Security Think Tank: Adopt a coherent framework for ID first security

Cyber security models are currently focused on securing relatively static ring-fenced environments of centrally-hosted services. Organisations now face the challenge of transforming those models to manage fluid and scalable environments where their... Read more »

IBM’s Nataraj Nagaratnam on the cyber challenges facing cloud services

Nataraj Nagaratnam, IBM fellow and cloud security CTO, has been with the supplier for nearly 25 years. Security has been his forte throughout this time, whether it be cloud security, hybrid cloud... Read more »

Prioritise automated hardening over traditional cyber controls, says report

Endpoint detection and response (EDR), multifactor authentication (MFA) and privileged access management (PAM) have long been the three tools most commonly required by cyber insurers when issuing policies, but a report compiled... Read more »

Clop ransomware booms in March as Fortra zero-day pays off for gang

A total of 91 new victims were added to the Clop (aka Cl0p) ransomware leak site during March 2023, more than 65% of the total number of victims published between August 2020... Read more »

Quick-acting Rorschach ransomware appears out of nowhere

A newly detected ransomware dubbed Rorschach – so named because everybody who examined it “saw something different” – is being flagged by researchers at Check Point as an emergent and highly dangerous... Read more »

Cops bust Genesis cyber crime marketplace

Genesis Market, one of the largest global suppliers of stolen personal data to the cyber criminal underground, has been taken down and more than 120 arrests made in Operation Cookie Monster, a... Read more »

Italy’s ChatGPT ban: Sober precaution or chilling overreaction?

A sudden ban on the use of ChatGPT by the Italian data protection authority has divided artificial intelligence (AI) and data privacy experts over whether or not officially restricting the use of... Read more »

TikTok fined in UK over unlawful use of children’s data

The UK’s Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has imposed a £12.7m fine on video-sharing social media platform TikTok for unlawful collection and use of data on children under 13 years of age. The... Read more »

National Cyber Force carrying out daily hacking operations to disrupt hostile threats

The UK’s newly created offensive cyber unit, the National Cyber Force (NCF), has carried out daily hacking operations to counter sophisticated cyber threats and disrupt state disinformation campaigns and terrorist groups, it... Read more »

Threat researchers dissect anatomy of a Royal ransomware attack

Trellix researchers have shared the details of a Royal ransomware attack on one of its customers, revealing insight into the tactics, techniques and procedures (TTPs) employed by one of the world’s most... Read more »