Breach costs soar as record ransomware payment made
31
Jul
2024

Breach costs soar as record ransomware payment made

The average cost of a data breach in the UK has soared to £3.58m from March 2023 to February 2024,…

WhizHack Pre-Series A Funding Round Secures $3M
31
Jul
2024

WhizHack Pre-Series A Funding Round Secures $3M

Cybersecurity startup WhizHack has announced a successful Pre-Series A funding round and has secured $3 million in funding, bringing its…

DDoS Attack Microsoft Azure
31
Jul
2024

DDoS Attack Leads to Microsoft Azure Global Outage

On July 30, 2024, Microsoft experienced a significant global outage affecting its Azure cloud services and Microsoft 365 products. The…

Western Sydney University Data Breach Exposes Personal Data
31
Jul
2024

Western Sydney University Data Breach Exposes Personal Data

In a follow-up to the May 2024 announcement regarding a Western Sydney University data breach of its Microsoft Office 365…

Microsoft Cyberattack
31
Jul
2024

Microsoft Cyberattack Causes Outage, Defensive Error Worsens Impact

Days after Microsoft experienced a major global outage that disrupted its services, the company is grappling with another setback as…

Tycoon 2FA Phish-kit
31
Jul
2024

Tycoon 2FA Phish-kit Exploits Amazon SES to Steal User Credentials

A sophisticated phishing campaign with Tycoon 2FA Phish-kit has been identified, leveraging Amazon Simple Email Service (SES) and a series…

Patch for Critical Flaw that Leads to Exploitation
31
Jul
2024

Patch for Critical Flaw that Leads to Exploitation

Google has rolled out a new security update for its Chrome browser, addressing several critical vulnerabilities. The update on the…

Naveen Goud
31
Jul
2024

DDoS Attack on Microsoft Azure Cloud leads to another global IT Outage

Microsoft has issued a statement apologizing for a recent IT outage, which they attribute to a DDoS (Distributed Denial of…

RBI Digital Payments
31
Jul
2024

RBI Tightens Noose On Digital Payment Frauds

Reserve Bank of India (RBI), the country’s apex financial institution, has issued new directions to bolster cybersecurity and resilience of…

Naveen Goud
31
Jul
2024

Can Negotiations Yield Success in Ransomware Attacks

In the escalating world of cybercrime, ransomware attacks have become a pervasive threat, affecting businesses of all sizes and industries….

Leveraging dynamic configuration for seamless and compliant software changes
31
Jul
2024

Leveraging dynamic configuration for seamless and compliant software changes

In this Help Net Security interview, Konrad Niemiec, CEO and Founder of Lekko, discusses the benefits of dynamic configuration in…

What CISOs need to keep CEOs (and themselves) out of jail
31
Jul
2024

What CISOs need to keep CEOs (and themselves) out of jail

Former Uber CISO Joe Sullivan, who was convicted for attempting to cover up a data breach Uber suffered in 2016,…