04 Oct

Ukrainian cops cuff two over $150m ransomware gang allegations, seize $1.3m in cryptocurrency

Ukrainian police have reportedly arrested two members of a ransomware gang – and while some have fingered REvil, no firm details have been published by

Author rabih
04 Oct

Do your part and #BeCyberSmart with these online safety tips

We hope you’ve enjoyed Cyber Awareness month. This year’s theme asked us all to do our part to stay safer online. The idea is that if we each take steps to secure our

Author rabih
04 Oct

Cybersecurity Awareness Month: Explore. Experience. Share

This week’s blog post highlighting Cybersecurity Awareness Month kicks off our series and is from NIST’s Dave Temoshok, Senior Advisor in the Information Technology Laboratory Applied Cybersecurity

Author rabih
04 Oct

Sir Tim Berners-Lee and the BBC stage a very British coup to rescue our data from Facebook and friends

Opinion Personal data is the oil of the internet. The great engines of Facebook and Google pump it relentlessly, burning it at will to power

Author rabih
04 Oct

Firewalls? Pfft – it’s no match for my mighty spares-bin PC

Who, Me? Start your week with a warning about those temporary emergency hacks that all too often end up permanent in today’s edition of Who,

Author rabih
04 Oct

McAfee Enterprise Advanced Threat Research Report: Ransomware’s Increasing Prevalence

The increasing prevalence of ransomware tops the findings of the McAfee Enterprise Advanced Threat Research Report: October 2021 released today. While ransomware continues to hold

Author rabih
01 Oct

Internet Archive’s 2046 Wayforward Machine says Google will cease to exist

The Internet Archive has launched a campaign against tech regulation by setting up a Wayforward Machine, semi-parodying its famous Wayback Machine archiving site. The Wayforward

Author rabih
01 Oct

Sure, you can do Kubernetes at scale. But can you do it securely too?

Sponsored Doing cloud native at enterprise scale is no mean feat, but doing it securely is the real challenge. So, who do you turn to

Author rabih
01 Oct

That ‘anti-NSO Pegasus spyware’ download is actually a Trojan – so don’t touch it

A malware peddler has created a fake website posing as Amnesty International to serve gullible marks with software that claims to protect users against NSO

Author rabih
01 Oct

IKEA: Cameras were hidden in the ceiling above warehouse toilets for ‘health and safety’

IKEA has removed hidden security cameras from its warehouse in Peterborough, England, after an employee spotted one in the ceiling void while using the toilet.

Author rabih
01 Oct

October is Cybersecurity Awareness Month! Why being cyber‑smart matters

The campaign may last for a month, but we should remember that cybersecurity is a year-round affair The month of October is associated with a

Author rabih
01 Oct

2FA? More like 2F-in-the-way: It seems no one wants me to pay for their services after all

Something for the Weekend, Sir? “Buy me a beer?” Sure, I buy beers for perfect strangers all the time. But you will have to wait

Author rabih
30 Sep

Revealed: How to steal money from victims’ contactless Apple Pay wallets

Apple’s digital wallet Apple Pay will pay whatever amount is demanded of it, without authorization, if configured for transit mode with a Visa card, and

Author rabih
30 Sep

Ransomware crim: Yeah, what I do is bad. No, I don’t care. Yes, infosec bods are all mouth and no trousers

Someone claiming to be a former contractor for the REvil ransomware gang has given an interview to a security firm, saying he struggles to sleep

Author rabih
30 Sep

Hackers could force locked iPhones to make contactless payments

Flaws in Apple Pay and Visa could allow criminals to make arbitrary contactless payments – no authentication needed, research finds Cybercriminals could make fraudulent purchases

Author rabih
30 Sep

Which? survey finds people would actually pay the online giants not to take their data

Consumer guardian Which? has attempted to put a price on people’s personal information as it ramps up pressure for tougher rules around data-ravenous tech giants

Author rabih
30 Sep

UK MoD data strategy calls for social media surveillance on behalf of ‘local authorities’

The Ministry of Defence has published a data strategy that calls on the British armed forces to make better use of its “enduring strategic asset”

Author rabih
30 Sep

Attacks against Remote Desktop Protocol endpoints have exploded this year, warns ESET’s latest Threat Report

Security specialist ESET’s latest Threat Report warns of a massive increase in attacks on Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) endpoints – and new activity from the

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