Sellafield has apologised after pleading guilty to criminal charges related to significant cybersecurity failings that ‘potentially endangered national security’. The charges, brought by the Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR), cover a four-year period from 2019 to 2023 and were heard in Westminster Magistrates Court. According to The Guardian newspaper, the court heard that three-quarters of […]
Networking goliath Cisco will reportedly slash thousands of jobs as it focuses on growing its cybersecurity business and capitalizing on AI demand. According to a Reuters report citing unknown persons “familiar with the matter,” the second round of layoffs is expected to be similar in scope, or potentially slightly larger than the last round in […]
Security researchers have discovered a new way that hackers can steal sensitive information, like passwords. This involves eavesdropping on HDMI cables, a concerning development for computer users. The technique, detailed in a recent study by researchers at Universidad de la República in Uruguay, uses artificial intelligence to decode electromagnetic emissions from HDMI connections and reconstruct […]
CrowdStrike is being sued by its shareholders after a faulty software update by the cybersecurity firm crashed more than eight million computers and caused chaos around the world. The lawsuit accuses the company of making “false and misleading” statements about its software testing. It also says the company’s share price dropped 32% in the 12 […]
According to the HIPAA Journal, healthcare data breaches hit an all-time high in 2023, with over 133 million patient records breached. That’s more than double the total recorded in 2022. Accelerated by the transition from in-person to virtual care during the COVID-19 pandemic, clinical trials are especially vulnerable to cyber-attacks due to the quantities of […]
CrowdStrike is facing fresh backlash after giving customers a $10 UberEats voucher to say sorry for a global IT outage that caused chaos across airlines, banks and hospitals last week. The cybersecurity company – whose software update on Friday affected 8.5 million computers worldwide – said in an email to staff and “partners” that it […]
Israeli cyber-security firm Wiz has rejected a $23bn (£17.8bn) takeover offer from Google parent company Alphabet, in what would have been its largest-ever acquisition. In an internal memo to staff seen by the BBC, Wiz founder and chief executive Assaf Rappaport said he was “flattered” by the offer. He said the company would instead seek […]
“Where did CrowdStrike go wrong” is, if anything, a slightly overdetermined question. We can work backwards. Pushing an update to every single computer on your network at the same time means that by the time you discover a problem, it’s too late to limit the fallout. The alternative – a staged rollout – would see […]
July 15 (Reuters) – Data from Walt Disney’s (DIS.N), opens new tab internal Slack workplace collaboration system have been leaked online, including those related to ad campaigns, studio technology and interview candidates, the Wall Street Journal reported on Monday. Hacking group NullBulge published data from thousands of Slack channels at the entertainment giant including computer […]
The Iranian nation-state actor known as MuddyWater has been observed using a never-before-seen backdoor as part of a recent attack campaign, shifting away from its well-known tactic of deploying legitimate remote monitoring and management (RMM) software for maintaining persistent access. That’s according to independent findings from cybersecurity firms Check Point and Sekoia, which have codenamed […]