31 Mar

Check Point confirms breach, but says it was ‘old’ data and crook made ‘false’ claims

A digital burglar is claiming to have nabbed a trove of “highly sensitive” data from Check Point – something the American-Israeli security biz claims is

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31 Mar

This month in security with Tony Anscombe – March 2025 edition

From an exploited vulnerability in a third-party ChatGPT tool to a bizarre twist on ransomware demands, it’s a wrap on another month filled with impactful

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31 Mar

Cloud security explained: What’s left exposed?

Advertorial AWS customers might assume that security is taken care of for them – however, this is a dangerous misconception. While AWS secures its infrastructure,

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31 Mar

Resilience in the face of ransomware: A key to business survival

Business Security Ransomware Your company’s ability to tackle the ransomware threat head-on can ultimately be a competitive advantage Tomáš Foltýn 31 Mar 2025  •  ,

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31 Mar

China cracks down on personal information collection. No, seriously

Asia In Brief China last week commenced a crackdown on inappropriate collection and subsequent use of personal information. The Middle Kingdom’s Cyberspace Administration, Ministry of

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30 Mar

Oracle Health reportedly warns of info leak from legacy server

Infosec in brief Oracle Health appears to have fallen victim to an info stealing attack that has led to patient data stored by American hospitals

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29 Mar

Malware in Lisp? Now you’re just being cruel

Malware authors looking to evade analysis are turning to less popular programming languages like Delphi or Haskell. Computer scientists affiliated with the University of Piraeus

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28 Mar

Cardiff’s children’s chief confirms data leak 2 months after cyber risk was ‘escalated’

Cardiff City Council’s director of children’s services says data was leaked or stolen from the organization, although she did not clarify how or what was

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28 Mar

Making it stick: How to get the most out of cybersecurity training

Business Security Security awareness training doesn’t have to be a snoozefest – games and stories can help instill ‘sticky’ habits that will kick in when

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28 Mar

After Chrome patches zero-day used to target Russians, Firefox splats similar bug

Google pushed out an emergency patch for Chrome on Windows this week to stop attackers exploiting a sandbox-breaking zero-day vulnerability, seemingly used by snoops to

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28 Mar

Cyber-crew claims it cracked American cableco, releases terrible music video to prove it

A cyber-crime ring calling itself Arkana has made a cringe music video to boast of an alleged theft of subscriber account data from Colorado-based cableco

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27 Mar

China’s FamousSparrow flies back into action, breaches US org after years off the radar

The China-aligned FamousSparrow crew has resurfaced after a long period of presumed inactivity, compromising a US financial-sector trade group and a Mexican research institute. The

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27 Mar

Security shop pwns ransomware gang, passes insider info to authorities

Here’s one you don’t see every day: A cybersecurity vendor is admitting to breaking into a notorious ransomware crew’s infrastructure and gathering data it relayed

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27 Mar

CrushFTP CEO’s feisty response to VulnCheck’s CVE for critical make-me-admin bug

CrushFTP’s CEO is not happy with VulnCheck after the CVE numbering authority (CNA) released an unofficial ID for the critical vulnerability in its file transfer

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27 Mar

RansomHub affiliates linked to rival RaaS gangs

ESET researchers also examine the growing threat posed by tools that ransomware affiliates deploy in an attempt to disrupt EDR security solutions 27 Mar 2025

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27 Mar

FamousSparrow resurfaces to spy on targets in the US, Latin America

Once thought to be dormant, the China-aligned group has also been observed using the privately-sold ShadowPad backdoor for the first time 27 Mar 2025 The

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27 Mar

UK’s first permanent facial recognition cameras installed in South London

The Metropolitan Police has confirmed its first permanent installation of live facial recognition (LFR) cameras is coming this summer and the lucky location will be

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27 Mar

Ransomwared NHS software supplier nabs £3M discount from ICO for good behavior

The UK’s data protection watchdog is dishing out a £3.07 million ($3.95 million) fine to Advanced Computer Software Group, whose subsidiary’s security failings led to

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