20 Nov

Six Steps to Protect Kids From Harmful Online Content

November 20 is World Children’s Day, a day that celebrates “international togetherness, awareness among children worldwide, and improving children’s welfare.” Highlights from last year’s celebration

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20 Nov

Former infosec COO pleads guilty to attacking hospitals to drum up business

An Atlanta tech company’s former COO has pleaded guilty to a 2018 incident in which he deliberately launched online attacks on two hospitals, later citing

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20 Nov

Rhysida ransomware gang: We attacked the British Library

The Rhysida ransomware group says it’s behind the highly disruptive October cyberattack on the British Library, leaking a snippet of stolen data in the process.

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20 Nov

NIST’s International Cybersecurity and Privacy Engagement Update – Trade Missions, Workshops, and Translations

Our Cybersecurity Awareness Month may have come to a close at the end of October — but the importance of enhancing cybersecurity and engaging with

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20 Nov

Your password hygiene remains atrocious, says NordPass

Infosec in brief It’s that time of year again – NordPass has released its annual list of the most common passwords. And while it seems

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19 Nov

AI & Your Family: The Wows and Potential Risks

When we come across the term Artificial Intelligence (AI), our mind often ventures into the realm of sci-fi movies like I, Robot, Matrix, and Ex

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17 Nov

LockBit redraws negotiation tactics after affiliates fail to squeeze victims

In response to growing frustrations inside the LockBit organization, its leaders have overhauled the way they negotiate with ransomware victims going forward. LockBit leadership has

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17 Nov

SonicWall swallows Solutions Granted amid cybersecurity demand surge

Channel-focused cybersecurity company SonicWall is buying Virginia-based MSSP Solutions Granted – its first acquisition in well over a decade. The move was driven by huge

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17 Nov

Safeguarding ports from the rising tide of cyberthreats – Week in security with Tony Anscombe

Video An attack against a port operator that ultimately hobbled some 40 percent of Australia’s import and export capacity highlights the kinds of supply chain

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17 Nov

Samsung UK discloses year-long breach, leaked customer data

The UK division of Samsung Electronics has allegedly alerted customers of a year-long data breach – the third such incident the South Korean giant has

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17 Nov

How much to clean up a ransomware infection? For Rackspace, about $11M

Rackspace’s costs from last year’s ransomware infection continue to mount. The cloud hosting biz has told America’s financial watchdog, the SEC, its total expenses to

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17 Nov

Look out, Scattered Spider. FBI pumps ‘significant’ resources into snaring data-theft crew

The FBI is applying “significant” resources to find members of the infamous Scattered Spider cyber-crime crew, which seemingly attacked a couple of high-profile casinos a

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17 Nov

FBI pumps ‘significant’ resources into splatting Scattered Spider

The FBI is applying “significant” resources to find members of the infamous Scattered Spider cyber-crime crew, which seemingly attacked a couple of high-profile casinos a

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16 Nov

Rackspace racks up $12M bill in ransomware raid recovery

Rackspace’s costs from last year’s ransomware infection continue to mount: the cloud hosting biz told America’s financial watchdog, the SEC, its total expenses to date

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16 Nov

The Benefits of Protection – How Organizations Gain from Digital Wellness

This is the final in a series of three articles covering digital wellness programs in the workplace. Here we explore what organizations have to say

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16 Nov

Windows Server 2022 update gave ESXi host VMs the blue screen blues

Something likely to be absent from Microsoft’s Ignite event is talk of a fix rolled out to deal with malfunctioning Windows Server 2022 Virtual Machines

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16 Nov

BlackCat plays with malvertising traps to lure corporate victims

Affiliates of the ALPHV/BlackCat ransomware-as-a-service operation are turning to malvertising campaigns to establish an initial foothold in their victims’ systems. Paid adverts for popular business

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16 Nov

Royal Mail’s recovery from ransomware attack will cost business at least $12M

Royal Mail’s parent company has revealed for the first time the infrastructure costs associated with its January ransomware attack. LockBit’s attack has driven costs up

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