INTERPOL recovers over $40 million stolen in a BEC attack
A global stop-payment mechanism created by INTERPOL successfully recovered over $40 million stolen in a BEC attack on a company in Singapore. INTERPOL says this is…
Month: August 2024
How ‘Shifting Left’ speeds compliance processes
Automating control monitoring and evidence gathering can ensure compliance throughout the production lifecycle. In the same way that Grammarly helps us write more clearly, a…
CrowdStrike Root Cause Analysis Released As Lawyers Gear Up
CrowdStrike today released its Root Cause Analysis (RCA) of the faulty software update that crippled 8.5 million Windows machines on July 19, and also outlined…
330M Email IDs Allegedly Scraped From SOCRadar.io
A significant security concern has arisen after a large number of email addresses were exposed online, allegedly scraped from security intelligence platform SOCRadar.io. The data…
Proton VPN adds ‘Discreet Icons’ to hide app on Android devices
Proton VPN has announced a series of updates to its Windows and Android apps to help users combat censorship, circumvent blocks, and protect themselves from…
The Prince’s Trust partners with tech company to draw kids into sector
The Prince’s Trust has partnered with medical IT and cyber firm Sectra to educate young people about tech careers to encourage them into a tech…
Samsung to pay $1,000,000 for RCEs on Galaxy’s secure vault
Samsung has launched a new bug bounty program for its mobile devices with rewards of up to $1,000,000 for reports demonstrating critical attack scenarios. The…
A New Plan to Break the Cycle of Destructive Critical Infrastructure Hacks
“It’s not just that the water goes out, it’s that when the sole wastewater facility in your community is down really bad things start to…
3 Billion National Public Data Records with SSNs Dumped Online
National Public Data, a service by Jerico Pictures Inc., suffered a massive breach. Hacker “Fenice” leaked 2.9 billion records with personal details, including full names,…
The rise of RaaS; how Copilot can safeguard SMEs from the growing storm of AI-boosted cyberattacks
Whilst generative AI and the rise of Ransomware-as-a-Software poses growing problems for SMEs, AI copilot tools can provide much-needed support, says ALSO Cloud UK. Ransomware…
2024 seeing more CVEs than ever before, but few are weaponised
Over the first seven-and-a-half months of 2024, the number of newly-disclosed common vulnerabilities and exposures (CVEs) soared 30% year-on-year from 17,114 to 22,254, according to…
France’s Grand Palais discloses cyberattack during Olympic games
The Grand Palais Réunion des musées nationaux (Rmn) in France is warning that it suffered a cyberattack on Saturday night, August 3, 2024. Grand Palais…