24 Nov

Meta links US military to fake social media influence campaigns

In its latest quarterly threat report, Meta said it had detected and disrupted influence operations originating in the US, and it calls out those it

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24 Nov

European Parliament Putin things back together after cyber attack

The European Parliament has experienced a cyber attack that started not long after it declared Russia to be a state sponsor of terrorism. The Parliament

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23 Nov

Still using a discontinued Boa web server? Microsoft warns of supply chain attacks

Microsoft is warning that systems using the long-discontinued Boa web server could be at risk of attacks after a series of intrusion attempts of power

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23 Nov

‘Pig butchering’ romance scam domains seized and slaughtered by the Feds

The US government seized seven domain names used in so-called “pig butchering” scams that netted criminals more than $10 million. Pig butchering is a newish

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22 Nov

DraftKings gamblers lose $300,000 to credential stuffing attack

A credential stuffing attack over the weekend that affected sports betting biz DraftKings resulted in as much as $300,000 being stolen from customer accounts. The

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22 Nov

AWS fixes ‘confused deputy’ vulnerability in AppSync

Amazon Web Services (AWS) fixed a cross-tenant flaw in AWS AppSync that could allow miscreants to abuse that cloud service to assume identity and access

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22 Nov

Security fatigue is real: Here’s how to overcome it

Do your employees take more risks with valuable data because they’ve become desensitized to security guidance? Spot the symptoms before it’s too late. IT security

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21 Nov

Microsoft’s attempts to harden Kerberos authentication broke it on Windows Servers

Microsoft is rolling out fixes for problems with the Kerberos network authentication protocol on Windows Server after it was broken by November Patch Tuesday updates.

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21 Nov

Watch Out for These 3 World Cup Scams

What color jersey will you be sporting this November and December? The World Cup is on its way to television screens around the world, and

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21 Nov

World Cup phishing emails spike in Middle Eastern countries

Phishing attempts targeting victims in the Middle East increased 100 percent last month in the lead up to the World Cup in Qatar, according to

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21 Nov

US offshore oil and gas installation at ‘increasing’ risk of cyberattack

The US Government Accountability Office (GAO) has warned that the time to act on securing the US’s offshore oil and natural gas installations is now

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21 Nov

Cyber security pros: move to the next level next year

Sponsored Post Your skills as a cyber security professional are only as up to date as the threats designed to test them, so it’s a

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20 Nov

Google looking outside the usual channels to fix security skills gap

Cybersecurity moves fast. New and bigger threats emerge all the time across an ever-expanding attack surface and there’s not enough people to fill vacant jobs.

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20 Nov

Serendipitous discovery nets security researcher $70k bounty

In brief A security researcher whose Google Pixel battery died while sending a text is probably thankful for the interruption – powering it back up

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18 Nov

Hive ransomware crooks extort $100m from 1,300 global victims

Hive ransomware criminals have hit more than 1,300 companies globally, extorting about $100 million from its victims over the last 18 months, according to the

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18 Nov

Hardware-assisted encryption of data in use gets confidential

Reader Survey Results Data protection is a top priority for organisations tasked with protecting the integrity of not just their own data, but also the

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18 Nov

Z-Library operators arrested, charged with criminal copyright infringement

Two Russian nationals accused of operating Z-Library – one of the largest online book piracy websites – have been charged with criminal copyright infringement, wire

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18 Nov

Israel sets robotic target-tracking turrets in the West Bank

Israeli fortifications in the West Bank are becoming a bit more faceless, as the military has reportedly deployed robotic turrets capable of firing stun grenades,

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