75% of Organizations Hit by Ransomware in 2023
Three-quarters (75%) of organizations suffered at least one ransomware attack last year, according to Veeam’s Data Protection Trends Report 2024.The...
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AI, Gaming, FinTech Named Major Cybersecurity Threats For Kids
The heightened utilization of AI tools and potential vulnerabilities in gaming have been identified as crucial cybersecurity concerns for children...
Vendor Email Attacks Surged by 137% in Financial Sector in 2023
The global financial services industry has witnessed a 137% increase in Vendor Email Compromise (VEC) attacks over the last year,...
Inferno Drainer Spoofs Over 100 Crypto Brands to Steal $80m+
The most prolific known crypto drainer of 2023 impersonated over 100 cryptocurrency brands across 16,000 phishing domains to trick victims...
Ivanti Zero-Days Exploited By Multiple Actors Globally
Two zero-day vulnerabilities in Ivanti products revealed last week are being exploited en masse worldwide, with over 1700 devices already...
New Tool Identifies Pegasus and Other iOS Spyware
Kaspersky’s Global Research and Analysis Team (GReAT) has unveiled a new, lightweight method to detect sophisticated iOS spyware, including notorious...
Crypto Heists Surge in 2023, $16.93m Already Stolen in 2024
Crypto heists increased in volume by 42% in 2023, with 283 incidents, according to an analysis by consumer awareness firm...
Phemedrone Stealer Targets Windows Defender Flaw Despite Patch
Cybersecurity experts have uncovered the active exploitation of CVE-2023-36025, which also led to the dissemination of a new strain of...
Email Nightmare: 94% of Firms Hit by Phishing Attacks in 2023
Email security remained top of mind for cybersecurity professionals in 2023 as over nine in ten (94%) cyber decision-makers had...
Security Experts Urge IT to Lock Down GitHub Services
Threat intelligence firm Recorded Future has warned that threat actors are increasingly using GitHub services to launch covert cyber-attacks, and...
HelloFresh Fined £140K After Sending 80 Million Spam Messages
Meal-kit company HelloFresh is the latest brand to receive a major fine from the UK’s privacy regulator, after it was...
British Library Catalogue Back Online After Ransomware Attack
The British Library has begun restoring its online services as it continues to recover from last year’s ransomware attack.Sir Roly...
Researchers Uncover Major Surge in Global Botnet Activity
Security researchers have discovered a significant increase in global botnet activity between December 2023 and the first week of January...
Python-Based Tool FBot Disrupts Cloud Security
Security researchers have shed light on a new Python-based hacking tool, FBot, showcasing distinct features from other cloud malware families. Discovered...
Environmental Websites Hit by DDoS Surge in COP28 Crossfire
The 28th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP 28), held in Dubai at the end of 2023, sparked an “unprecedented...
Senators Demand Probe into SEC Hack After Bitcoin Price Spike
US lawmakers have demanded an investigation into the hack of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)’s X (formerly Twitter) account...
Firewall Technology: Your First Line of Defense Against Cyber Threats
Firewall Technology: Your First Line of Defense Against Cyber Threats With the rise in digital threats and cyber-attacks, it's never...
Human Error and Insiders Expose Millions in UK Law Firm Data Breaches
UK law firms are falling victim to data breaches primarily because of insiders and human error, according to an analysis...
CISA Urges Critical Infrastructure to Patch Urgent ICS Vulnerabilities
The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has urged critical infrastructure organizations to address vulnerabilities affecting nine industrial control...
Waiting for Your Pay Raise? Cofense Warns Against HR-Related Scams
Cybercriminal are exploiting employee desires for job satisfaction and orgnaizations’ promise of benefits with a flurry of phishing scams.Pay raises,...
1.3 Million FNF Customers’ Data Potentially Exposed in Ransomware Attack
Fidelity National Financial (FNF) has revealed that around 1.3 million customers’ data may have been exposed during a ransomware attack...
NCSC Publishes Practical Security Guidance For SMBs
A leading UK security agency has today published a new guide for small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) designed to help...
Two Ivanti Zero-Days Actively Exploited in the Wild
Ivanti customers have been urged to follow the security vendor’s suggested workaround after it confirmed that two zero-day vulnerabilities in...
Mandiant’s X Account Was Hacked in Brute-Force Password Attack
Cyber threat intelligence giant Mandiant has shared the results of its investigation on its recent X account hijacking following a...
