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Hackers and cybercrime prevention
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February 24, 2021
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Feb'21
Transport for NSW hit by Accellion breach
Australian state agency Transport for New South Wales is the latest victim of the supply chain attack against Accellion’s legacy file transfer system
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February 24, 2021
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Feb'21
Babuk ransomware unsophisticated, but highly dangerous
Intelligence gathered through McAfee’s Mvision service reveals more insight into the emerging Babuk ransomware
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February 24, 2021
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Feb'21
Bombardier is latest victim of Accellion supply chain attack
Canadian aviation company joins the growing list of Accellion breach victims
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February 24, 2021
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Feb'21
Warning on security risk from virtual events platforms
Vulnerabilities found in virtual events platforms could form part of a variant supply chain attack
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February 23, 2021
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Feb'21
XDR makes cyber a Stroll in the park for Aston Martin F1
Aston Martin Cognizant Formula One team will run SentinelOne’s Singularity XDR platform under the bonnet
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February 23, 2021
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CyberScotland offers centralised security resource hub
Newly launched partnership brings together security resources for individuals and organisations across Scotland
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February 22, 2021
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Feb'21
Pandemic has exposed fractures in cyber fraud strategy
RUSI report urges a bolder and more coordinated response to cyber-enabled fraud as the pandemic lays bear the scale of the problem
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February 19, 2021
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NCSC cyber defence scheme blocked thousands of scams in 2019
The NCSC has reported another productive year for its Active Cyber Defence programme
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February 19, 2021
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Biden will act on cyber security to fix SolarWinds mess
US will take action to modernise its defences in the wake of the SolarWinds attack, says US government cyber lead Anne Neuberger
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February 18, 2021
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2020 a record year for cyber, thanks to Covid
The UK’s cyber industry now employs close to 50,000 people and contributes billions to the economy
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February 17, 2021
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Feb'21
North Korean Lazarus Group hackers indicted in US
Charges filed relate to Lazarus Group’s long-running cyber crime spree, including financial theft and extortion, WannaCry malware and the cyber attack on Sony Pictures
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February 17, 2021
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Feb'21
Egregor ransomware arrests confirmed
Authorities confirm that they have arrested an undisclosed number of cyber criminals associated with the Egregor ransomware
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February 17, 2021
17
Feb'21
Law firm and cyber criminals clash over source of stolen data
Cyber attack victim Jones Day says its data was stolen in a supply chain attack, but the gang holding it to ransom disagrees
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February 16, 2021
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Feb'21
North Korea accused of Pfizer Covid vaccine cyber attack
South Korean intelligence pins a recent attack on Pfizer, targeting information on coronavirus vaccines, on its neighbour
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February 16, 2021
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Feb'21
RDP, SSH exposures off the charts thanks to remote working
The Covid-19 pandemic has had an impact on the prevalence of certain vulnerabilities in the wild, according to a report
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February 16, 2021
16
Feb'21
Egregor ransomware associates arrested amid disruption
Undisclosed number of arrests made in Ukraine after investigators tracked bitcoin ransom payments
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February 15, 2021
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Feb'21
NCSC recognises UK’s top cyber schools
National Cyber Security Centre CyberFirst Schools initiative has handed out 14 gold, silver and bronze awards recognising excellence in cyber security teaching
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February 11, 2021
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Feb'21
Hacked Finnish therapy business collapses
Vastaamo, the Finnish psychotherapy centre whose patients were blackmailed by a cyber criminal gang, has filed for bankruptcy
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February 11, 2021
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Feb'21
Low-complexity CVEs a growing concern
Analysis of thousands of CVEs logged with NIST in 2020 reveals some unwelcome developments
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February 11, 2021
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Feb'21
Future security stars shine in first round of CyberFirst Girls contest
There were more than 6,500 participants in the opening heats of the National Cyber Security Centre’s CyberFirst Girls competition this year
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February 11, 2021
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Singtel falls prey to supply chain attack
The Singapore telco reveals that its Accellion file sharing system was illegally hacked in a supply chain attack
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February 10, 2021
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Dating app users warned to watch out for scammers
A vast amount of money was lost to romance scammers last year, and with millions of people isolated in lockdown the problem is getting worse, according to a report
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February 10, 2021
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Feb'21
HelloKitty almost certainly behind CD Projekt ransomware attack
Theories that the cyber attack on a high-profile gaming studio was orchestrated by players who are disappointed in a videogame are likely wide of the mark, according to analysis
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February 10, 2021
10
Feb'21
Windows 10, Server 2019 users must patch serious zero-day
Another dangerous zero-day exploit is among 56 vulnerabilities patched by Microsoft in February’s Patch Tuesday update
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February 10, 2021
10
Feb'21
Sim-swapping crooks targeted celebrities, influencers
Eight arrests have been made in England and Scotland in connection with a series of Sim-swapping attacks targeting high-profile victims
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February 09, 2021
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Feb'21
Data breaches are a ticking timebomb for consumers
Damage from data breaches goes far beyond the impact to the target organisation – an obvious fact that is too often overlooked, says F-Secure
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February 09, 2021
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Feb'21
Cyberpunk 2077 developer refuses to pay up after ransomware attack
Polish video game developer CD Projekt has released details of a ransomware attack on its systems
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February 09, 2021
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Feb'21
‘Batman Begins’ cyber attack is a warning to CNI providers
A thwarted cyber attack in a Florida town that could have resulted in the poisoning of the water supply is a timely reminder of the vulnerability of critical services
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February 09, 2021
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NHS reports fewer phishing emails in 2020
The NHSmail email service saw a steady decline in suspected phishing emails during the course of 2020
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February 08, 2021
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Too few UK organisations offering cyber training for remote work
Nearly a year into the pandemic, a study reveals a concerning tendency for organisations not to bother offering security training for remote workers
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February 08, 2021
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Feb'21
Data of thousands of Dutch citizens leaked from government Covid-19 systems
Weak access controls and outdated systems blamed for leaking of the personal details of thousands of Dutch citizens tested for Covid-19
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February 08, 2021
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Feb'21
Sweden to establish national cyber security centre
Sweden becomes latest Nordic state to establish a national cyber security centre as the threat landscape grows
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February 05, 2021
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Feb'21
Google Chrome update to patch serious zero-day
A serious heap buffer overflow vulnerability means Google Chrome users should patch their browsers as soon as possible
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February 05, 2021
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Financial regulatory body bombarded with malicious emails
New disclosures reveal the FCA’s systems bounced almost a quarter of a million malicious emails in a three-month period
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February 05, 2021
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Feb'21
Security firm Stormshield loses source code in cyber attack
Source code from two products developed by French cyber security firm was compromised in a December 2020 incident
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February 04, 2021
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Feb'21
Woodland Trust hit by cyber attack in December
Conservation charity is investigating what it describes as a ‘sophisticated’ cyber attack but has waited nearly two months to inform its members
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February 04, 2021
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Feb'21
SolarWinds chases multiple leads in breach investigation
Investigators at SolarWinds are exploring multiple theories as to how the company’s systems were compromised
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February 04, 2021
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Feb'21
Fraud and cyber crime still vastly under-reported
The scale of digitally enabled crime in the UK is dramatically under-reported, new statistics indicate
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February 03, 2021
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Feb'21
Crypto malware targets Kubernetes clusters, say researchers
Newly identified Hildegaard malware targets Kubernetes clusters and seems to herald a new campaign from the TeamTNT gang
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February 03, 2021
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Foxtons rejects claims of slow reaction to data leak
Investigators have unearthed 16,000 data records that seem to have been stolen in an attack on property firm Foxtons last year, but the organisation says it acted by the book in dealing with the incident
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February 03, 2021
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‘Classic’ Cerber ransomware targets health sector in high volumes
Cerber ransomware-as-a-service seems to have re-emerged as one of the most critical cyber threats facing healthcare organisations, reports VMware Carbon Black
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February 03, 2021
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Feb'21
SolarWinds patches two critical CVEs in Orion platform
New vulnerabilities disclosed as SolarWinds reels from December 2020 Solorigate/Sunburst attack – but do not appear to have been exploited yet
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February 02, 2021
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Feb'21
Agent Tesla trojan finds new ways to sneak past defences
Updated versions of Agent Tesla Rat include new techniques that fiddle with code to disable endpoint protection tools on target systems
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February 01, 2021
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Serco confirms Babuk ransomware attack
Outsourcing firm was hit by the ransomware last week but insists most of its operations are running as normal
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February 01, 2021
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UKRI suspends services after ransomware attack
UK Research and Innovation was hit by an undisclosed strain of ransomware at the end of January
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February 01, 2021
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SBRC picks Check Point to support cyber helpline
The Scottish Business Resilience Centre has enlisted Check Point as the first security supplier to join its incident response partnership programme
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January 31, 2021
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Indian firms see growing value of data
Half of Indian IT leaders see a permanent increase in value of data as their organisations come under threat from mounting cyber attacks amid the pandemic
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January 29, 2021
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Hunting and anti-hunting groups locked in tit-for-tat row over data gathering
The leaking of internal documents has prompted a row between pro- and anti-hunting groups about the legality of the other’s data collection practices
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January 29, 2021
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Jan'21
Revealed: Brits who fuelled ‘vicious’ conspiracy theory by Trump supporters
Trump supporters have apologised and paid millions in damages to the family of murdered Democratic Party staffer Seth Rich for promoting false allegations that Rich – not Russian agents – stole emails from the Democratic National Committee
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January 29, 2021
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Jan'21
Manufacturing particularly at risk of Solorigate-linked breaches
Every fifth victim of the SolarWinds Solorigate/Sunburst attack was a manufacturing organisation, say researchers