Fujitsu staff at HMRC to strike for two days over pay
Fujitsu staff working at HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) will walk out for two days this month after union members voted for industrial action in…
Month: January 2025
Prominent US law firm Wolf Haldenstein disclosed a data breach
Prominent US law firm Wolf Haldenstein disclosed a data breach Pierluigi Paganini January 16, 2025 The law firm Wolf Haldenstein disclosed a data breach that…
Chinese Innovations Spawn Wave of Toll Phishing Via SMS – Krebs on Security
Residents across the United States are being inundated with text messages purporting to come from toll road operators like E-ZPass, warning that recipients face fines…
Russia’s Star Blizzard pivots to WhatsApp in spear-phishing campaign
In the wake of a significant action against its infrastructure, the Kremlin-backed advanced persistent threat (APT) actor Star Blizzard has pivoted to exploiting social messaging…
W3 Total Cache plugin flaw exposes 1 million WordPress sites to attacks
A severe flaw in the W3 Total Cache plugin installed on more than one million WordPress sites could give attackers access to various information, including…
Microsoft expands testing of Windows 11 admin protection feature
Microsoft has expanded its Windows 11 administrator protection tests, allowing Insiders to enable the security feature from the Windows Security settings. First introduced in October…
Biden Cybersecurity Order: Ambitious Plans Include AI
In one of his final acts in office, outgoing President Joe Biden on Thursday issued an ambitious order outlining plans to improve U.S. government cybersecurity…
Russian Star Blizzard Shifts Tactics to Exploit WhatsApp QR Codes for Credential Harvesting
Jan 16, 2025Ravie LakshmananSpear Phishing / Threat Intelligence The Russian threat actor known as Star Blizzard has been linked to a new spear-phishing campaign that…
China probes US chip subsidies over ‘harm’ to Chinese mature node chipmakers – Hardware
China will launch an investigation into US government subsidies to its semiconductor sector over alleged harm caused to Chinese mature node chipmakers, the commerce ministry…
US cracks down on North Korean IT worker army with more sanctions
The U.S. Treasury Department has sanctioned a network of individuals and front companies linked to North Korea’s Ministry of National Defense that have generated revenue…
Biden signs executive order to bolster national cybersecurity
Days before leaving office, President Joe Biden signed an executive order to shore up the United States’ cybersecurity by making it easier to sanction hacking…
MFA Failures – The Worst is Yet to Come
Article written by John Gunn, CEO and Next-Generation MFA Evangelist at Token. The world is under siege. This is not news. State-sponsored cybercriminals and a growing…