Cybersecurity researchers have flagged a new variant of a known malware loader called Matanbuchus that packs in significant features to enhance its stealth and evade detection. Matanbuchus is the name given to a malware-as-a-service (MaaS) offering that can act as a conduit for next-stage payloads, including Cobalt Strike beacons and ransomware. First advertised in February 2021 on Russian-speaking cybercrime forums […]
From addressing tech obsolescence to improving digital resilience Imagine a hospital paralyzed by ransomware, critical medical devices rendered inoperative, and sensitive patient data stolen. Unfortunately, it’s a reality that many healthcare organizations across Europe, and the world, have faced. As healthcare systems undergo digital transformation, policymakers and healthcare leaders must confront an uncomfortable truth: cybersecurity […]
LinkedIn’s Skills on the Rise report says, AI literacy will continue to be the skill that “professionals are prioritizing and companies are increasingly hiring for.” AI isn’t a new technology, but it’s hitting the Cybersecurity job market fast and hard. According to Cybersecurity Ventures, there will be 3.5 million unfilled jobs in the cybersecurity industry through 2025, […]
All it can take is a phone call. That’s what Qantas learned this week when the personal information of up to 6 million customers was stolen by cybercriminals after attackers targeted an offshore IT call centre, enabling them to access a third-party system. It is the latest in a series of cyber-attacks on large companies […]
Cyber attacks against M&S and Co-op earlier this year cost anywhere between £270 million to £440m, according to analysis by the Cyber Monitoring Centre. In April, British retailers were targeted with a series of ransomware attacks, with M&S taking down online sales and later admitting customer data was stolen. Co-op shut down aspects of its own IT system to limit disruption […]
The Canadian Centre for Cyber Security and the FBI have issued a warning over hacker attacks conducted by Chinese state-sponsored threat actors against telecommunication companies in Canada. The warning focuses on attacks conducted by Salt Typhoon, the threat group known for targeting several major telecom firms in the United States and elsewhere as part of espionage operations. In […]
Hackers linked to a recent string of attacks on U.K. and U.S. retailers are now targeting the insurance industry, according to Google researchers. The attackers, suspected to be part of the collective known as Scattered Spider, have been targeting the retail industry since April and pivoted toward the insurance industry earlier this month, according to Google. […]
Cybersecurity practitioners are voicing concerns over a recent executive order issued by the White House that guts requirements for: securing software the government uses, punishing people who compromise sensitive networks, preparing new encryption schemes that will withstand attacks from quantum computers, and other existing controls. The executive order (EO), issued on June 6, reverses several key cybersecurity […]
Security researchers are warning that the outbreak of direct hostilities between Israel and Iran may soon lead to malicious cyberattacks against critical infrastructure sites in the U.S. from state-linked actors, hacktivist groups and cyber criminals. State-backed and hacktivist cyber threats against Israel and the U.S.’s Middle Eastern allies are escalating, according to researchers at Radware. Experts […]
STOCKHOLM, June 4 (Reuters) – Microsoft (MSFT.O), opens new tab is offering free of charge to European governments a cybersecurity programme, launched on Wednesday, to bolster their defences against cyber threats, including those enhanced by artificial intelligence, it said. After a surge in cyberattacks in Europe, many linked to state-sponsored actors from China, Iran, North Korea and Russia, the […]