope of its defensive security partnership with HackerOne
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09 Feb 2024
Cohesity pitches Veritas buy as channel positive
By Simon QuickeDeal will give combined channel base opportunity to sell more cloud, security and AI products
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08 Feb 2024
Amazon weighs in on AI regulation
By Makenzie HollandAmazon supports a risk-based approach to artificial intelligence regulation, which means focusing on regulating harmful uses of AI.
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08 Feb 2024
NCC Group records the most ransomware victims ever in 2023
By Arielle WaldmanEnterprises faced an alarming number of ransomware attacks as gangs targeted supply chains and took advantage of zero-day vulnerabilities and organizations' patching struggles.
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08 Feb 2024
Why open data is needed in the battle to address homelessness
By Cliff SaranCentrepoint needed to send FOIs to more than 300 local authorities in England to access required information
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08 Feb 2024
CIO interview: Sandy Venugopal, SentinelOne
By Cliff SaranWe speak to the former CIO of Uber and LinkedIn, current CIO of SentinelOne, about how artificial intelligence should be deployed in business
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08 Feb 2024
Executive alleged to be behind EncroChat encrypted phone network arrested
By Bill GoodwinA businessman allegedly behind EncroChat, an encrypted phone network that was used by organised crime groups, has been extradited from the Dominican Republic to France
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07 Feb 2024
CISA: Volt Typhoon had access to some U.S. targets for 5 years
By Arielle WaldmanA joint cybersecurity advisory expanded on the Volt Typhoon threat Wednesday, confirming attackers maintained prolonged persistent access to critical infrastructure targets.
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07 Feb 2024
NCSC warns CNI operators over ‘living-off-the-land’ attacks
By Alex ScroxtonMalicious, state-backed actors may well be lurking in the UK’s most critical networks right now, and their operators may not even know until it is too late, warn the NCSC and its partners
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07 Feb 2024
Chainalysis: 2023 a 'watershed' year for ransomware
By Alexander CulafiChainalysis said ransomware payments ballooned to reach $1.1 billion in 2023, marking a complete reversal from the decline in ransomware payments seen the year prior.
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07 Feb 2024
Dozens of surveillance companies are supplying spyware to governments, says Google
By Bill GoodwinGoogle’s Threat Analysis Group has identified 40 companies involved in selling and supplying security exploits and spyware services to governments
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07 Feb 2024
How Iranian cyber ops pivoted to target Israel after 7 October attacks
By Alex ScroxtonMicrosoft has shared new intelligence on how Iranian government-aligned threat actors have turned their fire on Israel over the past four months
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07 Feb 2024
South Staffs Water faces group action over Clop ransomware attack
By Alex ScroxtonSouth Staffordshire Plc, the parent company of South Staffordshire and Cambridge Water, is facing legal action from customers whose data was compromised in a 2022 Clop ransomware attack
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07 Feb 2024
AI ID specialist Onfido in talks to be bought by Entrust
By Alex ScroxtonUK-based cyber unicorn Onfido agrees to enter talks to be acquired by Entrust
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06 Feb 2024
UK’s McPartland Cyber Review to probe trust in technology
By Alex ScroxtonThe UK government has launched a cyber security review that will investigate how best to give businesses the confidence they need to use new technologies
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06 Feb 2024
Google: Spyware vendors are driving zero-day exploitation
By Arielle WaldmanGoogle's Threat Analysis Group urged further government action against commercial surveillance vendors that let customers abuse spyware products with impunity.
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06 Feb 2024
Linux group announces Post-Quantum Cryptography Alliance
By Alexander CulafiThe Post-Quantum Cryptography Alliance aims to 'drive the advancement and adoption of post-quantum cryptography' and respond to security threats introduced by the emerging tech.
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06 Feb 2024
Inquiry to explore cyber risk to Sunak-Starmer showdown
By Alex ScroxtonThe UK’s Joint Committee on National Security Strategy is opening an inquiry into securing the democratic process ahead of the next general election
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06 Feb 2024
UK and France push for international agreement on spyware
By Bill GoodwinThe UK and France are hosting diplomats, big tech companies and civil society groups, in a two-day conference in London targeting the proliferation of spyware tools and ‘hackers for hire’
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05 Feb 2024
AnyDesk hacked, details unclear
By Alexander CulafiOf the hack, AnyDesk said it found 'no evidence that any end-user devices have been affected.' But researchers said they saw AnyDesk customer credentials for sale on the dark web.
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05 Feb 2024
Blackbaud blasted for failing to prevent customer breaches
By Alex ScroxtonA supply chain attack at software supplier Blackbaud in 2020 saw data on multiple UK organisations compromised. The US authorities are now taking steps to ensure it can’t happen again
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05 Feb 2024
US sanctions Iranians behind CNI cyber attacks
By Alex ScroxtonUS government issues new sanctions against six Iranians suspected of being behind a series of cyber attacks targeting critical national infrastructure, notably water supply systems
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02 Feb 2024
Cloudflare discloses breach related to stolen Okta data
By Rob WrightCloudflare initially believed it contained an attempted cyberattack last October by a threat actor using an access token stolen in a breach of Okta's customer support system.
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01 Feb 2024
AI: House of Lords focuses on copyright and transparency
By Cliff SaranLarge language models promise to boost UK productivity, but the tech needs greater scrutiny and questions remain over intellectual property
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01 Feb 2024
Critical infrastructure hacks raise alarms on Chinese threats
By Alexander CulafiFBI Director Christopher Wray and CISA Director Jen Easterly warned that China was targeting critical infrastructure for possible destructive attacks in the event of a conflict with the United States.
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01 Feb 2024
CISA deputy director touts progress, anti-ransomware efforts
By Alexander CulafiIn this Q&A, CISA Deputy Director Nitin Natarajan shares his thoughts on scaling up to meet high demand, the agency's new initiative to address ransomware and more.
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01 Feb 2024
US government disrupts Chinese botnet containing hundreds of end-of-life Cisco and Netgear routers
By Caroline DonnellyThe US government has succeeded in halting a botnet comprised of hundreds of end-of-life routers that posed a threat to critical national infrastructure (CNI) organisations in multiple countries
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01 Feb 2024
Welsh workers’ AI experiences shaped by uneven power dynamics
By Sebastian Klovig SkeltonWorkers in Wales are being negatively affected by the unregulated introduction of artificial intelligence into workplaces due to asymmetric power dynamics
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01 Feb 2024
NIS2 seen as a channel opportunity
By Simon QuickeWestcon-Comstor uncovers channel hopes that security compliance directive will spark user interest in products and services
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31 Jan 2024
Ivanti discloses new zero-day flaw, releases delayed patches
By Arielle WaldmanWhile Ivanti customers can start patching two previously disclosed vulnerabilities, they must also address two new flaws for the same product.
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30 Jan 2024
Corvus: 2023 was a 'record-breaking' ransomware year
By Arielle WaldmanThe insurance company analyzed claims data and ransomware gangs' data leak sites, which suggests as many as 7,600 organizations across the globe were attacked in 2023.
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30 Jan 2024
GFT Technologies and NMi Group engaging in M&A
By Simon QuickeChannel consolidation continues with deals struck to add geographical coverage and market expertise
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30 Jan 2024
TD Synnex, Westcon-Comstor and Infinigate expand portfolios
By Simon QuickeDistributors are making moves to ensure they have a mix of products and services that appeal to their channel partner bases
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30 Jan 2024
We need backup! Pennsylvania police data loss shows why
By Antony AdsheadPolice evidence systems data was lost during ‘routine maintenance’, with human error blamed – the case clearly illustrates why data protection can’t be left to chance
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29 Jan 2024
Citizen Lab details ongoing battle against spyware vendors
By Arielle WaldmanAt the SANS Cyber Threat Intelligence Summit, Citizen Lab researcher Bill Marczak discusses spyware proliferation from commercial vendors such as NSO Group, Cytrox and Quadream.
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29 Jan 2024
Lords question legality of police facial recognition
By Sebastian Klovig SkeltonLords committee ‘deeply concerned’ about the rapid expansion of live facial recognition by UK police, which it says is progressing without any real oversight or accountability
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26 Jan 2024
Microsoft: Legacy account hacked by Russian APT had no MFA
By Alexander CulafiMicrosoft has begun notifying other organizations that have been targeted in recent attacks by Midnight Blizzard, a Russian nation-state actor also known as Cozy Bear and APT29.
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26 Jan 2024
Akira ransomware gang claims Lush cyber attack
By Alex ScroxtonThe Akira ransomware gang claims to have stolen over 100GB of data from cosmetics manufacturer and retailer Lush
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26 Jan 2024
UK government consults on age verification tech in alcohol sales
By Sebastian Klovig SkeltonThe government has said it wants to allow the use of digital identities and various age-verification technologies in alcohol sales
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25 Jan 2024
HPE breached by Russian APT behind Microsoft hack
By Alexander CulafiHPE suspects that Cozy Bear, a Russian state-sponsored threat actor also known as Midnight Blizzard and Nobelium, breached its network twice in 2020.
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25 Jan 2024
Bugcrowd sees surge in vulnerability submissions, led by public sector
By Alex ScroxtonCrowdsourced vulnerability disclosure and bug bounty platform Bugcrowd says it saw a 151% uptick in submissions related to government and public sector organisations in 2023
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24 Jan 2024
NCSC says AI will increase ransomware, cyberthreats
By Arielle WaldmanWhile other threats are likely to increase as well, the U.K.'s National Cyber Security Centre warns that threat actors will use AI to continue the influx of ransomware attacks.
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24 Jan 2024
WebKit vulnerability sparks Apple’s first major security update of 2024
By Alex ScroxtonA zero-day in the open source WebKit browser engine that powers Safari has sparked Apple’s first major patch roll-out of the new year
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24 Jan 2024
Southern Water confirms cyber attack after Black Basta claims
By Alex ScroxtonSouthern Water, which supplies millions of customers in southeast England, has confirmed it has fallen victim to a cyber attack, although its services appear to be running normally
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24 Jan 2024
Inside Cisco’s security platform strategy
By Aaron TanRaj Chopra, senior vice-president of Cisco’s security business, outlines the company’s security platform strategy and how it brought different products together into a single platform
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24 Jan 2024
SCC joins Microsoft Intelligent Security Association
By Simon QuickeChannel player becomes member of a select group of managed service players helping to shape the response to growing security threats
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24 Jan 2024
Critical vulnerability exposes Fortra GoAnywhere users
By Alex ScroxtonFortra GoAnywhere MFT users must take steps to address a newly disclosed zero-day vulnerability without delay
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24 Jan 2024
AI will heighten global ransomware threat, says NCSC
By Alex ScroxtonThe benefits of artificial intelligence to cyber criminals being well-known, the NCSC now assesses it’s likely AI will soon be widely used to enhance ransomware attacks
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24 Jan 2024
Salesforce’s bug bounty programme paid out $3m in 2023
By Alex ScroxtonEthical hackers disclosed more than 4,000 vulnerabilities to Salesforce last year through its bug bounty programme, and received over $3m in rewards
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23 Jan 2024
Attacks begin on critical Atlassian Confluence vulnerability
By Arielle WaldmanExploitation activity for CVE-2023-22527 marks the third time in four months that a critical Atlassian Confluence flaw has gained threat actors' attention.
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23 Jan 2024
Treat cyber risk like financial or legal issue, says UK government
By Alex ScroxtonUK government and NCSC launch proposed code of practice on cyber security governance to help directors and business leaders toughen their defences
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23 Jan 2024
Leak of 26 billion records may prove to be ‘mother of all breaches’
By Alex ScroxtonThe discovery of a dataset comprising 26 billion stolen records may prove to be record-breaking in both its size and the danger it poses to ordinary people
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23 Jan 2024
SEC bitcoin hack was result of SIM-swapping
By Alex ScroxtonA cyber attack on the US financial regulator earlier in January 2024 occurred after hackers took over one of its mobile phone accounts in a so-called SIM-swapping attack
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23 Jan 2024
Exclusive Networks maintaining supplier expansion strategy
By Simon QuickeDistributor has track record of widening existing relationships to benefit UK resellers and will continue that strategy
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22 Jan 2024
Microsoft breached by Russian APT behind SolarWinds attack
By Alexander CulafiSeveral email accounts belonging to Microsoft senior leadership were accessed as part of the breach, though Microsoft found 'no evidence' of customer environments being accessed.
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22 Jan 2024
SolarWinds hackers attack Microsoft in apparent recon mission
By Alex ScroxtonRussian-backed threat actor behind infamous 2020 SolarWinds Sunburst intrusion hacked into Microsoft’s systems, apparently in an attempt to get hold of intel on themselves
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22 Jan 2024
PAC calls on MoD to fix inventory management IT
By Lis EvenstadThe Public Accounts Committee is concerned that the ageing and fragmented IT systems used in the MoD’s inventory management puts front-line forces at significant risk
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22 Jan 2024
Chat control: Tech companies warn ministers over EU encryption plans
By Bill GoodwinTech companies have written to EU ministers to urge them to back the European Parliament, rather than the European Commission, over proposed regulations to police child abuse
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19 Jan 2024
Chinese threat group exploited VMware vulnerability in 2021
By Arielle WaldmanAfter VMware confirmed that CVE-2023-34048 had been exploited, Mandiant attributed the activity to a China-nexus threat group and revealed that exploitation began in late 2021.