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• April 29, 2022 29 Apr'22

  Attackers enlist cloud providers in large HTTPS DDoS hit

  A recent large-scale DDoS incident shows how cyber criminals are switching up their tactics to conduct more sophisticated attacks

• April 29, 2022 29 Apr'22

  Orange Business Services delivers global SD-WAN to Siemens

  Digital services company and global enterprise division of the global telco teams with leading German technology firm to complete what is said to be one of the largest software-defined wide area network deployments in the world, covering 1,168 ...

• April 28, 2022 28 Apr'22

  Ransomware recovery costs dwarf actual ransoms

  The cost of recovering from a ransomware attack far outweighs the ransoms now being demanded by cyber criminals, according to recent data

• April 28, 2022 28 Apr'22

  SoftBank invests in Aryaka for international SD-WAN service, SD-core

  With the objective of shoring up its international networking service, enabling a flexible and highly secure network that meets overseas customer needs, Japanese multinational upgrades software-defined wide area network and core

• April 28, 2022 28 Apr'22

  Manufacturer sues JPMorgan after cyber criminals stole $272m

  Manufacturer files lawsuit alleging that US bank failed to inform it of suspicious transaction activity

• April 28, 2022 28 Apr'22

  Russia plumbs new depths in cyber war on Ukraine

  Microsoft details cyber attacks on Ukrainian civilian communications, nuclear safety authorities, and the exploitation of the destruction of Mariupol in a phishing campaign

• April 28, 2022 28 Apr'22

  CIOs have the greatest impact on business

  Chief information officers see their role as core in building out the IT and security infrastructure and talent pool that their organisations require to grow post-pandemic

• April 27, 2022 27 Apr'22

  Log4Shell, ProxyLogon, ProxyShell among most exploited bugs of 2021

  These 15 CVEs were the most commonly exploited last year, and if you haven’t mitigated against them, now is the time

• April 27, 2022 27 Apr'22

  Russia-supporting cyber crime gang claims Coca-Cola as victim

  Stormous cyber crime collective claims to have stolen 161GB of data from Coca-Cola, and says it plans to sell it off

• April 27, 2022 27 Apr'22

  Leeds Beckett’s ethical hacking platform wins Innovate UK backing

  An ethical hacking and cyber education platform developed at Leeds Beckett University has received a major funding boost to help it launch commercially

• April 27, 2022 27 Apr'22

  BT, Toshiba team on first commercial trial of quantum secured network with EY

  Revolutionary computer infrastructure to be used in trial of management consultancy’s aim to connect quantum secure data transmission between its major London offices

• April 27, 2022 27 Apr'22

  Ransomware victims paying out when they don’t need to

  Sophos’s annual State of Ransomware report shows dramatic increases in the impact of ransomware attacks, but also finds many organisations are paying ransoms when they don’t need to

• April 26, 2022 26 Apr'22

  Emotet tests new tricks to thwart enhanced security

  The operators of the Emotet botnet seem to be trying to find a way to get around recent changes made by Microsoft to better protect its users

• April 26, 2022 26 Apr'22

  Coralogix makes foray into cyber security with Snowbit

  Observability platform supplier Coralogix has set up a cyber security venture and a global security resource centre in India to tap the growth opportunities in the subcontinent

• April 25, 2022 25 Apr'22

  US mobile network emerges as latest Lapsus$ victim

  Lapsus$ extortion gang hit T-Mobile and attempted to perform SIM-swapping attacks and code theft

• April 25, 2022 25 Apr'22

  Sophos soaks up SOC.OS

  Sophos says acquisition of BAE spinout SOC.OS will enhance its managed threat and extended detection and response services

• April 25, 2022 25 Apr'22

  Mimecast makes deeper push into ASEAN

  Mimecast opens regional office in Singapore and is looking at setting up a datacentre in Southeast Asia as it makes a deeper push into the region

• April 22, 2022 22 Apr'22

  What’s up with Conti and REvil, and should we be worrying?

  New intelligence on some of the world’s most prolific ransomware gangs suggests recent disruption to their activities was like water off a duck’s back

• April 22, 2022 22 Apr'22

  How Adnovum is leveraging its Swiss roots

  Software company Adnovum is leveraging its strengths in identity and access management and its Swiss heritage as it expands into new markets and areas such as zero-trust security

• April 22, 2022 22 Apr'22

  UAE bolsters cyber security

  The United Arab Emirates has successfully improved its security posture amid mounting cyber threats

• April 22, 2022 22 Apr'22

  Finance regulator identifies challenger bank financial crime weaknesses

  Financial Conduct Authority review finds challenger banks need to do more to prevent their platforms being used to commit financial crime, such as money laundering

• April 21, 2022 21 Apr'22

  Zoom adds new round of cyber security enhancements

  Videoconferencing platform Zoom adds multiple third-party security certifications and service enhancements

• April 21, 2022 21 Apr'22

  Five Eyes in new Russia cyber warning

  Latest cross-body alert warns of Russian threat to utilities and other core elements of national infrastructure

• April 21, 2022 21 Apr'22

  Impact of Lapsus$ attack on Okta less than feared

  Okta’s investigation into Lapsus$ breach of its systems via a Sitel workstation has concluded that the impact was significantly less than the maximum potential

• April 20, 2022 20 Apr'22

  One-third of scams that hit TSB are impersonation fraud

  TSB reports an increase in fraudsters impersonating trusted organisations to trick consumers into making payments to them

• April 20, 2022 20 Apr'22

  Home secretary Priti Patel to decide whether to extradite Assange

  Home secretary will decide in four weeks whether to approve Julian Assange’s extradition to the US, where he faces espionage and hacking charges

• April 20, 2022 20 Apr'22

  AWS fixes vulnerabilities in Log4Shell hot patch

  AWS issues fixes for a series of Log4Shell hot patches after they turned out to leave its services vulnerable to further exploitation

• April 20, 2022 20 Apr'22

  NSO Group faces court action after Pegasus spyware used against targets in UK

  Three human rights activists whose phones were targeted by spyware traced to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates have begun legal action against both countries and Israel’s NSO Group Technologies

• April 19, 2022 19 Apr'22

  Median threat actor ‘dwell time’ dropped during 2021

  Security teams appear to be getting better at detecting attackers within their networks, according to a report

• April 19, 2022 19 Apr'22

  Hammers sign Acronis as backup and security in one

  West Ham United set to replace separate backup from Veeam and a variety of security products with Acronis Cyber Protect to have backup, data protection and file share on a single platform

• April 19, 2022 19 Apr'22

  Windows 7 and XP still more popular than Windows 11

  Lansweeper audit of Windows devices finds more people are running unsupported Windows operating systems than the newest release

• April 14, 2022 14 Apr'22

  Lack of expertise hurting UK government’s cyber preparedness

  UK government bodies and critical infrastructure owners cite a lack of staff resources, and internal and external expertise, as hampering factors when it comes to cyber readiness, according to a report

• April 14, 2022 14 Apr'22

  Kyndryl kindles cyber incident recovery pact with Dell

  IBM spin-out Kyndryl hops into bed with Dell Technologies in a joint cyber resilience proposition

• April 14, 2022 14 Apr'22

  Zhadnost DDoS botnet deployed against Finland

  A coordinated DDoS attack hit two government ministries in Finland at the same time as Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky delivered a virtual address to the Finnish parliament

• April 14, 2022 14 Apr'22

  Incontroller ICS malware has ‘rare, dangerous’ capabilities, says Mandiant

  Mandiant joins a growing chorus of warnings over novel nation state threats to ICS systems

• April 14, 2022 14 Apr'22

  Government agrees bulk surveillance powers fail to protect journalists and sources

  Campaign group Liberty to launch legal appeal that will call for journalists to receive stronger legal protections from state surveillance

• April 13, 2022 13 Apr'22

  WatchGuard firewall users urged to patch Cyclops Blink vulnerability

  The US authorities have seen fit to add the WatchGuard vulnerability used by Sandworm to build the Cyclops Blink botnet to its list of must-patch vulnerabilities

• April 13, 2022 13 Apr'22

  Microsoft patches two zero-days, 10 critical bugs

  Patch Tuesday is here once again. This month, security teams must fix two privilege escalation zero-days in the Windows Common Log File System Driver and the Windows User Profile Service

• April 13, 2022 13 Apr'22

  Criminals researched hacking TTPs post-breach in ‘messy’ cyber attack

  Sophos shares details of a cyber attack that saw attackers hang out in their victim environment for five months while they prepared to sow further mischief

• April 13, 2022 13 Apr'22

  More ANZ organisations warm to DevSecOps

  About four in 10 organisations in Australia and New Zealand are undertaking the transition to development, security and operations, while a further 36% plan to do so in 2022, study finds

• April 12, 2022 12 Apr'22

  Universal IAM policy failings put cloud environments at risk

  Almost all organisations lack appropriate IAM policy controls to effectively secure their data in the cloud, according to a damning study

• April 12, 2022 12 Apr'22

  Multiple arrests made in RaidForums takedown

  A Portuguese national and a 21-year-old man from Croydon are among a number of individuals arrested ahead of the closure of RaidForums by police

• April 12, 2022 12 Apr'22

  Sandworm rolls out Industroyer2 malware against Ukraine

  A second generation of the Sandworm-linked Industroyer malware has been identified by ESET researchers and Ukraine’s national CERT

• April 12, 2022 12 Apr'22

  AI researcher says police tech suppliers are hostile to transparency

  Expert witness in Lords police tech inquiry welcomes committee’s findings but questions whether its recommendations on how to end the ‘Wild West’ of police artificial intelligence and algorithmic technologies in the UK would be implemented

• April 11, 2022 11 Apr'22

  Singapore to start licensing cyber security service providers

  Those providing penetration testing and SOC services will need to apply for a licence under a new licensing regime that is expected to safeguard consumer interests and improve service standards

• April 11, 2022 11 Apr'22

  Border IT system fixed after 10-day outage

  Post-Brexit border IT system failure fixed after going down at the start of April, allowing traders to once again file customs documents electronically rather than by hand

• April 11, 2022 11 Apr'22

  Open source CMS platform Directus patches XSS bug

  A stored cross-site scripting vulnerability in the Directus platform could have enabled malicious actors to gain access to valuable data

• April 11, 2022 11 Apr'22

  Raspberry Pi Foundation ditches default username policy

  Raspberry Pi owners will no longer be able to use the default ‘pi’ username, as the Raspberry Pi Foundation clamps down on insecure practices

• April 11, 2022 11 Apr'22

  Nordic countries discuss joint cyber defence capability

  Nordic countries are in talks to increase their cyber defences in the face of the threat from Russia

• April 08, 2022 08 Apr'22

  EncroChat: France says ‘defence secrecy’ in police surveillance operations is constitutional

  Constitutional court finds that invoking ‘defence secrecy’ to withhold information about the state hacking of EncroChat cryptophones is constitutional. Defence lawyers now head for the supreme court