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24 Dec 2024
Top 10 police technology stories of 2024
By Sebastian Klovig SkeltonHere are Computer Weekly’s top 10 police technology stories of 2024
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24 Dec 2024
Top 10 EMEA stories of 2024
By Karl FlindersHere are Computer Weekly’s top 10 Europe, Middle East and Africa stories of 2024
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23 Dec 2024
Telehealth, hospital-at-home waivers extended for 90 days
By Anuja VaidyaTelehealth and AHCAH waivers have been extended through March 2025, but the lack of a long-term solution has prompted calls for permanent virtual care reforms.
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14 Aug 2024
Automated police tech contributes to UK structural racism problem
By Sebastian Klovig SkeltonCivil society groups say automated policing technologies are helping to fuel the disparities that people of colour face across the criminal justice sector, as part of wider warning about the UK’s lack of progress in dealing with systemic racism
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14 Aug 2024
Leeds Teaching Hospitals deploys patient records and data sharing on Azure
By Cliff SaranIn-house patient records system has been migrated to the Microsoft public cloud, opening up the potential for greater data sharing
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13 Aug 2024
What the Delta-CrowdStrike lawsuit may mean for IT contracts
By Antone GonsalvesThe recent exchange of allegations between Delta and CrowdStrike reveals legal arguments Delta could use to recover the massive losses suffered in the CrowdStrike outage.
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13 Aug 2024
Law enforcement disrupts Radar/Dispossessor ransomware group
By Alexander CulafiThe now-disrupted Radar/Dispossessor ransomware gang was launched in August 2023, and its members have targeted dozens of SMBs across critical sectors via dual extortion.
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13 Aug 2024
NIST debuts three quantum-safe encryption algorithms
By Alex ScroxtonNIST has launched the first three quantum-resistant encryption algorithms, and as the threat of quantum-enabled cyber attacks grows greater, organisations are encouraged to adopt them as soon as they can
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13 Aug 2024
Cyber criminal kingpin ‘J.P. Morgan’ appears in US court
By Alex Scroxton‘J.P. Morgan’, a Belarusian cyber criminal who ran a major ransomware campaign supported by malvertising scams, faces decades in prison in the United States after being extradited from the EU
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13 Aug 2024
Australia’s cyber security skills gap remains pressing issue
By Aaron TanStudy reveals Australia’s critical shortage of cyber security professionals, escalating the risk of data breaches
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12 Aug 2024
Flashpoint CEO: Cyber, physical security threats converging
By Alexander CulafiAlthough Flashpoint is known for their cybersecurity threat intelligence services, the vendor also provides physical security intelligence to its clientele.
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12 Aug 2024
How JSR is using generative AI to drive insights
By Aaron TanJSR Corporation has been using the Cohesity Gaia enterprise search assistant to surface insights from backups of employee mailboxes and OneDrive data
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09 Aug 2024
Evolving threat landscape influencing cyber insurance market
By Arielle WaldmanMany aspects of cyber insurance were addressed throughout Black Hat USA 2024, including changes in the threat landscape that affect policies and coverage.
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09 Aug 2024
The Security Interviews: Google’s take on confidential computing
By Cliff SaranWe speak to Google’s Nelly Porter about the company’s approach to keeping data as safe as possible on Google Cloud
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09 Aug 2024
CyberSmart: MSPs now expected to provide security
By Simon QuickeCustomers are increasingly looking to their service provider to cover all bases, including data protection
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08 Aug 2024
Endor Labs ships Java 'Magic Patches' with SCA tools
By Beth PariseauUpgrade impact analysis and backported fixes will help one enterprise customer make a major Java upgrade manageable and keep compliant with FedRAMP.
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08 Aug 2024
CrowdStrike, AI dominate conversation at Black Hat USA 2024
By Alexander CulafiAlthough the trend of vendors pitching AI-powered products nonstop has continued at Black Hat USA 2024, CrowdStrike and the recent IT outage was an even larger point of discussion.
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08 Aug 2024
Sysdig Sage early adopters kick the tires on CNAPP AI agents
By Beth PariseauAI agents in Sysdig Sage add more sophisticated multi-step reasoning than is available with generic LLMs. But it's meant to assist humans, not replace them.
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08 Aug 2024
Zenity CTO on dangers of Microsoft Copilot prompt injections
By Alexander CulafiZenity's CTO describes how hidden email code can be used to feed malicious prompts to a victim's Copilot instance, leading to false outputs and even credential harvesting.
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08 Aug 2024
Wiz researchers hacked into leading AI infrastructure providers
By Arielle WaldmanDuring Black Hat USA 2024, Wiz researchers discussed how they were able to infiltrate leading AI service providers and access confidential data and models across the platforms.
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08 Aug 2024
Royal ransomware crew puts on a BlackSuit in rebrand
By Alex ScroxtonThe Royal ransomware gang is back, with a new name and refreshed capabilities, including an apparently unique ‘partial encryption’ gambit, according to CISA
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08 Aug 2024
European markets improve for Infinigate in Q1
By Simon QuickeDistributor shares revenue update for the first quarter, as well as its confidence in the prospects for the rest of the fiscal year
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08 Aug 2024
US lawmakers seek to brand ransomware gangs as terrorists
By Alex ScroxtonProposals from legislators in Washington DC could shake up the global ransomware ecosystem and give law enforcement sweeping new powers
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08 Aug 2024
Ofcom issues online safety warning to firms in wake of UK riots
By Sebastian Klovig SkeltonOfcom has issued a warning reminding social media firms of their upcoming online safety obligations, after misinformation about the Southport stabbings sparked racist riots throughout the UK
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07 Aug 2024
Akamai warns enterprises that VPN attacks will only increase
By Arielle WaldmanDuring Black Hat USA 2024, Akamai's Ori David revealed new VPN post-exploitation techniques that open the attack vector to threat actors of all skill levels.
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07 Aug 2024
CISA: Election infrastructure has never been more secure
By Alexander CulafiCISA Director Jen Easterly emphasized at Black Hat 2024 that election stakeholders cannot be complacent because 'the threat environment has never been so complex.'
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07 Aug 2024
Veracode highlights security risks of GenAI coding tools
By Arielle WaldmanAt Black Hat USA 2024, Veracode's Chris Wysopal warned of the downstream effects of how generative AI tools are helping developers write code faster.
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07 Aug 2024
Nvidia AI security architect discusses top threats to LLMs
By Alexander CulafiRichard Harang, Nvidia's principal AI and ML security architect, said two of the biggest pain points for LLMs right now are insecure plugins and indirect prompt injections.
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07 Aug 2024
Researchers unveil AWS vulnerabilities, 'shadow resource' vector
By Rob WrightDuring a Black Hat USA 2024 session, Aqua Security researchers demonstrated how they discovered six cloud vulnerabilities in AWS services and a new attack vector.
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07 Aug 2024
Microsoft and CrowdStrike hit back at Delta’s legal threats
By Alex ScroxtonMicrosoft and CrowdStrike have rejected claims by Delta Air Lines that it was left high and dry amid thousands of flight cancellations during July’s software outage, accusing the airline of ignoring their offers of help and running out-of-date IT systems
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07 Aug 2024
CrowdStrike details errors that led to mass IT outage
By Rob WrightCrowdStrike's investigation into the recent defective update found that a 'confluence' of issues led to the release of the channel file last month, causing a mass IT outage.
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07 Aug 2024
Acronis signals increased support for MSPs after landing fresh backer
By Simon QuickeSecurity player intends to build on track record of developing programmes and products that support managed service provider community
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06 Aug 2024
Advanced faces fine over LockBit attack that crippled NHS 111
By Alex ScroxtonAdvanced Software faces a multimillion pound fine for a series of failings which directly led to a 2022 LockBit ransomware attack that disrupted NHS and social care services across the UK
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06 Aug 2024
Judge will face remedy challenge in Google antitrust case
By Makenzie HollandRemedies in the Google online search antitrust case could include eliminating the company's use of distribution contracts that cemented Google as a default setting.
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06 Aug 2024
Security framework to determine whether defenders are winning
By Alexander CulafiColumbia University researcher and longtime security practitioner Jason Healey will present at Black Hat USA a new framework to determine defensive advantage.
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06 Aug 2024
2024 seeing more CVEs than ever before, but few are weaponised
By Alex ScroxtonThe number of disclosed CVEs soared by 30% in the first seven-and-a-half months of the year, but a tiny fraction of these have been exploited by threat actors, a reminder of the importance of focused security strategies
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05 Aug 2024
Chinese cyber attack sparks alert over six-year-old MS vuln
By Alex ScroxtonAfter a proof-of-concept for a six-year-old Microsoft vulnerability emerged in a Chinese APT attack chain, defenders should be on the look-out for exploitation of CVE-2018-0824
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05 Aug 2024
CrowdStrike fires back at Delta over outage allegations
By Rob WrightAfter Delta Air Lines said it would seek damages against CrowdStrike over last month's IT outage, the cybersecurity vendor's legal counsel warned it would 'respond aggressively.'
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05 Aug 2024
World’s largest companies at near-universal risk of supply chain breach
By Alex ScroxtonData from SecurityScorecard once again focuses on the interconnected nature of business supply chains and the risk posed to operational resilience by unexpected IT problems and cyber threats
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05 Aug 2024
Channel should use AI to fight ransomware threat
By Simon QuickeWith criminals using AI to generate their attacks, the response should be to harness the technology to defend customers
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05 Aug 2024
Russia’s luxury car phish continues to prove effective
By Alex ScroxtonGovernment organisations and other bodies operating in Ukraine continue to be targeted by a relatively unsophisticated phishing campaign that has proven so effective for Russia’s cyber spooks that there are now multiple agencies involved
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02 Aug 2024
How CrowdStrike is leveraging AI to empower security teams
By Aaron TanCrowdStrike CTO Elia Zaitsev explains how the company’s multi-agent AI architecture can help to enhance analyst efficiency and tackle cyber security challenges
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01 Aug 2024
Police hunt scammers after takedown of Russian Coms fraud platform
By Bill GoodwinThe National Crime Agency has arrested four people after taking down a phone number spoofing platform used by criminals to defraud hundreds of thousands of people in the UK with more arrests to follow
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01 Aug 2024
Warren slams legal challenges to FTC noncompete ban
By Makenzie HollandAs the FTC noncompete ban faces legal challenges, some in Congress including Sen. Elizabeth Warren are supporting the FTC's authority to create such a rule.
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01 Aug 2024
InfoSec community sounds off on CrowdStrike outage, next steps
By Arielle WaldmanSecurity experts offered their thoughts on the recent IT outage, praising CrowdStrike's response time but saying the outage highlights issues in the software updating process.
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01 Aug 2024
CrowdStrike shareholders sue, alleging false security claims
By Alex ScroxtonA US pension fund is lining up a lawsuit against CrowdStrike, claiming the cyber company lied about the integrity of its systems, leading to failings that caused a worldwide IT outage
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01 Aug 2024
Banks, telcos call for more data sharing to fight fraud
By Alex ScroxtonA Which?-led coalition of banks and telecoms operators is calling on the UK's new government to take the lead on enabling data sharing to help fight digital fraud
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31 Jul 2024
API attacks surge by 65% in APAC, fuelled by rapid digitisation
By Aaron TanAkamai's report reveals a significant rise in cyber attacks on web applications and APIs in the region over the past year, with financial and commerce sectors hardest hit
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31 Jul 2024
U.S. top science chief says federal AI R&D spending lagging
By Makenzie HollandWhile the U.S. spends billions on broader R&D efforts annually, the Office of Science and Technology Policy is advocating for increased funding for AI research.
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31 Jul 2024
Microsoft confirms DDoS attack disrupted cloud services
By Arielle WaldmanMicrosoft suffered a DDoS attack on Tuesday that caused massive outages for customers around the world.
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31 Jul 2024
Campaigners call for evidence to reform UK cyber laws
By Alex ScroxtonThe CyberUp Campaign for reform of the 1990 Computer Misuse Act launches an industry survey inviting cyber experts to share their views on how the outdated law hinders legitimate work
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31 Jul 2024
Mayor launches London Privacy Register for smart city information
By Sebastian Klovig SkeltonTo increase transparency around and trust in London’s smart city technology deployments, the London Privacy Register aims to provide the public with more information about the systems they encounter in their day-to-day lives
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31 Jul 2024
Darktrace and Veracode enhancing partner programmes
By Simon QuickeSecurity vendor responds to channel feedback and rolls out enhanced options to support collaboration and encourage skills development
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31 Jul 2024
Breach costs soar as record ransomware payment made
By Alex ScroxtonIBM publishes data on the spiralling costs of cyber attacks and data breaches, while researchers identify what appears to be the largest ransomware payment ever made
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30 Jul 2024
Researcher: CrowdStrike blunder could benefit open source
By Antone GonsalvesEnterprises with the IT talent might turn to open-source software as a backup for commercial products to mitigate damage from a CrowdStrike-like IT outage, researcher said.
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30 Jul 2024
Microsoft, SecOps pros weigh kernel access post-CrowdStrike
By Beth PariseauMicrosoft will explore alternatives to direct kernel access for partners following the CrowdStrike outage. But some IT pros worry that change could do more harm than good.
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30 Jul 2024
Basic failures led to hack of Electoral Commission data on 40 million people
By Bill GoodwinUK government identifies Chinese state-linked hackers as likely to have been behind attack on the Electoral Commission
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30 Jul 2024
Microsoft: Ransomware gangs exploiting VMware ESXi flaw
By Arielle WaldmanVMware ESXi has proven to be a popular target for ransomware threat actors and a challenge for enterprises to patch.
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30 Jul 2024
Core British Library services to return for new academic year
By Alex ScroxtonThe British Library’s recovery from a devastating ransomware attack that laid waste to its IT systems continues - with hopes that some of its most popular services will be running again in September
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30 Jul 2024
ADP and Khipu Networks partner to offer data protection
By Simon QuickeThe two managed service providers will work together to get data resilience options in front of more Khipu customers
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29 Jul 2024
SCC gains security recognition from Microsoft
By Simon QuickeChannel player SCC receives approval from Microsoft for its ability to provide managed detection and response services
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29 Jul 2024
Scam CrowdStrike domains growing in volume
By Alex ScroxtonHundreds of malicious domains exploiting CrowdStrike’s branding are appearing all over the web in the wake of the 19 July outage. Experts from Akamai share some noteworthy examples, along with guidance on how to avoid getting caught out
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29 Jul 2024
CrowdStrike says most Falcon sensors now up and running
By Alex ScroxtonThe vast majority of CrowdStrike Falcon sensors affected by a coding error have now been recovered, with a final resolution expected this week
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29 Jul 2024
WTO digital trade agreement aims to modernise global commerce
By Sebastian Klovig SkeltonA digital trade deal negotiated over five years at the World Trade Organization has been signed by 91 countries, laying the groundwork for a new global digital trade regime
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29 Jul 2024
Exclusive heading back into private hands
By Simon QuickeDistributor’s board and founder back bid to usher in fresh majority shareholder
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26 Jul 2024
CrowdStrike outage underscores software testing dilemmas
By Beth PariseauExperts say efforts to avoid incidents such as last week's CrowdStrike outage will face time-honored tradeoffs between velocity, stability, access and security.
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26 Jul 2024
Researcher says deleted GitHub data can be accessed 'forever'
By Arielle WaldmanTruffle Security researcher Joe Leon warned GitHub users that deleted repository data is never actually deleted, which creates an "enormous attack vector" for threat actors.
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26 Jul 2024
BitLocker workaround may offer aid for CrowdStrike customers
By Rob WrightCrowdStrike customers grappling with blue screens of death from the recent IT outage may be able to sidestep BitLocker encryption schemes and recover their Windows systems.
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26 Jul 2024
CrowdStrike: 97% of Windows sensors back online after outage
By Alexander CulafiWhile most Windows systems are back online after last week's outage, CrowdStrike CEO George Kurtz said the vendor remains 'committed to restoring every impacted system.'
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26 Jul 2024
Ban predictive policing and facial recognition, says civil society
By Sebastian Klovig SkeltonA coalition of civil society groups is calling for an outright ban on predictive policing and biometric surveillance in the UK
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25 Jul 2024
Split court decision on FTC noncompete ban adds uncertainty
By Makenzie HollandWhile a Texas court preliminarily decided the FTC noncompete ban isn't enforceable, a Pennsylvania court decided it is, leaving businesses without a set direction.
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25 Jul 2024
North Korean cyber APT targeting nuclear secrets
By Alex ScroxtonMandiant has upgraded the North Korean threat actor known as Andariel to APT status and warned of coordinated efforts to steal western military IP, including nuclear secrets
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25 Jul 2024
Fortune 500 stands to lose $5bn plus from CrowdStrike incident
By Alex ScroxtonThe largest global organisations hit by the CrowdStrike-Microsoft incident on 19 July will likely be out of pocket to the tune of billions of dollars
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24 Jul 2024
FTC seeks to shed light on 'surveillance pricing'
By Makenzie HollandThe Federal Trade Commission's study of surveillance pricing might lead to defining what kind of consumer data can be used to affect prices of products and services.
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24 Jul 2024
CrowdStrike blames outage on content configuration update
By Alex ScroxtonCrowdStrike publishes the preliminary findings of what will be a lengthy investigation into the root causes of the failed 19 July update that caused Windows computers to crash all over the world
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24 Jul 2024
KnowBe4 catches North Korean hacker posing as IT employee
By Arielle WaldmanKnowBe4 says it hired a new principal security engineer for its internal AI team, but quickly detected suspicious activity originating from the employee's workstation.
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24 Jul 2024
Mimecast to buy insider threat specialist Code42
By Alex ScroxtonMimecast is to buy fellow human-centred risk experts Code42 for an undisclosed sum to take advantage of its insider threat and data loss protection specialisms
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24 Jul 2024
CrowdStrike: Content validation bug led to global outage
By Alexander CulafiCrowdStrike said last week's global outage was caused by a bug in the Falcon platform's content validator, which missed a defective configuration update for its Windows sensor.
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24 Jul 2024
CrowdStrike chaos: Enterprises urged to take protective action in wake of botched software update
By Caroline DonnellyEnterprises that emerged unscathed from the roll-out of the botched CrowdStrike software update are being urged to view it as a wake-up call rather than a lucky escape
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24 Jul 2024
WhatsApp and Signal messages at risk of surveillance following EncroChat ruling, court hears
By Bill GoodwinDefence lawyers seek leave to appeal a decision by the Investigatory Powers Tribunal that the National Crime Agency lawfully obtained warrants to intercept messages sent over an encrypted phone network
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23 Jul 2024
NCA seizes thousands of social media accounts used by people smugglers
By Alex ScroxtonA three-year campaign has seen thousands of social media posts and accounts used to advertise the services of illegal people smugglers taken down
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23 Jul 2024
Innovations to power secure-by-design development
By Alex ScroxtonSecure Code Warrior unveils technology designed to help CISOs and AppSec teams ensure their projects remain safe and free of coding errors and vulnerabilities – a big issue following the CrowdStrike incident
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23 Jul 2024
GitLab users cautiously optimistic on Datadog DevSecOps deal
By Beth PariseauDatadog is reportedly a suitor for GitLab; existing users understand the rationale for such a deal, but key questions must be answered before they'd adopt deeper integrations.
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23 Jul 2024
Chrome cookies reprieved amid Google Privacy Sandbox changes
By Alex ScroxtonGoogle abruptly changes tack on third-party cookies in its Chrome web browser, cancelling plans to deprecate them in favour of an unspecified ‘new experience’ for users
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23 Jul 2024
Dragos: New ICS malware FrostyGoop abuses Modbus
By Alexander CulafiDragos published research Tuesday unveiling an industrial control systems-focused malware it dubbed FrostyGoop that targets Modbus to disrupt critical infrastructure.
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22 Jul 2024
Microsoft: Faulty CrowdStrike update affected 8.5M devices
By Arielle WaldmanMicrosoft says less than 1% of all Windows machines were affected by a defective CrowdStrike Falcon update on Friday, but the disruption has been widespread.
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22 Jul 2024
NCA cracks digitalstress DDoS-for-hire operation
By Alex ScroxtonThe UK authorities have taken down a major component of the multinational DDoS cyber attack-for-hire ecosystem, hacking into the digitalstress.su service and exfiltrating data on its users, who now face arrest
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22 Jul 2024
NCSC: Beware of criminal CrowdStrike opportunists
By Alex ScroxtonFinancially motivated cyber criminals are already conducting opportunistic attacks on organisations that leverage the CrowdStrike incident, and more targeted attacks are sure to follow
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22 Jul 2024
CrowdStrike chaos shows risks of concentrated ‘big IT’
By Alex ScroxtonThe concentration of so much mission-critical technology in the hands of a few large suppliers makes incidents like the Microsoft-CrowdStrike outage all the more dangerous
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21 Jul 2024
CrowdStrike update snafu affected 8.5 million Windows devices
By Aaron TanAbout 8.5 million devices globally were hit by the botched CrowdStrike update, with a significant number now back online and operational
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19 Jul 2024
South Korea, Taiwan, Japan monitor EU's Digital Markets Act
By Makenzie HollandCountries including South Korea and Taiwan are taking a cautious approach to tech regulation and assessing the impact of existing laws like the EU's Digital Markets Act.
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19 Jul 2024
Defective CrowdStrike update triggers mass IT outage
By Rob WrightA faulty update for CrowdStrike's Falcon platform crashed customers' Windows systems, causing outages at airlines, government agencies and other organizations across the globe.
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19 Jul 2024
Global Microsoft outage hits NHS GP IT system
By Lis EvenstadThe Emis Web IT system used by more than half of GP practices in the UK is down, following the worldwide Microsoft outage
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18 Jul 2024
Fin7 helps ransomware gangs with EDR bypass
By Arielle WaldmanSentinelOne found the Russia-based cybercriminal group is helping other threat actors, including ransomware gangs, to evade detection with a custom tool named AvNeutralizer.
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18 Jul 2024
Judge tosses most of SEC's lawsuit against SolarWinds
By Rob WrightA judge dismissed many of the charges in the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's lawsuit against SolarWinds and its CISO, Timothy Brown, though some charges remain.
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18 Jul 2024
Amazon CISO discusses the company's cautious approach to AI
By Rob WrightAt the recent AWS re:Inforce 2024 conference, Amazon CISO CJ Moses spoke about the risks and threats associated with new AI technology and how the cloud giant addresses them.
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18 Jul 2024
Lawyers and journalists seeking ‘payback’ over police phone surveillance, claims former detective
By Bill GoodwinFormer Durham detective will be required to give evidence to a tribunal investigating allegations that police unlawfully monitored journalists’ phones
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18 Jul 2024
Growth in nude image sharing heightens cyber abuse risk
By Alex ScroxtonThe normalisation of sharing self-created intimate content with others is putting great numbers of people at risk of online abuse, says Kaspersky
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18 Jul 2024
SonicWall adds cloud edge proposition for MSPs
By Simon QuickeVendor SonicWall continues to crank up the tools and services it can provide its managed service provider partner base
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18 Jul 2024
Ignition, Westcon, TD Synnex and Exclusive bolster positions
By Simon QuickeDisties add more security depth and provide increased support for partners keen to meet rising levels of customer demand
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18 Jul 2024
Netscout expands network observability for the digital edge
By Joe O’HalloranNetwork performance management firm announces business edge observability for networks, applications and user experience to mitigate risk and reduce mean time to respond
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17 Jul 2024
NullBulge threat actor targets software supply chain, AI tech
By Alexander CulafiSentinelOne published new research detailing NullBulge, an emerging ransomware actor that recently claimed to have stolen data from Disney's internal Slack channels.
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17 Jul 2024
UK Cyber Bill teases mandatory ransomware reporting
By Alex ScroxtonIn the Cyber Security and Resilience Bill introduced in the King's Speech, the UK's new government pledges to give regulators more teeth to ensure compliance with security best practice and to mandate incident reporting