Although necessary, the recent legislative requirements for data protection have become an additional burden for organisations. This is further complicated when sharing data internationally, as the legislation of the destination country also... Read more »
A two-year-old heap overflow vulnerability in VMware ESXi hypervisors seems to have come to the attention of a ransomware operator that is targeting unpatched systems indiscriminately in what has the potential to... Read more »
By What is passive reconnaissance? Passive reconnaissance is an attempt to gain information about targeted computers and networks without actively engaging with the systems. In active reconnaissance, in contrast, the attacker engages... Read more »
Cybersecurity professionals work around the clock to prevent security incidents that would undermine the confidentiality, integrity and availability of their organization’s information assets. The stark reality, however, is that these events are... Read more »
The UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) forced the amendment or removal of 8,582 potentially misleading or outright fraudulent financial promotions during 2022, over 14 times more than the 573 interventions it made... Read more »
How are those New Year’s resolutions working out for you? With 2023 now well underway, many of your best intentions for the year may have already been adjusted, deferred or abandoned entirely.... Read more »
What training do we need to provide to cyber security professionals to keep them ahead of the bad guys? And how do we retain talented security professionals in such a competitive recruitment... Read more »
A campaign of cyber attacks targeting medical research bodies and energy firms has been pinned on the infamous North Korean advanced persistent threat (APT) group known as Lazarus – the group behind... Read more »
A ransomware attack on trading software supplier Ion Group – potentially the work of the infamous LockBit cartel – has caused chaos for City of London traders, leaving them unable to perform... Read more »
Car dealer Arnold Clark is writing to a number of customers to inform them their personal data was stolen in a cyber attack claimed by the increasingly prolific Play ransomware operation. The... Read more »