Public Accounts Committee highlights smart meter failures
The update on the roll-out of smart meters by the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has reported that progress is currently too slow, and that the…
Month: October 2023
Aussie Photographer Loses 7-Yr Hard Work
There’s an emotional story from the cybersecurity industry. A senior Australian photographer Doug Bazley lost all his 7-years of hard-work to wicked scammers who removed…
Frontier AI Taskforce harnesses industry leaders to research development risks
The UK government’s Frontier AI Taskforce is establishing an AI safety research team that can research and evaluate risks associated with advanced AI development. As set out in its first progress report on…
Vietnamese Hackers Target U.K., U.S., and India with DarkGate Malware
Oct 20, 2023NewsroomMalware / Cyber Attack Attacks leveraging the DarkGate commodity malware targeting entities in the U.K., the U.S., and India have been linked to…
Belgian researchers raise speed limit in European datacentres
Partially funded by grants from the European Commission, Belgian research and technology organisation (RTO) imec recently completed work that demonstrates powerful new concepts that can…
Authorities Seize Control of RagnarLocker Ransomware Dark Web Site
The dark web site that the RagnarLocker ransomware group used for naming and shaming victims was seized on Thursday as part of a coordinated law…
Critical RCE flaws found in SolarWinds access audit solution
Security researchers found three critical remote code execution vulnerabilities in the SolarWinds Access Rights Manager (ARM) product that remote attackers could use to run code with…
SolarWinds Access Rights Manager Flaw
IT and security administrators can utilize SolarWinds Access Rights Manager (ARM) to efficiently manage and audit user access rights to data, systems, and files. The…
Malvertisers Using Google Ads to Target Users Searching for Popular Software
Oct 20, 2023NewsroomMalvertising / Cyber Threat Details have emerged about a malvertising campaign that leverages Google Ads to direct users searching for popular software to…
Computer Weekly contributor named Godfather of UK Security
Mike Gillespie, founder of cyber consultancy Advent IM and a frequent contributor to the Computer Weekly Security Think Tank, has been named Godfather of UK…
Fraud Detection Firm Spec Raises $15 Million
Fraud detection and defense startup Spec this week announced that it has raised $15 million in a Series A funding round that brings the total…
Authorities Seized RagnarLocker Ransomware Dark Web Site
A coordinated international law enforcement action has seized the dark web site used by the notorious RagnarLocker ransomware group. This operation involving law enforcement agencies…