Security Management

Estee Lauder Hacked And Data Stolen

Cyberattack and data theft against New York-based cosmetic giant Estee Lauder disrupts some business operations

10 months ago

Chinese Hackers Compromised Emails Of US Commerce Secretary

Fallout spreads from cyberattack by China-based hackers, as emails from head of US Commerce Department reportedly compromised

10 months ago

China-Based Hackers Breached US Govt Email Accounts

White House and Microsoft confirm that China-based hackers have breached US government Exchange email accounts

10 months ago

Lack Of Reliable Tech Blamed For Poor Productivity, Apogee Finds

New research from Apogee finds nearly half of staff blamed lack of access to right workplace technology for fuelling negativity

10 months ago

EncroChat Shutdown Results In Thousands Of Arrests

Europol says 2020 takedown of EncroChat has so far resulted in 6,558 arrests worldwide, including nearly 200 high value targets

10 months ago

DoJ Creates Cyber Unit, Amid Growing National Security Focus

Sign of the times? US Department of Justice creates a specialist cyber unit within its National Security Division

11 months ago

Clop’s MOVEit Hack Hits US Government, As Other Victims Are Named

Russian Clop criminals begin extorting MOVEit data-theft victims, with US government agencies also attacked

11 months ago

Russian Clop Criminals Issue Ultimatum After Mass Hack

Cybercriminal gang Clop warn hack victims to get in touch before 14 June, or their stolen data will be published

11 months ago

Moscow Alleges NSA Mass Spying On Russian iPhones

Russia alleges the US NSA has conducted a mass spying operation on thousands of iPhones in Russia, and that Apple…

11 months ago

Amazon To Pay $30m Over Alexa, Ring Privacy Violations

Amazon settles with US FTC, after alleged privacy violations with its Alexa voice assistant and Ring doorbell cameras

11 months ago

UK SMEs To Increase IT Investments In 2023

New research from Sharp UK finds nearly half of UK SMEs will invest in new technology in 2023, despite concerns…

11 months ago

Microsoft, Five Eyes Warn Of Chinese Spying On US Critical Infrastructure

State-sponsored Chinese hacking group known as 'Volt Typhoon' has been spying on critical infrastructure in the US

11 months ago

Poland Blames Russia After DDoS Attacks On News Websites

Polish government minister directly blames Russia, after local news websites suffer distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks

12 months ago

US Offers $10 Million Reward For Russian Hacker

US DoJ charges Russian national with ransomware attacks against critical infrastructure in the US and elsewhere

12 months ago

Google To Cull Inactive Accounts At Year End

Search engine giant Google says it will begin to delete inactive accounts unused for more than two years, starting in…

12 months ago

Nearly Half Of Ransomware Victims Pay Up, Sophos Finds

Sophos report finds ransomware encryption attacks at their highest level for four years, with 66 percent of organisations being targetted

12 months ago

British Man Pleads Guilty To Infamous Twitter Hack

Man alleged to have carried out 2020 hack of public figures including Joe Biden, Kim Kardashian, Bill Gates, pleads guilty…

12 months ago

Google Deploys Passkeys, Cites ‘Beginning Of End’ For Passwords

No need for a password to login into Google accounts, as they now support passkeys to replace passwords and 2FA

12 months ago

Quarter of Staff Duplicate Passwords, Survey Finds

World Password Day. Survey from law firm Womble Bond Dickinson finds 25 percent of staff duplicate their passwords

12 months ago

T-Mobile Discloses Second Data Breach…This Year

Surely not. Second data breach of 2023, as number of security breaches continue to pile up at US mobile operator…

12 months ago

BlackBerry To Review Strategic Options

Board of directors at BlackBerry to review firm's 'strategic alternatives', including possible separation of some of its businesses

12 months ago

Microsoft Says No More Feature Updates For Windows 10

Current version of Windows 10 (version 22H2) will be the last version of Windows 10 OS, with support ending in…

1 year ago

Russia-linked Hackers Want To ‘Destroy’ UK, Minister Warns

Cybercrime groups linked to Russia are 'ideologically motivated' and want to 'disrupt or destroy' the UK, minister is to warn

1 year ago

Humans Needed To Avoid Cybersecurity Missteps, Gartner Says

Gartner identifies top cybersecurity trends for 2023, and says organisations need to adopt a human-centric focus to avoid cyber failures

1 year ago

OpenAI To Offer Bug Bounties Up To $20,000

Bug bounty program introduced by OpenAI, to track down and eliminate vulnerabilities, bugs, or security flaws

1 year ago

Spyware Used Across 10 Countries, Says Citizen Lab, Microsoft

Journalists, opposition figures and advocacy groups across at least 10 countries hacked by Israeli spyware, research alleges

1 year ago

Sophos Study Finds Most Firms Struggle To Execute Essential Security Tasks

State of cybersecurity report for 2023 from Sophos reveals that majority of businesses find essential security tasks challenging

1 year ago

UK’s National Cyber Force Outlines ‘Responsible’ Cyber Operations

Agency that carries out offensive cyber operations for the UK, reveals it is engaged against Russian, Chinese and other nation-state…

1 year ago

Genesis Market Takedown Sees 120 Suspects Arrested

Largest online marketplace selling stolen credentials to criminals worldwide has been taken down in international operation

1 year ago

Leaked Vulkan Files Reveal Kremlin’s Cyberwarfare Tactics

Explosive documents leaked by whistleblower in protest of Kremlin's war in Ukraine, shine a light on Russia's cyberwarfare operations

1 year ago