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Hackers and cybercrime prevention

  • January 02, 2024 02 Jan'24

    China’s UNC4841 pivots to new Barracuda ESG zero-day

    The 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

  • December 27, 2023 27 Dec'23

    Top 10 ASEAN IT stories of 2023

    Organisations 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

  • December 21, 2023 21 Dec'23

    Top 10 cyber crime stories of 2023

    Ransomware gangs dominated the cyber criminal underworld in 2023, a year that will prove notable for significant evolutionary trends in their tactics

  • December 20, 2023 20 Dec'23

    ALPHV/BlackCat operation down, but maybe not out

    Multinational law enforcement has targeted the operations of the notorious ALPHV/BlackCat cyber extortion gang, but the group’s members appear to remain defiant

  • December 20, 2023 20 Dec'23

    Top 10 NHS IT stories of 2023

    In 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

  • December 19, 2023 19 Dec'23

    Top 10 cyber security stories of 2023

    The 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

  • December 18, 2023 18 Dec'23

    How threat intelligence is applied in DNS security

    Infoblox’s director of security architecture explains how the company leverages its threat intelligence capabilities to help organisations stay ahead of DNS security threats

  • December 14, 2023 14 Dec'23

    NCSC CEO Lindy Cameron to step down in 2024

    NCSC 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

  • December 13, 2023 13 Dec'23

    How ransomware gangs use the tech media against their victims

    Ransomware gangs are increasingly media-savvy operators, and this means incident response plans now need to account for communications and PR strategies too

  • December 13, 2023 13 Dec'23

    Critical UK infrastructure a ‘hostage of fortune’ to ransomware

    A 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