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10 Mar 2025
Analysts: IBM-LzLabs suit a cautionary tale for IT buyers
A U.K. court ruled that an LzLabs subsidiary breached IBM license terms, a reminder to IT orgs to do careful research before choosing a vendor, according to industry watchers.
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10 Mar 2025
GenAI use cases show value, but pain points persist
While large companies are generating value in genAI use cases, others are struggling to find the same value.
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10 Mar 2025
Physicians decry ongoing Medicare payment cuts
The AMA criticizes Congress for allowing a fifth year of Medicare payment cuts, warning it threatens patient care and forces small practices to close.
Security News from the past 365 days
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08 May 2024
Police accessed phone records of ‘trouble-making journalists’
The Police Service of Northern Ireland ran a rolling programme to monitor phone records of journalists to identify the source of police leaks, it was claimed today
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08 May 2024
White House: Threats to critical infrastructure are 'severe'
While the White House released the new National Cybersecurity Strategy last year to help combat threats to critical infrastructure organizations, attacks have continued.
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08 May 2024
Cyber attack ruled out as source of UK Border Force outage
An IT outage that caused automated passport control e-gates to crash across the UK has been resolved, with a cyber attack ruled out as the cause
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08 May 2024
Microsoft touts expansion of Secure Future Initiative
At RSA Conference 2024, Microsoft vice president Vasu Jakkal discussed some of the criticisms leveled against the company and how the Secure Future Initiative will address them.
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08 May 2024
Germany: European Court of Justice ruling on EncroChat could lead to new legal challenges
A ruling by the European Court of Justice could prompt legal challenges in EncroChat prosecutions in Germany and other EU states
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07 May 2024
SentinelOne: Ransomware actors are adapting to EDR
At RSA Conference 2024, SentinelOne's Alex Stamos discussed ongoing global threats such as ransomware and how threat actors are changing their techniques.
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07 May 2024
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman weighs in on content authentication
OpenAI says it's working on new tools to identify content created by its generative AI tools, as Congress weighs legislation to protect individuals against AI-generated replicas.
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07 May 2024
Authorities identify, sanction LockBit ransomware ringleader
After weeks of waiting, authorities in the U.S., the U.K. and Australia publicly identified 'LockBitSupp,' the mysterious operator behind the prolific LockBit ransomware gang.
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07 May 2024
Chinese APT suspected of Ministry of Defence hack
A cyber attack on the Ministry of Defence is suspected to be the work of threat actors working on behalf of Chinese intelligence
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07 May 2024
AI and security sparking channel opportunities
Research from Couchbase and ANS has underlined the assistance users need from partners around emerging technologies and defending against the latest threats
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07 May 2024
NCA unmasks LockBitSupp cyber gangster who toyed with pursuers
The NCA and its partners have named the administrator of the LockBit ransomware gang, LockBitSupp, as Dmitry Khoroshev, who now faces sanctions and criminal charges
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07 May 2024
U.S. agencies continue to observe Volt Typhoon intrusions
A panel of experts at RSA Conference 2024 discussed Volt Typhoon and warned the Chinese nation-state threat group is still targeting and compromising U.S. organizations.
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06 May 2024
Google unveils new threat intelligence service at RSAC 2024
Google Threat Intelligence combines investigation findings from Mandiant with crowdsourced intelligence from VirusTotal and operationalizes the data with Google's Gemini AI model.
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06 May 2024
Recorded Future observes 'concerning' hacktivism shift
At RSA Conference 2024, Recorded Future detailed alarming trends as nation-state attackers operate under the guise of hacktivism to cover real threats to organizations.
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06 May 2024
Splunk details Sqrrl 'screw-ups' that hampered threat hunting
At RSA Conference 2024, Splunk's David Bianco emphasizes that enterprises need revamped threat hunting frameworks to help with threat detection and response challenges.
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06 May 2024
Microsoft beefs up cyber initiative after hard-hitting US report
Microsoft is expanding its recently launched Secure Future Initiative in the wake of a hard-hitting US government report on recent nation state intrusions into its systems
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06 May 2024
IBM study shows security for GenAI projects is an afterthought
IBM's survey of C-suite executives finds that 82% say trustworthy and secure AI are essential, but only 24% have a security component included in their GenAI projects.
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06 May 2024
Cisco details Splunk security integrations, AI developments
Just two months after Cisco completed its $28 billion acquisition of analytics giant Splunk, the company added XDR capabilities into Splunk Enterprise Security.
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03 May 2024
Adobe expands bug bounty programme to account for GenAI
Adobe has expanded the scope of its HackerOne-driven bug bounty scheme to incorporate flaws and risks arising from the development of generative artificial intelligence
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03 May 2024
Patch GitLab vuln without delay, users warned
The addition of a serious vulnerability in the GitLab open source platform to CISA’s KEV catalogue prompts a flurry of concern
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03 May 2024
EU calls out Fancy Bear over attacks on Czech, German governments
The European Union, alongside member states Czechia and Germany, have accused Russian government APT Fancy Bear of being behind a series of attacks on political parties and government bodies
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03 May 2024
Cloud campaign intensifies for Atlassian software products
Atlassian plans to continue updating Data Center products, but accelerating cloud updates and migrations touted at Team '24 prompt questions about their long-term future.
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03 May 2024
Why IAM is central to cyber security
BeyondTrust’s chief security strategist talks up the importance of identity and access management, and the role of cyber insurance in driving security improvements
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02 May 2024
NCSC updates warning over hacktivist threat to CNI
The NCSC and CISA have warned about the evolving threat from Russia-backed hacktivist threat actors targeting critical national infrastructure, after a number of American utilities were attacked
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02 May 2024
Ukrainian national sentenced over REvil ransomware spree
A 24-year-old Ukrainian man has been sentenced to more than 13 years in prison after being convicted of his role in the REvil ransomware attacks
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02 May 2024
Dropbox Sign user information accessed in data breach
Account data belonging to Dropbox Sign users was accessed by an unknown threat actor after they hacked into the organisation’s backend infrastructure
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02 May 2024
Dropbox discloses data breach involving Dropbox Sign
A threat actor accessed Dropbox Sign customer names, emails, hashed passwords, API keys, OAuth tokens, multifactor authentication information and other data.
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02 May 2024
BBC instructs lawyers over allegations of police surveillance of journalist
Lawyers for the BBC have written to the Investigatory Powers Tribunal over allegations that the Police Service of Northern Ireland spied on investigative journalist Vincent Kearney
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02 May 2024
Sophos adds Infinigate to UK distie roster
Security vendor looking to distributor to drive more channel growth in the country
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02 May 2024
How Okta is fending off identity-based attacks
Okta has been bolstering the security of its own infrastructure and building new tools to scan customer environments for vulnerable identities, among other efforts to fend off identity-based attacks
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01 May 2024
U.S. warns of pro-Russian hacktivist attacks against OT systems
CISA calls on OT device manufacturers to implement more effective security protocols as attacks against critical infrastructure organizations continue.
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01 May 2024
EMEA CISOs must address human factors behind cyber incidents
The 17th annual Verizon report on data breaches makes for sobering reading for security pros, urging them to do more to address the human factors involved in cyber incidents, and highlighting ongoing issues with zero-day patching
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01 May 2024
Deepfake AI regulation a tightrope walk for Congress
AI-generated content is in the crosshairs of Congress, federal enforcement agencies and the EU as concerns around digital replicas and individual intellectual property grow.
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01 May 2024
Australia’s Qantas apologises for mobile app data breach
Australian flag carrier Qantas has apologised after a glitch in its mobile application temporarily enabled some customers to view the flights and booking details of other frequent fliers on two separate occasions
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01 May 2024
Secure coding benchmark to increase standards among developers
Developer security advocate Secure Code Warrior has launched what it claims is the industry’s first benchmark designed to quantify the security competence of its customers’ software developer teams
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01 May 2024
DWP anti-fraud measures will allow monitoring of bank accounts of landlords, carers and parents
Parliamentarians raise concerns that a proposed law to require banks to monitor the accounts of millions of people receiving state benefits could lead to those on welfare being denied accommodation or bank accounts
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01 May 2024
EMEA shines in Exclusive Networks Q1
EMEA region delivers decent growth as distributor continues its habit of delivering solid results to investors
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01 May 2024
Autonomous weapons reduce moral agency and devalue human life
Military technology experts gathered in Vienna have warned about the detrimental psychological effects of AI-powered weapons, arguing that implementing systems of algorithmic-enabled killing dehumanises both the user and the target
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01 May 2024
Verizon DBIR: Vulnerability exploitation in breaches up 180%
Verizon said it examined approximately twice as many breaches for the 2024 Data Breach Investigations Report -- 10,626 out of 30,458 total tracked incidents.
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30 Apr 2024
Musicians balance compensation rights with GenAI innovation
While musicians have long used AI technology, GenAI is a new threat to their livelihoods. An effort has emerged to compensate artists whose work GenAI systems are trained on.
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30 Apr 2024
Change Healthcare breached via Citrix portal with no MFA
UnitedHealth Group CEO Andrew Witty's opening statement for Wednesday's congressional hearing shed more light on the ransomware attack against Change Healthcare.
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30 Apr 2024
Persistent data breaches deny people with HIV dignity and privacy
The ICO has urged charities and healthcare organisations that work with people living with HIV to do better when it comes to protecting their personal data, after the HIV status of more than 100 people was accidentally disclosed by London’s Central YMCA
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30 Apr 2024
Keeper to help Williams F1 keep up with cyber challenges
Keeper Security signs up to support F1 team Williams Racing with credential management ahead of the 2024 Miami Grand Prix
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30 Apr 2024
Global majority united on multilateral regulation of AI weapons
Foreign ministers and civil society representatives say that multilateralism is key to controlling the proliferation and use of AI-powered autonomous weapons, but that a small number of powerful countries are holding back progress
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30 Apr 2024
Bad bot traffic in Australia grew 23% in 2023
Traffic from bad bots that perform malicious tasks accounted for 30.2% of Australia’s internet traffic in 2023
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29 Apr 2024
UK’s long-awaited device security law kicks in
The Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Act has become law across the UK, enforcing basic cyber security standards across connected products sold to the public
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26 Apr 2024
Election might decide fate of FTC noncompetes ban
If the FTC's ban on noncompete agreements survives legal challenges, it might still face problems should there be an administration change following the 2024 presidential election.
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26 Apr 2024
Post Office ‘lied’ to subpostmasters when forced to meet them, says former federation representative
Post Office executives were forced to meet subpostmasters to discuss an unexplained error in their branch, then misled the branch managers over remote access
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25 Apr 2024
Risk & Repeat: Change Healthcare's bad ransomware bet
This Risk & Repeat podcast discusses Change Healthcare's ransomware attack and the apparent further spread of sensitive data despite the company paying a ransom.
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25 Apr 2024
Dymium scares ransomware attacks with honeypot specters
Dymium, a security startup that recently emerged from stealth, offers ransomware defense for data stores with a network of honeypot traps for spoofing attackers.
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25 Apr 2024
Progress being made on gender diversity in cyber
Women make up a higher percentage of new entrants to the cyber security profession, particularly among younger age groups, and are increasingly taking up leadership positions and hiring roles, but challenges still persist
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25 Apr 2024
Cisco zero-day flaws in ASA, FTD software under attack
Cisco revealed that a nation-state threat campaign dubbed 'ArcaneDoor' exploited two zero-day vulnerabilities in its Adaptive Security Appliance and Firepower Threat Defense products.
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25 Apr 2024
Zero trust is a strategy, not a technology
Zero-trust security should be seen as a strategy to protect high-value assets and is not tied to a specific technology or product, says the model’s creator John Kindervag
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25 Apr 2024
Consolidation and growth are key MSP market trends
Market analysis from tech investment player reveals the factors underpinning continued growth on both sides of the Atlantic
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24 Apr 2024
Mandatory MFA pays off for GitHub and OSS community
Mandating multifactor authentication for select developers has been a huge success for GitHub, the platform reports, and now it wants to go further
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24 Apr 2024
Critical CrushFTP zero-day vulnerability under attack
While a patch is now available, a critical CrushFTP vulnerability came under attack as a zero-day and could allow attackers to exfiltrate all files on the server.
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24 Apr 2024
Coalition: Insurance claims for Cisco ASA users spiked in 2023
Coalition urged enterprises to be cautious when using Cisco and Fortinet network boundary devices as attackers can leverage the attack vectors to gain initial access.
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24 Apr 2024
GitHub vulnerability leaks sensitive security reports
The vulnerability is triggered when GitHub users correct code or other mistakes they discover on repositories. But GitHub does not believe it warrants a fix.
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24 Apr 2024
Cyber training leader KnowBe4 to buy email security firm Egress
Security awareness training and phishing simulation specialist KnowBe4 is to buy email security expert Egress
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24 Apr 2024
TikTok ban sails through US Senate
A law that will ban TikTok in the US unless its owner sells up pronto passed the US Senate by a landslide majority after being included in a package of military aid
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24 Apr 2024
Education will be key to good AI regulation: A view from the USA
Computer Weekly sat down with Salesforce’s vice-president of federal government affairs, Hugh Gamble, to find out how the US is forging a path towards AI regulation, and how things look from Capitol Hill
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23 Apr 2024
U.S. cracks down on commercial spyware with visa restrictions
The move marks the latest effort by the U.S. government to curb the spread of commercial spyware, which has been used to target journalists, politicians and human rights activists.
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23 Apr 2024
GooseEgg proves golden for Fancy Bear, says Microsoft
Microsoft’s threat researchers have uncovered GooseEgg, a never-before-seen tool being used by Forest Blizzard, or Fancy Bear, in conjunction with vulnerabilities in Windows Print Spooler
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23 Apr 2024
Mandiant: Attacker dwell time down, ransomware up in 2023
Mandiant's 'M-Trends' 2024 report offered positive signs for global cybersecurity but warned that threat actors are shifting to zero-day exploitation and evasion techniques.
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23 Apr 2024
Lords split over UK government approach to autonomous weapons
During a debate on autonomous weapons systems, Lords expressed mixed opinions towards the UK government’s current position, including its reluctance to adopt a working definition and commit to international legal instruments controlling their use
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22 Apr 2024
Mitre breached by nation-state threat actor via Ivanti flaws
An unnamed nation-state threat actor breached Mitre through two Ivanti Connect Secure zero-day vulnerabilities, CVE-2023-46805 and CVE-2024-21887, disclosed earlier this year.
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22 Apr 2024
Former Sellafield consultant claims the nuclear complex tampered with evidence
Whistleblower Alison McDermott claims former employer Sellafield tampered with metadata in letters used in evidence during an employment tribunal
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22 Apr 2024
Fujifilm plans to ‘make tape easy’ with Kangaroo SME appliance
Fujifilm to add 100TB SME-focused Kangaroo tape infrastructure in a box to existing 1PB offer, as energy efficiency and security of tape make it alluring to customers
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22 Apr 2024
NCSC announces PwC’s Richard Horne as CEO
Former PwC and Barclays cyber chief Richard Horne set to join UK’s National Cyber Security Centre as CEO
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22 Apr 2024
IT leaders hiring CISOs aplenty, but don’t fully understand the role
Most businesses now have a CISO, but perceptions of what CISOs are supposed to do, and confusion over the value they offer, may be holding back harmonious relations, according to a report
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21 Apr 2024
Crime agency criticises Meta as European police chiefs call for curbs on end-to-end encryption
Law enforcement agencies step up demands for ‘lawful access’ to encrypted communications
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19 Apr 2024
Businesses need to prepare for SEC climate rules, EU's CSRD
While the SEC's new climate rules and the EU's CSRD are both facing delays, businesses still need to identify methods for collecting and assessing climate data.
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19 Apr 2024
Report reveals Northern Ireland police put up to 18 journalists and lawyers under surveillance
Disclosures that the Police Service of Northern Ireland obtained phone communications data from journalists and lawyers leads to renewed calls for inquiry
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19 Apr 2024
CISA: Akira ransomware extorted $42M from 250+ victims
The Akira ransomware gang, which utilizes sophisticated hybrid encryption techniques and multiple ransomware variants, targeted vulnerable Cisco VPNs in a campaign last year.
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19 Apr 2024
Tech companies operating with opacity in Israel-Palestine
Tech firms operating in Occupied Palestinian Territories and Israel are falling “woefully short” of their human rights responsibilities amid escalating devastation in Gaza, says Business & Human Rights Resource Centre
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18 Apr 2024
GitLab Duo plans harness growing interest in platform AI
GitLab's next release will tie its Duo AI tools to the full DevSecOps pipeline in a bid to capitalize on increased interest in AI automation among platform engineers.
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18 Apr 2024
Cisco discloses high-severity vulnerability, PoC available
The security vendor released fixes for a vulnerability that affects Cisco Integrated Management Controller, which is used by devices including routers and servers.
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18 Apr 2024
CrowdStrike extends cloud security to Mission Cloud customers
CrowdStrike Falcon Cloud Security and Falcon Complete Cloud Detection and Response (CDR) will be made available through the Mission Cloud One AWS MSP platform.
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18 Apr 2024
International police operation infiltrates LabHost phishing website used by thousands of criminals
The Metropolitan Police working with international police forces have shut down LabHost, a phishing-as-a-service website that has claimed 70,000 victims in the UK
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18 Apr 2024
CSA warns of emerging security risks with cloud and AI
Few users appreciate the security risks of cloud and have the expertise to implement the complex security controls, says CSA chief executive David Koh
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18 Apr 2024
TUC publishes legislative proposal to protect workers from AI
Proposed bill for regulating artificial intelligence in the UK seeks to translate well-meaning principles and values into concrete rights and obligations that protect workers from systems that make ‘high-risk’ decisions about them
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18 Apr 2024
Gov.uk One Login accounts on the rise
Since August 2023, more than 1.8 million people verified their identity using the Gov.uk One Login app, while face-to-face verifications have also increased
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17 Apr 2024
DHS funding breathes fresh life into SBOMs
Protobom, now an OpenSSF sandbox project, is the first of multiple software supply chain security efforts funded under the Silicon Valley Innovation Program.
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17 Apr 2024
Lawmakers concerned about deepfake AI's election impact
Lawmakers want Congress to intervene and tackle AI manipulations that could affect U.S. elections. However, legislation has yet to advance to the House or Senate floor.
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17 Apr 2024
Looking closer at Microsoft's investment in UAE AI vendor G42
The tech giant will own a minor stake, and G42's LLM will be on Azure. The move helps the cloud provider expand globally and helps the U.S. court the UAE away from China.
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17 Apr 2024
Mandiant formally pins Sandworm cyber attacks on APT44 group
Mandiant has formally attributed a long-running campaign of cyber attacks by a Russian state actor known as Sandworm to a newly designated advanced persistent threat group to be called APT44
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17 Apr 2024
Mandiant upgrades Sandworm to APT44 due to increasing threat
Over the past decade, Sandworm has been responsible for high-severity attacks that highlight the group's persistence, evasion techniques and threat to government bodies.
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16 Apr 2024
US provides assurances over extradition of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange
Extradition of the WikiLeaks founder moves a step closer after the US government gives diplomatic assurances over his treatment in the US. Assange supporters accuse the US of ‘weasel words’
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16 Apr 2024
CISOs not yet convinced to invest in AI
CISOs say their eyes are fixed firmly on threats like ransomware and supply chain attacks, and while AI is becoming a threat that needs to be dealt with, it’s not yet an immediate spending priority
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16 Apr 2024
CW Innovation Awards: Balancing security and user experience
The National University of Singapore’s Safe initiative has strengthened the security of IT systems and end-user devices while prioritising user experience through passwordless access
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16 Apr 2024
Sectigo extends CLM tools to cover SME customer base
Certificate specialist responds to changing market dynamics and introduces product aimed specifically at smaller users
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16 Apr 2024
OT security vendor Nozomi Networks lands Air Force contract
Nozomi Networks CEO Edgard Capdevielle said the $1.25 million contract will be a guarantee that 'our products will continue to meet the requirements of the Air Force.'
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16 Apr 2024
Recognising APAC’s trailblazers in digital transformation
DBS Bank and NUS were among the top industry innovators that were lauded for various transformational initiatives at the Computer Weekly Innovation Awards APAC 2024
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15 Apr 2024
More social engineering attacks on open source projects observed
In the wake of the recent XZ Utils scare, maintainers of another open source project have come forward to say they may have experienced similar social engineering attacks
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15 Apr 2024
Infinigate handed UKI distie role by Ironscales
Distributor gets the chance to build on existing relationship with vendor after delivering results across continental Europe
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15 Apr 2024
EU’s AI Act fails to protect the rule of law and civic space
Analysis reveals that the AI Act is ‘riddled with far-reaching exceptions’ and its measures to protect fundamental rights are insufficient
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12 Apr 2024
Apple iPhone security alert renews spyware concerns
An Apple security alert received by users in 92 countries raises fresh fears over ongoing campaigns by users of mercenary spyware products
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12 Apr 2024
CISA: Midnight Blizzard obtained federal agency emails
CISA ordered U.S. federal agencies to reset any credentials exposed by Midnight Blizzard's breach against Microsoft and notify CISA in the case of a known or suspected compromise.
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12 Apr 2024
Palo Alto Networks discloses RCE zero-day vulnerability
Threat actors have exploited the remote code injection flaw, which affects the GlobalProtect gateway in Palo Alto Networks' PAN-OS software, in a 'limited' number of attacks.
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12 Apr 2024
UK in critical need of regulation to fight misinformation online
Misinformation, where it is generated by AI, poses a serious threat due to the ease with which plausible false content can be created and spread