3CX unified comms users hit by supply chain attacks

Customers of 3CX, a unified communications technology supplier, are being targeted by a North Korea-linked advanced persistent threat (APT) actor in a supply chain attack spreading via a compromised update to one... Read more »

Podcast: Cloud storage, data protection and compliance

In this podcast, we look at cloud storage and how to retain control of it from a compliance perspective, with Mathieu Gorge, CEO of Vigitrust. We talk about the difficulties that arise as... Read more »

New North Korean APT launders crypto to fund spying programmes

Threat researchers at Google Cloud’s Mandiant have attributed a campaign of cyber criminal activity out of North Korea to a newly designated advanced persistent threat actor, APT43, in its first official “upgrade”... Read more »

Generative AI presents opportunities and challenges to UK schools

Generative artificial intelligence (AI) and the associated large language models (LLMs) used by services such as ChatGPT and Google Bard may prove to be hugely beneficial tools in the classroom, but schools... Read more »

Microsoft expands AI Copilot project into security realm

Microsoft has announced the upcoming availability of a new artificial intelligence (AI) capability within its cyber security offering that it claims it will “dramatically increase the reach, speed and effectiveness” of its... Read more »

Apple security updates fix 33 iPhone vulnerabilities

Apple has released fixes for a total of 33 confirmed vulnerabilities in its latest update to iOS and iPadOs, the mobile operating systems that run on its iPhone and iPad lines, including... Read more »

Europol warns cops to prep for malicious AI abuse

The European Union Agency for Law Enforcement, or Europol, has made a series of recommendations to the law enforcement community should prepare for the positive and negative impacts that large language models... Read more »

Ethical hackers urged to respond to Computer Misuse Act reform proposals

Ethical hackers, security researchers and consultants, and the community at large are being urged to step up and make their voices heard as the government explores a series of proposed changes to... Read more »

Ransomware attacks up 45% in February, LockBit responsible

After a month-on-month decline during the first few weeks of 2023, the number of ransomware attacks tracked in the wild soared by 45% in February, largely driven by an increase in LockBit... Read more »

How APCOA is using big data to reinvent car parks

Car parks may soon become a go-to destination for charging electric vehicles, collecting online shopping packages and catching up with emails. Trials starting this year will offer drivers office pods to work... Read more »