Cyber spotlight falls on boardroom ‘privilege’ as incidents soar
Three-quarters of all data breaches observed in the past year included a significant element of human failure, with social engineering attacks involving pretexting – i.e.…
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CISOs focus more on business strategy than threat research
CISOs and ITDMs (IT security decision-makers) continue to be most occupied with business, IT and security program strategy, but they are spending less time on…
Consumers overestimate their deepfake detection skills
67% of consumers are aware of generative AI technologies but they overestimate their ability to detect a deepfake video, according to Jumio. Generative AI awareness…
5 unusual cybersecurity tips that actually work
It’s time to shake off that special feeling, start lying, forget everything you’ve been told about passwords, spin up a million email addresses, and start…
Trusting AI not to lie Lock and Code S04E12
This week on Lock and Code, we ask whether AI can “lie” and whether companies and individuals are placing too much trust into tools like…
ASX hasn’t given up on blockchain – Finance – Software
The Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) has not abandoned distributed ledger technology (DLT) as the foundation for its core replacement project, keeping it as an active…
84% increase in attacks over 6-month period
In total, 26 separate ransomware-as-a-service gangs contributed to the onslaught on education. This article is based on research by Marcelo Rivero, Malwarebytes’ ransomware specialist, who…
Information stealer compromises legitimate sites to attack other sites
A new web skimming campaign uses compromised legitimate sites to act as command and control servers. Security researchers at Akamai have published a blog about a…
Play ransomware gang compromises Spanish bank, threatens to leak files
Ransomware is creating additional work for a major Spanish bank. Globalcaja, said to have more than 300 offices in Spain and close to half a…
Putin deepfake video showed on hacked Russian TV and radio stations
Dimitri Peskov, a spokesperson for the Kremlin, stated on Monday that a bogus speech by Russian President Vladimir Putin regarding the evacuation of the Kursk,…
The #1 cyberthreat to schools, colleges, and universities
In the last 12 months, the Vice Society ransomware gang has conducted more known attacks against education targets globally, and in the USA and the…
Apple Expands Its On-Device Nudity Detection to Combat CSAM
In December, Apple announced that it was killing a controversial iCloud photo-scanning tool the company had devised to combat child sexual abuse material (CSAM) in…