News

Network security management

• April 19, 2023 19 Apr'23

  Cisco urges users to keep its network hardware up-to-date

  In the wake of a campaign of threat activity targeting a six-year-old Cisco router vulnerability, the networking giant has warned users to be on high alert and update their hardware

• April 19, 2023 19 Apr'23

  CyberUK 23: Alert over mercenary Russian threat to CNI

  Russian hacktivists supportive of their government’s war on Ukraine are turning their attention to disruptive or destructive attacks on critical infrastructure in the UK, the NCSC has warned

• April 19, 2023 19 Apr'23

  How organisations can succeed with zero trust

  By starting small, taking a long-term view and prioritising the most critical assets in their zero-trust implementations, organisations will be able to reap returns from their investments in the security paradigm

• April 18, 2023 18 Apr'23

  Enterprise networking sees age of SASE and network as a service

  Report reveals complexity of third workspace has transformed how modern IT organisations view network and security, with 98% of IT executives planning to increase investment in cloud services

• April 18, 2023 18 Apr'23

  CyberUK 23: NCSC conference centres cyber collaboration

  The NCSC’s annual CyberUK conference gets underway in Belfast this week, with collaboration and cooperation high on the agenda

• April 18, 2023 18 Apr'23

  Tech companies and NGOs urge rewrite of Online Safety Bill to protect encrypted comms

  The Online Safety Bill faces amendments in the House of Lords amid concerns that it could weaken the security of end-to-end encrypted communications for UK citizens

• April 18, 2023 18 Apr'23

  Focus on these three risky behaviours to boost cloud security

  Some 80% of cloud security alerts are triggered by just 5% of security rules. Security teams can substantially improve their resilience by zeroing in on a small set of risky behaviours, according to a report

• April 13, 2023 13 Apr'23

  Thousands at risk from critical RCE bug in legacy MS service

  Thousands of organisations worldwide are at risk from three vulnerabilities – one critical – in a legacy Microsoft service that they may not be aware they are running

• April 12, 2023 12 Apr'23

  Netskope claims hybrid work ‘revolution’ with SASE client and endpoint SD-WAN

  Netskope looks to deliver consistent security and superior user experience for hybrid workers through reduced costs and complexity from extended borderless SD-WAN and SASE

• April 12, 2023 12 Apr'23

  April Patch Tuesday fixes zero-day used to deliver ransomware

  A zero-day in the Microsoft Common Log File System that has been abused by the operator of the Nokoyawa ransomware is among 97 vulnerabilities fixed in April’s Patch Tuesday update

• April 11, 2023 11 Apr'23

  Anne Keast-Butler named as new director of GCHQ

  The government has appointed current MI5 deputy director general Anne Keast-Butler to head signals and cyber agency GCHQ

• April 06, 2023 06 Apr'23

  Prioritise automated hardening over traditional cyber controls, says report

  A report from strategic risk specialist Marsh McLennan advises security buyers to funnel their budgets towards automated cyber security hardening techniques, saying they have a much better chance of reducing risk in a meaningful way

• April 04, 2023 04 Apr'23

  Threat researchers dissect anatomy of a Royal ransomware attack

  Trellix researchers share the inside track on a Royal ransomware attack that hit one of its customers in late 2022

• April 04, 2023 04 Apr'23

  Over 90% of organisations find threat hunting a challenge

  Understaffed security teams and high levels of background noise are making basic security operations tasks a chore for defenders, according to a report

• March 30, 2023 30 Mar'23

  Reactive approach to cyber procurement risks damaging businesses

  Too many organisations are following a reactive approach to cyber security, which WithSecure believes is stifling security teams ability to demonstrate value and align with business outcomes

• March 30, 2023 30 Mar'23

  3CX unified comms users hit by supply chain attacks

  Ongoing supply chain attacks against customers of UC firm 3CX appear to be linked to North Korean threat actors

• March 28, 2023 28 Mar'23

  Microsoft expands AI Copilot project into security realm

  New Microsoft service, Security Copilot, will supposedly expand the reach, speed and effectiveness of cyber teams

• March 28, 2023 28 Mar'23

  Inside Group-IB’s cyber security playbook

  A focus on threat intelligence, fraud protection and its work with Interpol has enabled Group-IB to compete against bigger rivals in the market

• March 24, 2023 24 Mar'23

  National Crime Agency sting operation infiltrates cyber crime market

  The UK National Crime Agency has tricked thousands of potential cyber criminals into registering with a fake website pretending to offer tools for creating DDoS attacks

• March 24, 2023 24 Mar'23

  Aryaka expands SD-WAN, SASE offer to SMEs

  Having deployed its services to large enterprises and Fortune 100 companies for over a decade, software-defined networking technology focuses on small to medium-sized enterprises for secure access and wide area networks

• March 21, 2023 21 Mar'23

  Nordics move towards common cyber defence strategy

  Nordic countries agree to work together to improve their cyber defences amid increasing threat

• March 15, 2023 15 Mar'23

  Chinese Silkloader cyber attack tool falls into Russian hands

  A loader tool used by Chinese cyber criminals seems to have been enthusiastically taken up in recent weeks by Russian ransomware operators

• March 07, 2023 07 Mar'23

  Nine in 10 enterprises fell victim to successful phishing in 2022

  Egress annual email security risk report breaks down impacts of email-based phishing attacks and data loss, and the effect these can have on organisations in terms of staff retention and morale

• March 02, 2023 02 Mar'23

  Salt Labs identifies OAuth security flaw within Booking.com

  Security flaw in Booking.com OAuth implementation could be used to launch account takeovers, but researchers discovered and flagged the issue before it could be exploited in the wild

• February 21, 2023 21 Feb'23

  US government Strike Force aims to prevent adversaries from accessing disruptive tech

  The US Strike Force law enforcement initiative will target rogue nation-states that pose a national security threat

• February 15, 2023 15 Feb'23

  Multi-purpose malwares can use more than 20 MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

  Report warns of the development of increasingly sophisticated, multi-purpose malwares, and calls on defenders to play close attention to the MITRE ATT&CK framework to ward them off

• February 13, 2023 13 Feb'23

  Killnet DDoS attacks disrupt Nato websites

  A series of distributed denial of service attacks on various public websites belonging to the Nato alliance were largely repelled but some resources remain unavailable

• February 09, 2023 09 Feb'23

  How Check Point is keeping pace with the cyber security landscape

  Check Point Software CEO Gil Shwed talks up the company’s growth areas, its approach to cloud security and the impact of generative AI on cyber security

• February 06, 2023 06 Feb'23

  Cops make arrests and seize drugs after hacking Exclu encrypted messaging app

  Police in the Netherlands, Belgium and Poland raided 80 addresses after covertly intercepting messages from the Exclu encrypted messaging app

• February 05, 2023 05 Feb'23

  Australian organisations underinvesting in cyber security

  Over half of Australian organisations failed to invest enough in cyber security over past three years, though awareness is improving in aftermath of high-profile data breaches

• February 02, 2023 02 Feb'23

  North Korea’s Lazarus gang exposes itself in opsec failure

  WithSecure researchers linked a campaign of cyber attacks targeting medical research and energy firms to North Korea’s infamous Lazarus APT after a group member accidentally screwed up

• February 01, 2023 01 Feb'23

  NCSC for Startups inducts four companies into programme

  Four more startups are set to join the NCSC accelerator, which helps the UK government develop technology and approaches to pressing cyber security challenges

• February 01, 2023 01 Feb'23

  Cisco fixes two bugs that could have led to supply chain attacks on users

  Two vulnerabilities uncovered in Cisco hardware could have opened the door to serious supply chain cyber attacks, according to the Trellix researchers who found them

• January 31, 2023 31 Jan'23

  Russian DDoS hacktivists seen targeting western hospitals

  A swathe of attacks by the Putin-supporting DDoS operation known as Killnet has targeted hospitals and other infrastructure in several Nato countries, with the UK thought to be at risk

• January 26, 2023 26 Jan'23

  Zero-trust implementations remain work in progress

  Just one in 10 large enterprises are expected to have mature and measurable zero-trust programmes in place by 2026, study finds

• January 24, 2023 24 Jan'23

  Chinese IoT suppliers expose UK businesses to espionage and data theft

  Chinese companies supplying network components, known as IoT modules, post a greater long-term threat to UK security than the now banned 5G supplier Huawei, according to a study by a Chinese expert and former diplomat

• January 24, 2023 24 Jan'23

  SSRF attacks hit 100,000 businesses globally since November

  There has been a dramatic increase in attacks exploiting the ProxyNotShell/OWASSRF exploit chains to target Microsoft Exchange servers

• January 23, 2023 23 Jan'23

  Royal Society calls on public sector to pilot privacy tech

  The Royal Society says public sector bodies should lead the way in piloting privacy-enhancing technologies to unlock the value of data without compromising privacy and data rights, but lack of standards and incentives mean adoption is slow

• January 23, 2023 23 Jan'23

  NCSC warning over cyber risk to charity sector

  Cash-strapped charities without the resource to tackle their resilience deficit are increasingly at risk from malicious actors, says the NCSC

• January 18, 2023 18 Jan'23

  David Anderson KC to review UK surveillance laws

  Home Office commissions independent review of the Investigatory Powers Act, known as the snoopers’ charter. It will include a review of bulk datasets and government access to internet connection records held by phone and internet companies

• January 17, 2023 17 Jan'23

  Cloudflare urged to clamp down on pirates, counterfeiters

  A whitepaper produced by brand protection specialist Corsearch calls on Cloudflare to do more to stop online content piracy and sales of counterfeit goods

• January 12, 2023 12 Jan'23

  Cloudflare completes SASE offer with Magic WAN Connector

  Software-defined wide-area network functionality released by online application acceleration and infrastructure provider Cloudflare to complete single-supplier secure access service edge offering

• January 10, 2023 10 Jan'23

  New APT group targets ASEAN governments and militaries

  The Dark Pink advanced persistent threat group used custom malware to exfiltrate data from high-profile targets through spear-phishing emails last year, according to Group-IB

• January 08, 2023 08 Jan'23

  Vulnerable organisations to get free Cyber Essentials support

  Charities and legal aid firms are among those to be offered free security checks and certifications from the National Cyber Security Centre

• January 06, 2023 06 Jan'23

  Russia’s Turla falls back on old malware C2 domains to avoid detection

  Mandiant says it has observed the Russian APT UNC2410, also known as Turla, re-registering expired or sinkholed domains previously used by financially motivated cyber criminals

• January 05, 2023 05 Jan'23

  Cyber gang abused free trials to exploit public cloud CPU resources

  A South Africa-based cyber crime gang exploited free trials and introductory offers to run cryptominers via public cloud services, then did a runner without paying

• January 05, 2023 05 Jan'23

  Warning over ransomware attacks spreading via Fortinet kit

  Following the disclosure of a critical vulnerability in October 2022, Fortinet VPN devices were exploited in two known ransomware attacks, with access likely sold on the dark web

• December 28, 2022 28 Dec'22

  Complaints that NCA failed in duty of candour over EncroChat warrants ‘incredible’, court hears

  NCA lawyers argue that a decision by an NCA intelligence officer to disclose notes of a key meeting after two-and-a-half years boosts her credibility as a witness

• December 22, 2022 22 Dec'22

  NCA ‘wrong-footed’ defence lawyers after agreeing to take expert evidence on EncroChat ‘as read’

  The National Crime Agency argued at the Investigatory Powers Tribunal that expert evidence it agreed to ‘take as read’ is limited, flawed and often based on an incorrect interpretation of the law

• December 22, 2022 22 Dec'22

  Top 10 cyber security stories of 2022

  The war in Ukraine loomed large over the cyber security news agenda, but 2022 also saw growing awareness of open source security, discussion around cyber insurance, and more besides