#BHUSA: Ransom Payments Surge, Organizations Pay Average of $2.5m
Most organizations pay ransoms when they find themselves victim of a ransomware attack, a new survey by Extrahop has highlighted....
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#BHUSA: 17.8m Phishing Emails Detected in First Half of 2024
Darktrace researchers have reported that 17.8 million phishing emails were detected between December 2023 and July 2024.The new report, published...
CVEs Surge 30% in 2024, Only 0.91% Weaponized
In the first half of 2024, the number of reported Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVEs) has increased by 30% compared...
Mobile Guardian Hack Leads to 13,000 Student Devices Wiped in Singapore
Singapore’s Ministry of Education has found that 13,000 students in the country had their data remotely wiped following a cyber-attack...
APT Group StormBamboo Attacks ISP Customers Via DNS Poisoning
Security researchers have uncovered a sophisticated supply chain attack campaign stemming from the compromise of an unnamed ISP.Volexity said the...
US Sues TikTok For Children’s Law Violations
TikTok and parent company ByteDance are in the dock again after the Justice Department and FTC filed a civil lawsuit...
White House and EC-Council Launch $15m Cybersecurity Scholarship Program
The White House and EC-Council have announced a $15m pledge to train over 50,000 students in critical cybersecurity skills.The scholarship...
Critical Vulnerability in Apache OFBiz Requires Immediate Patching
Organizations utilizing Apache OFBiz have been warned to promptly address a critical vulnerability due to escalating exploitation attempts targeting a...
TikTok Withdraws Lite Rewards Program from EU Over Child Safety Fears
TikTok has agreed to permanently withdraw its ‘Lite Rewards’ program from the EU in response to EU Commission concerns about...
#BHUSA: Nation-State Attacks Target Hardware Supply Chains
A new report from HP Wolf Security has highlighted the growing danger from threat actors targeting physical device supply chains...
86% of Firms Identify Unknown Cyber-Risks as Top Concern
Eighty-six percent of respondents have identified unknown organizational cyber-risks as a top concern, according to the Critical Start 2024 Cyber Risk...
Cyberattacks Continue to Target Schools Amid Federal Initiatives
Approximately one year ago, First Lady Jill Biden made headlines by launching a federal initiative aimed at improving cybersecurity in...
Mastering Threat Hunting for Advanced Cyber Defense
In today's increasingly complex digital landscape, the need for proactive cybersecurity measures has never been clearer. Threat hunting stands out...
Social Media Firms Fail to Protect Children’s Privacy, Says ICO
The UK’s Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has put 11 social media and video sharing platforms “on notice” for failing to...
Gaming Industry Faces 94% Surge in DDoS Attacks
The gaming industry has faced a 94% increase in layer 7 distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks over the past year.According to...
EPA Told to Address Cyber Risks to Water Systems
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) urgently needs to address rising cyber risks to water and wastewater systems, a new...
NCSC Unveils Advanced Cyber Defence 2.0 to Combat Evolving Threats
The UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) has set out plans to launch a new version of its Active Cyber...
Senate confirms first-ever Pentagon cyber policy chief
On Thursday, the U.S. Senate confirmed Michael Sulmeyer as the inaugural assistant secretary of defense for cyber policy. This pivotal...
Try Hack Me: Injectics Write Up
Difficulty: Medium Time Estimate: 60 mins Introduction The Injectics challenge on TryHackMe involves exploiting a series of vulnerabilities in a...
Unlocking the Secrets of Forensic Analysis in Cyber Security
In the realm of cyber security, forensic analysis plays a pivotal role in unraveling the intricacies of digital crimes. It...
BEC Attacks Surge 20% Annually Thanks to AI Tooling
Business email compromise (BEC) attacks have risen sharply over the past year thanks to the use of AI tools to...
Scam Platform Shut Down by UK Authorities After 1.8 Million Fraudulent Calls
Russian Coms, the scam platform behind 1.8 million fraudulent calls, has been shut down by the UK’s National Crime Agency...
Cencora Confirms Patient Data Stolen in Cyber-Attack
Pharmaceutical company Cencora has confirmed sensitive personal and health data was exfiltrated in the cyber-attack in February 2024 suffered by...
E-Commerce Fraud Campaign Uses 600+ Fake Sites
Security researchers have uncovered a sophisticated information-stealing fraud network that lures victims to fake web shops via malicious Facebook ads.Dubbed...
