17 Jul

Ransomware continues to pile on costs for critical infrastructure victims

Costs associated with ransomware attacks on critical national infrastructure (CNI) organizations skyrocketed in the past year. According to Sophos’ latest figures, released today, the median

Author rabih
17 Jul

London council accuses watchdog of ‘exaggerating’ danger of 2020 raid on residents’ data

London’s inner city district of Hackney says the UK’s data protection watchdog has misunderstood and “exaggerated” details surrounding a ransomware attack on its systems in

Author rabih
17 Jul

Craig Wright admits he isn’t the inventor of Bitcoin after High Court judgment in UK

Australian Craig Wright has finally admitted he is not the inventor of Bitcoin after losing several cases in the High Court of England and Wales,

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17 Jul

Iran’s MuddyWater phishes Israeli orgs with custom BugSleep backdoor

MuddyWater, an Iranian government-backed cyber espionage crew, has upgraded its malware with a custom backdoor, which it’s used to target Israeli organizations. The gang has

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16 Jul

Japanese space agency spotted zero-day attacks while cleaning up raid on M365

The Japanese Space Exploration Agency (JAXA) discovered it was under attack using zero-day exploits while working with Microsoft to probe a 2023 cyberattack on its

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16 Jul

Privacy warriors gripe to UK watchdog about Meta harvesting user data to train AI

A UK data rights campaign group has launched a complaint with the data law regulator against Meta’s change of privacy policy which allows it to

Author rabih
16 Jul

Cyber-crime super-crew Scattered Spider falls in love with RansomHub and Qilin

The Scattered Spider cybercrime group is now using RansomHub and Qilin ransomware variants in its attacks, illustrating a possible power shift among hacking groups. This

Author rabih
16 Jul

Scattered Spider’s fave new ransomware tools are RansomHub and Qilin

The Scattered Spider cybercrime group is now using RansomHub and Qilin ransomware variants in its attacks, illustrating a possible power shift among hacking groups. This

Author rabih
16 Jul

Don’t be complacent on cybersecurity resilience

Sponsored Post Protecting sensitive data and mission-critical applications, systems and services from the unwanted attention of hackers and cyber criminals is never easy. And it’s

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16 Jul

Privacy group complains to UK regulator about Meta scraping user data to train AI

A UK data rights campaign group has launched a complaint with the data law regulator against Meta’s change of privacy policy which allows it to

Author rabih
16 Jul

Small but mighty: Top 5 pocket-sized gadgets to boost your ethical hacking skills

While blue teams defend, red teams attack. They share a common goal, however – help identify and address gaps in organizations’ defenses before these weaknesses

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16 Jul

FBI gains access to Trump rally shooter’s phone

The FBI on Monday revealed it has gained access to a phone it says was used by Thomas Matthew Crooks – the man who shot

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16 Jul

DarkGate, the Swiss Army knife of malware, sees boom after rival Qbot crushed

The DarkGate malware family has become more prevalent in recent months, after one of its main competitors was taken down by the FBI. The malware

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15 Jul

Kaspersky culls staff, closes doors in US amid Biden’s ban

Kaspersky has confirmed it will shutter its American operations and cut US-based jobs following President Biden’s ban on the Russian business last month. A spokesperson

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15 Jul

ZDI shames Microsoft for – yet another – coordinated vulnerability disclosure snafu

Exclusive A Microsoft zero-day exploit that Trend Micro’s Zero Day Initiative team claims it found and reported to Redmond in May was disclosed and patched

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15 Jul

Infoseccers claim Squarespace migration linked to DNS hijackings at Web3 firms

Security researchers are claiming a spate of DNS hijackings at web3 businesses is linked to Squarespace’s acquisition of Google Domains last year. The theory is

Author rabih
15 Jul

Protecting Trained Models in Privacy-Preserving Federated Learning

This post is part of a series on privacy-preserving federated learning. The series is a collaboration between NIST and the UK government’s Responsible Technology Adoption

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15 Jul

Hello, is it me you’re looking for? How scammers get your phone number

Scams Your humble phone number is more valuable than you may think. Here’s how it could fall into the wrong hands – and how you

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