01 Mar

Insurance Aon confirms it has suffered ‘cyber incident’

Aon, the British-American provider of insurance and pension administration, has brought in external specialists to help probe a “cyber incident”. In addition to broader risk

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01 Mar

China-linked malware targeted secure networks in ‘multiple governments’

The United States’ Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), working with security vendor Symantec, has found an extremely sophisticated network attack tool that can invisibly

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01 Mar

China-linked malware targeted secure networks at ‘multiple governments’

The United States’ Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), working with security vendor Symantec, has found an extremely sophisticated network attack tool that can invisibly

Author rabih
01 Mar

Toyota shutters 14 plants after probable cyberattack

Toyota has closed all 14 plants it operates in Japan due to what it has described as a “system failure” at Kojima Industries Corporation –

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01 Mar

Microsoft: Russia invasion of Ukraine ‘unlawful, unjustified’

Microsoft is decrying what it calls the “tragic, unlawful and unjustified invasion of Ukraine” by Russia, and vowed to continue protecting the country from cyberattacks

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28 Feb

Quarter of a million lawyer disciplinary records leak

Approximately 260,000 nonpublic disciplinary records stored on behalf of The State Bar of California were found to be exposed to the public and to have

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28 Feb

Conti ransomware gang leak: 60,000 messages online

Activists have reportedly leaked the contents of internal chats from the Russia-affiliated Conti ransomware gang as the Ukraine war continues. Leaked after the extortionists vowed

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28 Feb

Take It Personally: Ten Tips for Protecting Your Personally Identifiable Information (PII)

Seems like the internet follows us wherever we go nowadays, whether it tags along via a smartphone, laptop, tablet, a wearable, or some combination of

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28 Feb

#ShieldsUp – Now is the time to double‑check cybersecurity processes and operations

As the conflict in Ukraine heightens the risk of cyberattacks globally, what can organizations do to improve their resiliency? Due to the current attack by

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28 Feb

Russia is the advanced persistent threat that just triggered. Ready?

Opinion Stress-testing security is the only way to be sure it works. Until then, the worst security looks much the same as the best. As

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28 Feb

Tech world’s Ukraine response mixes evacuation efforts, ad bans, free phones, infosec FUD

As Russia’s invasion of Ukraine continues, the technology industry is trying to use its services to make a difference – and to keep those services

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26 Feb

Data stolen from Nvidia, blueprints leak threatened

In brief Nvidia is probing a cyberattack caused outages within its internal network. It’s said that email and developer systems were knocked over during the

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26 Feb

Nvidia probes cyberattack on internal systems

In brief Nvidia is probing what may be a ransomware infection that caused outages within its internal network. The malware is said to have taken

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25 Feb

Ukraine seeks volunteers to defend networks as Russian troops menace Kyiv

As the Russian invasion of Ukraine continues, the latter’s government is reportedly seeking cybersecurity volunteers to help defend itself. Meanwhile, Russia’s CERT has warned critical

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25 Feb

The Wearable Future Is Hackable. Here’s What You Need To Know

Quick mental math challenge: How many Apple Watches can you buy with $118 billion dollars? If you guessed around 296 million watches congrats, you’re smarter

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25 Feb

Why Am I Getting All These Notifications on my Phone?

Authored by Oliver Devane and Vallabh Chole   Notifications on Chrome and Edge, both desktop browsers, are commonplace, and malicious actors are increasingly abusing this feature.

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25 Feb

UK Computer Misuse Act reformers visit Parliament

Infosec researcher Rob Dyke, best known to Reg readers for fending off legal threats from not-for-profit open-source foundation Apperta after finding a data breach, has

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25 Feb

The past is present: Riffing on a cybersecurity­appropriate tune for Black History Month

What can social movements of the past teach you about the future – and about protecting your digital self? Being African American and working at

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