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

Author rabih
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

Author rabih
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

Author rabih
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

Author rabih
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

Author rabih
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

Author rabih
16 Nov

Clorox CISO flushes self after multimillion-dollar cyberattack

The Clorox Company’s chief security officer has left her job in the wake of a corporate network breach that cost the manufacturer hundreds of millions

Author rabih
16 Nov

Is your LinkedIn profile revealing too much?

Social Media How much contact and personal information do you give away in your LinkedIn profile and who can see it? Here’s why less may

Author rabih
16 Nov

Hundreds of websites cloned to run ads for Chinese football gambling outfits

Swedish digital rights organization Qurium has discovered around 250 cloned websites and suggested they exist to drive people to China-linked gambling sites. Qurium’s report explains

Author rabih
16 Nov

Clorox CISO flushes self after multi-million-dollar cyberattack

The Clorox Company’s chief security officer has left her job in the wake of a corporate network breach that cost the manufacturer hundreds of millions

Author rabih
15 Nov

AMD SEV OMG: Trusted execution in VMs undone by bad hypervisors’ cache meddling

Boffins in Germany and Austria have found a flaw in AMD’s SEV trusted execution environment that makes it less than trustworthy. The researchers – Ruiyi

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15 Nov

Intel emits patch to squash chip bug that lets any guest VM crash host servers

Intel on Tuesday issued an out-of-band security update to address a privilege escalation vulnerability in recent server and personal computer chips. The flaw, designated INTEL-SA-00950

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