BlackCat on the hook for cyber attack that crippled Vegas casinos
The ALPHV/BlackCat ransomware operation appears to be behind the ongoing cyber attack on US hospitality and leisure operator MGM Resorts, which has disrupted operations at…
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Bristol Uni to host one of Europe’s most power supercomputer clusters
One of Europe’s most powerful supercomputers is being built in Bristol to provide a national resource for researchers and industry experts, with processing power to…
CIO interview: Petra Tesch, Vizrt
Six months into her role at real-time Norwegian graphics and live production service provider Vizrt, Petra Tesch is enjoying challenges old and new. The Stockholm-based…
As vehicle safety regulations loom, carmakers fret over cyber risks
Automotive industry leaders are struggling with competing cyber risk and security priorities, and as such, many are increasingly concerned that their organisations will be unprepared…
GCHQ breached privacy rights of IT professional and security researcher, human rights court rules
Britain’s spy agencies violated the privacy rights of two foreign nationals living outside the UK as part of the UK’s programme of bulk surveillance, the…
GitHub fixes race condition that could have led to ‘repojacking’
GitHub has fixed a race condition vulnerability in its repository creation and user renaming operations that could have enabled threat actors to perform what is…
BianLian ransomware gang holds Save the Children hostage
NGO Save the Children, one of the world’s oldest and largest charities, has confirmed it has fallen victim to a ransomware attack by the BianLian…
Patch Tuesday: Microsoft fixes zero-days in Word and Streaming Service
As autumn begins and the thoughts of security teams turn to mists and mellow fruitfulness, Microsoft’s Patch Tuesday update arrives with the surety of the…
Cisco tightens link between observability and security
Cisco has updated its full-stack observability platform with the latest version of Cisco Secure Application, designed to help IT departments secure development and deployment of…
Storm-0324 gathers over Microsoft Teams
A threat actor tracked in Microsoft’s taxonomy as Storm-0324 has been observed switching up its tactics to incorporate social engineering phishing attacks conducted via Microsoft…
NCSC and ICO sign MoU to forge deeper collaborative links
National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) chief executive Lindy Cameron and information commissioner John Edwards have signed a joint memorandum of understanding (MoU) to establish deeper…
ExtraHop open sources 16 million rows of threat domain data
Cloud-native network detection and response (NDR) specialist ExtraHop hopes to give security researchers and defenders a little extra help when it comes to defending against…