01 Jan

Eight things that should not have happened last year, but did

Opinion Happy new year! Tradition says that this is when we boldly look forward to what may happen in the 12 months to come. Do

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01 Jan

US Army soldier who allegedly stole Trump’s AT&T call logs arrested

A US Army soldier has been arrested in Texas after being indicted on two counts of unlawful transfer of confidential phone records information.  While the

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31 Dec

US Treasury Department outs the blast radius of BeyondTrust’s key leak

The US Department of the Treasury has admitted that miscreants were in its systems, accessing documents in what has been called a “major incident.” A

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31 Dec

China’s cyber intrusions took a sinister turn in 2024

The Chinese government’s intrusions into America’s telecommunications and other critical infrastructure networks this year appears to signal a shift from cyberspying as usual to prepping

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30 Dec

More telcos confirm Salt Typhoon breaches as White House weighs in

AT&T, Verizon, and Lumen Technologies confirmed that Chinese government-backed snoops accessed portions of their systems earlier this year, while the White House added another, yet-unnamed

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29 Dec

It’s only a matter of time before LLMs jump start supply-chain attacks

Interview Now that criminals have realized there’s no need to train their own LLMs for any nefarious purposes – it’s much cheaper and easier to

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28 Dec

How cops taking down LockBit, ALPHV led to RansomHub’s meteoric rise

RansomHub, the ransomware collective that emerged earlier this year, quickly gained momentum, outpacing its criminal colleagues and hitting its victims especially hard. The group named

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27 Dec

Microsoft adds another problem to the Windows 11 24H2 naughty list

The trickle of known issues with Windows 11 24H2 has continued with a new one just in time for festive season: installed the operating system

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27 Dec

This month in security with Tony Anscombe – December 2024 edition

Video From attacks leveraging new new zero-day exploits to a major law enforcement crackdown, December 2024 was packed with impactful cybersecurity news 27 Dec 2024

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27 Dec

This month in security with Tony Anscombe – December 2024 edition

Video From attacks leveraging new new zero-day exploits to a major law enforcement crackdown, December 2024 was packed with impactful cybersecurity news 27 Dec 2024

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25 Dec

Former NSA cyberspy’s not-so-secret hobby: Hacking Christmas lights

Video In 2018, Rob Joyce, then Donald Trump’s White House Cybersecurity Coordinator, gave a surprise talk at the legendary hacking conference Shmoocon about his hobby.

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24 Dec

How Androxgh0st rose from Mozi’s ashes to become ‘most prevalent malware’

After the Mozi botnet mysteriously disappeared last year, a new and seemingly more powerful botnet, Androxgh0st, rose from its ashes and has quickly become a

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24 Dec

What do ransomware and Jesus have in common? A birth month and an unwillingness to die

Feature Your Christmas holidays looked quite different in the ’80s to how they do today. While some will remember what it was like to wake

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24 Dec

One third of adults can’t delete device data

The UK’s Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has warned that many adults don’t know how to wipe their old devices, and a worrying number of young

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23 Dec

‘That’s not a bug, it’s a feature’ takes on a darker tone when malware’s involved

Opinion One of the charms of coding is that malice can be indistinguishable from incompetence. Last week’s Who, Me? story about financial transfer test software

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23 Dec

Suspected LockBit dev, facing US extradition, ‘did it for the money’

An alleged LockBit ransomware developer is in custody in Israel and awaiting extradition to the United States. Israeli law enforcement arrested Rostislav Panev, 51, a

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23 Dec

Chris Hadfield: The sky is falling – what to do about space junk? | Starmus Highlights

We Live Science The first Canadian to walk in space dives deep into the origins of space debris, how it’s become a growing problem, and

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23 Dec

UK ICO not happy with Google’s plans to allow device fingerprinting

in brief Google has announced plans to allow its business customers to begin “fingerprinting” users next year, and the UK Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) isn’t

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