The UK is underestimating the severity of the online threat it faces from hostile states and criminal gangs, the country’s cybersecurity chief will warn. Richard Horne, the head of GCHQ’s National Cyber Security Centre, will cite a trebling of “severe” incidents amid Russian “aggression and recklessness” and China’s “highly sophisticated” digital operations. In his first […]
With 100 million users across 90 countries worldwide, Singapore-based Crypto.com is one of the world’s biggest crypto trading platforms. As you might imagine, then, trust is a central pillar supporting everything the organization does, and the foundations of that trust are built around security and privacy. This security-first philosophy is highlighted in the promise that […]
Companies often struggle with how to respond to cybersecurity incidents. According to one recent poll, only three out of five organizations have an incident response plan in place, and only around a third do regular drills to ensure that their plans remain effective. The consequences of poor incident response are costly. The International Monetary Fund […]
Supply chain management software provider Blue Yonder, said its managed services hosted environment was disrupted Thursday by a ransomware attack. A 2021 acquisition of Panasonic, the Arizona-based company works with some of the world’s leading grocers, retailers and logistics firms to help them manage their supply chains. Blue Yonder is working with external cybersecurity experts to investigate […]
A cyber attack, confirmed as being ransomware, against the AI-driven supply chain platform Blue Yonder is having a broader impacts on both sides of the pond: Starbucks in the U.S. is said to be affected as as at least two of the big four U.K. retail supermarket chains. Here’s what we know so far. Blue Yonder […]
The smartphone security advice from the National Security Agency to turn it off and on again every week just won’t go away. Although the advice was initially penned in 2020 as part of a broader guide to mobile device best practices, the weekly reboot warning keeps returning to haunt us. But just how relevant is […]
Moscow is prepared to launch a wave of cyberattacks against NATO allies that could leave millions without power, according to a senior United Kingdom minister. Russia is “exceptionally aggressive and reckless in the cyber realm,” Cabinet Office Minister Pat McFadden, whose portfolio includes national security, is expected to tell participants at a NATO cybersecurity conference in London on […]
In what I can only describe as a first in my decades of real-world experience covering cyber attacks of all shapes and sizes, cyber criminals have turned to decidedly old technology to distribute malware according to this new warning from the Swiss National Cyber Security Centre: snail mail. Yes, you read that right. It appears […]
The software we use is older than me, and some of the hardware is older than my dad,” says Siddharth*. He is one of a team fighting a daily battle to sustain ancient IT infrastructure at Thames Water. Sometimes the defences are breached. Thames, the UK’s largest water and waste treatment company, is on a […]
The recently detailed DeepData malware framework was caught exploiting a zero-day vulnerability in the Fortinet VPN client for Windows to steal credentials, cybersecurity firm Volexity reports. DeepData is a surveillance framework that relies on multiple plugins to target sensitive information stored in browsers, communication applications, and password managers, and which can record audio using the system’s […]