04 Nov

Double-check demand payment emails from law firms: Convincing fakes surface

A new threat group called Crimson Kingsnake is impersonating real law companies and debt recovery services to intimidate businessess into paying bogus overdue invoices. The

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04 Nov

Reducing the risk of cloud attack

Webinar The Charles Dickens novel “A Tale of Two Cities” famously begins with the line ‘It was the best of times, it was the worst

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04 Nov

French-speaking voleurs stole $30m in 15-country bank, telecoms cyber-heist spree

A French-speaking criminal group codenamed OPERA1ER has pulled off more than 30 cyber-heists against telecom organizations and banks across Africa, Asia, and Latin America, stealing

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03 Nov

Multi-factor auth fatigue is real – and it’s why you may be in the headlines next

Analysis The September cyberattack on ride-hailing service Uber began when a criminal bought the stolen credentials of a company contractor on the dark web. The

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03 Nov

International summit agrees crack down on crypto to combat ransomware

The White House’s second International Counter Ransomware Initiative summit has concluded, and this year the 36-nation group has made clear it intends to crack down

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03 Nov

The future starts now: 10 major challenges facing cybersecurity

To mark Antimalware Day, we’ve rounded up some of the most pressing issues for cybersecurity now and in the future Organizations large and small have

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03 Nov

How much of your personal info is available online? A simple search could show you plenty.

What you paid for your home, who lives there with you, your age, your children, your driving record, education, occupation, estimated income, purchasing habits, and

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03 Nov

Royal Mail customer data leak shutters online Click and Drop

A technical SNAFU shut down the UK’s Royal Mail Click and Drop website on Tuesday after a security “issue” allowed some customers to see others’

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02 Nov

US Treasury thwarts DDoS attack from Russian Killnet group

The US Treasury Department has thwarted a distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack that officials attributed to Russian hacktivist group Killnet. These are the same

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02 Nov

Ransomware cost US banks $1.2 billion last year

Banks in the US paid out nearly $1.2 billion in 2021 as a result of ransomware attacks, a marked rise over the year before though

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02 Nov

Former Apple worker pleads guilty to $17m mail and wire fraud charges

A one-time Apple employee working as a buyer within the iGiant’s supply chain department has pleaded guilty to mail and wire fraud charges spanning multiple

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02 Nov

Ritz cracker giant settles bust-up with insurer over $100m+ NotPetya cleanup

Mondelez International has settled its lawsuit against Zurich American Insurance Company, which it brought because the insurer refused to cover the snack giant’s $100-million-plus cleanup

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01 Nov

Dropbox admits 130 of its private GitHub repos were copied after phishing attack

Dropbox has said it was successfully phished, resulting in someone copying 130 of its private GitHub code repositories and swiping some of its secret API

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01 Nov

OpenSSL downgrades horror bug after week of panic, hype

OpenSSL today issued a fix for a critical-turned-high-severity vulnerability that project maintainers warned about last week.  After days of speculation, infosec professionals and armchair bug

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01 Nov

Government by Gmail catches up with UK minister… who is reappointed anyway

The UK’s Home Secretary – the minister in charge of policing and internal security – has been forced to apologize for breaching IT security protocols

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01 Nov

Kioxia warns of potential cost of US chip policy over China

Attempts to reorganize supply chains to cut out China and foil its attempts to build a high-tech chip industry will be costly and may simply

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01 Nov

Kioxia warns Uncle Sam: Be careful what you wish for with China sanctions

Attempts to reorganize supply chains to cut out China and foil its attempts to build a high-tech chip industry will be costly and may simply

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01 Nov

The Worst Black Friday and Cyber Monday Scams – And How to Avoid Them

On Black Friday and Cyber Monday, the deals roll out. So do some of the worst Black Friday and Cyber Monday scams.  Hackers, scammers, and

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