Phishing, Smishing Surge Targets US Postal Service
Recent weeks have witnessed a significant increase in cyber-attacks targeting the US Postal Service (USPS), mainly through phishing and smishing...
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Privacy Regulator Orders End to Spreadsheet FOI Responses
The UK’s information commissioner has called for an immediate end to the use of excel spreadsheets to publish Freedom of Information...
Russian Company Offers $20m For Non-NATO Mobile Exploits
The Russian firm Operation Zero has announced a staggering $20m reward for hacking tools capable of compromising iPhones and Android...
Microsoft’s Bing AI Faces Malware Threat From Deceptive Ads
Microsoft’s Bing Chat has come under scrutiny due to a significant security concern – the infiltration of malicious ads.Malwarebytes researchers...
Google Patches Chrome Zero-Day Used in Spyware Attacks
Google has patched three high-severity flaws in the latest release of its Chrome browser, including one zero-day vulnerability it said...
US and Japan Warn of Chinese Router Attacks
The US and Japanese authorities have urged multi-nationals to consider implementing zero trust models to mitigate a sophisticated Chinese state-backed...
UK Logistics Firm Forced to Close After Ransomware Breach
One of the UK’s largest privately owned logistics firms has entered administration following major disruption to its business caused by...
Android Banking Trojan Zanubis Evolves to Target Peruvian Users
The Android banking Trojan Zanubis has taken on a new guise, posing as the official app for the Peruvian governmental...
Budworm APT Evolves Toolset, Targets Telecoms and Government
The Budworm advanced persistent threat (APT) group, also known as LuckyMouse, Emissary Panda or APT27, has once again demonstrated its active...
Booking.com Customers Targeted in Major Phishing Campaign
Booking.com users have become the focus of a new, large-scale phishing campaign. Discovered by Perception Point and discussed in an...
US Lawmaker: Government Shutdown Will Leave Americans Exposed to Cyber-Attacks
One US lawmaker has warned that the impending government shutdown will put critical cyber workers out of action, leaving Americans...
Regulator Warns Breaches Can Cost Lives
The UK’s privacy regulator has warned organizations handling the personally identifiable information (PII) of domestic abuse victims that data breaches...
Cyber-Attacks on Ukraine Surge 123%, But Success Rates Plummet
Russian cyber-attacks against Ukraine skyrocketed in the first half of 2023, with 762 incidents observed by Ukraine’s State Service of...
Attacks on European Financial Services Double in a Year
Cyber-attacks on European financial services firms more than doubled between Q2 2022 and Q2 2023, surging 119% in the period,...
NCSC Launches Cyber Incident Exercise Scheme
The UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) has ramped up efforts to encourage firms to run incident response exercises, with...
BEC Attacks Increase By 279% in Healthcare
Business Email Compromise (BEC) attacks in the healthcare sector have seen a 279% increase this year, shows a new report published...
Simple Membership Plugin Flaws Expose WordPress Sites
Two new security flaws in the popular Simple Membership plugin for WordPress, affecting versions 4.3.4 and below, have been identified,...
Leading CISO Creates Model for Ransomware Payment Decisions
Organizations who pay a ransom to cyber-criminals following a cyber-attack are highly likely to suffer a subsequent attack. It is...
Ransomed.vc Group Hits NTT Docomo After Sony Breach Claims
In a recent development following the recent data leak from Sony, the notorious ransomware syndicate Ransomed.vc has targeted Japan’s largest...
Tech Giants Launch Post-Quantum Cryptography Coalition
A new tech consortium launched today with a mission to drive adoption of post-quantum cryptography (PQC).The PQC Coalition features Microsoft,...
Pension Firms Report 4000% Surge in Breaches
Pension providers reported a staggering quadruple-digit percentage increase in data breaches to the UK regulator last year, according to new...
CISA Publishes Hardware Bill of Materials Framework
The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has published new guidance designed to improve the accuracy of risk assessments...
Half of Cyber-Attacks Go Unreported
Fear, ignorance and forgetfulness are some of the reasons for widespread shortcomings in reporting cyber-attacks and breaches, both internally and...
More than 30 US Banks Targeted in New Xenomorph Malware Campaign
Xenomorph malware has reemerged in a new distribution campaign, expanding its scope to target over 30 US banks along with...
