BCS report shows lack of improvement in tech diversity
In 2020, BCS reported that women accounted for 17% of IT specialists in the UK, a figure that had only grown by 1% in the…
Month: February 2024
Experts warn of critical JetBrains TeamCity On-Premises bug
Experts warn of a critical bug in JetBrains TeamCity On-Premises Pierluigi Paganini February 07, 2024 A new vulnerability in JetBrains TeamCity On-Premises can be exploited…
Critical flaw in Shim bootloader impacts major Linux distros
A critical vulnerability in the Shim Linux bootloader enables attackers to execute code and take control of a target system before the kernel is loaded,…
Chinese Hackers Exploited Fortinet zero-day Flaw to hack networks
Chinese state-sponsored hackers exploited a zero-day vulnerability (CVE-2022-42475) in Fortinet’s virtual private network to gain unauthorized access to the Dutch defense networks. The hackers then…
INTERPOL Uncovers 1,300+ Servers Used as Launchpads
A recent massive operation by INTERPOL, which happens to be the biggest international police organization in the world, has successfully targeted the underlying infrastructure behind…
Chinese hackers breached Dutch Ministry of Defense
Chinese state-sponsored hackers have breached the Dutch Ministry of Defense (MOD) last year and deployed a new remote access trojan (RAT) malware to serve as…
Critical Bootloader Vulnerability in Shim Impacts Nearly All Linux Distros
Feb 07, 2024NewsroomDevice Security / Vulnerability The maintainers of shim have released version 15.8 to address six security flaws, including a critical bug that could…
How Iranian cyber ops pivoted to target Israel after 7 October attacks
Four months to the day after a Hamas incursion across the Israeli border in Gaza sparked a war that has resulted in the deaths of…
Critical FortiSIEM CVEs are duplicates, issued in error
NVD published two advisories this week for critical command injection vulnerabilities purportedly impacting Fortinet’s FortiSIEM products, but there’s more to what meets the eye. BleepingComputer has confirmed…
Ransomware Payments Hit a Record $1.1 Billion in 2023
A year ago, there seemed to be a glimmer of hope in the cybersecurity industry’s long-running war of attrition against ransomware gangs. Fewer corporate victims…
The fight against commercial spyware misuse is heating up
Though there are organizations out there investigating how commercial spyware is misused to target journalists, human rights defenders and dissidents, the growing market related to…
Government funds two semiconductor centres
The government has said it is funding two semiconductor “information and knowledge centres” in a bid to deliver chip innovation to market. Building out the…