Security Management

Elon Musk’s X Suffers Multiple OutagesElon Musk’s X Suffers Multiple Outages

Elon Musk’s X Suffers Multiple Outages

Nation-state cyberattack? Elon Musk blames outages on Monday at X (formerly Twitter) on “massive cyberattack”

2 weeks ago
US DoJ Charges Chinese Contract Hackers, Plus Police OfficersUS DoJ Charges Chinese Contract Hackers, Plus Police Officers

US DoJ Charges Chinese Contract Hackers, Plus Police Officers

Chinese contract hackers, as well as Chinese law enforcement and intelligence officers, have been charged by US DoJ

3 weeks ago
Apple Appeals UK Order For ‘Backdoor’ iCloud Access – ReportApple Appeals UK Order For ‘Backdoor’ iCloud Access – Report

Apple Appeals UK Order For ‘Backdoor’ iCloud Access – Report

Legal challenge launched by Apple against UK's order for backdoor access to Apple’s end-to-end iCloud encryption product

3 weeks ago
Trump Suspends Offensive Cyber Operations Against RussiaTrump Suspends Offensive Cyber Operations Against Russia

Trump Suspends Offensive Cyber Operations Against Russia

So Russia poses no cyberthreat? US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth orders 'pause' of offensive cyber operations against Russia

3 weeks ago
Ransomware Attacks Reach Record-Breaking Levels In 2024 – BlackFogRansomware Attacks Reach Record-Breaking Levels In 2024 – BlackFog

Ransomware Attacks Reach Record-Breaking Levels In 2024 – BlackFog

Scale of ransomware threat confirmed in new report from BlackFog, as attacks reached record-levels in 2024

4 weeks ago
IT Public Sector Bosses Warn Of Critical Cyber Defence GapsIT Public Sector Bosses Warn Of Critical Cyber Defence Gaps

IT Public Sector Bosses Warn Of Critical Cyber Defence Gaps

Trend Micro research exposes confusion about best practices for public sector cyber defences, and warnings of defensive gaps

4 weeks ago
Bybit Reserves ‘Fully Replenished ‘ After Record $1.5bn Crypto HackBybit Reserves ‘Fully Replenished ‘ After Record $1.5bn Crypto Hack

Bybit Reserves ‘Fully Replenished ‘ After Record $1.5bn Crypto Hack

Bybit says it has replenished its reserves through a mix of emergency loans and large deposits, after huge crypto heist

4 weeks ago
UK Orders Apple To Provide Access To Encrypted User Data – ReportUK Orders Apple To Provide Access To Encrypted User Data – Report

UK Orders Apple To Provide Access To Encrypted User Data – Report

Potential privacy clash, after Apple is reportedly ordered by UK court to provide 'blanket access' to encrypted user data

2 months ago

DeepSeek Sends Data To Blacklisted China Mobile – Report

Researchers at Feroot Security undercover DeepSeek code that transfers data to servers under control of the Chinese government

2 months ago
Russian State-Linked Hackers Target WhatsApp Accounts, Warns MicrosoftRussian State-Linked Hackers Target WhatsApp Accounts, Warns Microsoft

Russian State-Linked Hackers Target WhatsApp Accounts, Warns Microsoft

Microsoft warns the WhatsApp accounts of US government officials are being targetted by Russian hacking group

2 months ago
Biden Signs Executive Order To Bolster US Cyber DefencesBiden Signs Executive Order To Bolster US Cyber Defences

Biden Signs Executive Order To Bolster US Cyber Defences

In its final few days, Biden Administration delivers another executive order focused on bolstering cybersecurity measures in US

2 months ago
US Solider Arrested After Allegedly Posting Trump, Harris Call LogsUS Solider Arrested After Allegedly Posting Trump, Harris Call Logs

US Solider Arrested After Allegedly Posting Trump, Harris Call Logs

20-year old US Army solider arrested for selling and leaking sensitive customer call records stolen from AT&T and Verizon

3 months ago
Volkswagen Subsidiary Leak Exposes Personal, Location DataVolkswagen Subsidiary Leak Exposes Personal, Location Data

Volkswagen Subsidiary Leak Exposes Personal, Location Data

People's personal and location data has been exposed after a data leak at Cariad - a software firm that develops…

3 months ago
Beijing Denies Involvement In US Treasury CyberattackBeijing Denies Involvement In US Treasury Cyberattack

Beijing Denies Involvement In US Treasury Cyberattack

China's foreign ministry slams “groundless” accusations that a China state-sponsored actor hacked US Treasury systems

3 months ago
Mozilla Drops ‘Do Not Track’ For Upcoming Firefox BrowserMozilla Drops ‘Do Not Track’ For Upcoming Firefox Browser

Mozilla Drops ‘Do Not Track’ For Upcoming Firefox Browser

The forthcoming Firefox 13.5 will not include a 'do not track' option, as the opt-out request is ignored by most…

3 months ago

Telegram Joins Child Safety Scheme

Internet Watch Foundation confirms Telegram messaging app has joined child abuse imagery crackdown, after years of refusal

4 months ago

UK Underestimates Threat Of Cyber-Attacks, Says NCSC Head

The cyber risk facing UK “widely underestimated”, warns head of GCHQ’s NCSC Richard Horne in first major speech

4 months ago

FTC Opens Antitrust Investigation Into Microsoft

Last hurrah for chair Lina Khan? Federal Trade Commission launches sweeping investigation into Microsoft before Trump handover

4 months ago

Google To Make MFA Mandatory Next Year

Improving security. Mandatory multi-factor authentication (MFA) is coming to the Google Cloud by the end of 2025

5 months ago

Serco Tracking Devices On Prison Vans Disabled After Cyberattack

Worrying development. Cyberattack on third party supplier disables tracking systems and panic alarms in Serco prisoner vans

5 months ago

Sophos Expands Cybersecurity With $860m Secureworks Purchase

Second time Secureworks is acquired, after UK's Sophos says it will buy the US cybersecurity firm for $859m (£662m) in…

5 months ago

Marriott Agrees To Pay $52 Million To Settle Data Breaches

To settle US federal and state claims over multiple data breaches, Marriott International agrees $52 million settlement payment

6 months ago

Chinese Hackers Breach US Wiretap Systems – Report

AT&T and Verizon among US broadband providers reportedly hacked to target American government wiretapping platform

6 months ago

Largest US Water Utility Suffers Cyberattack

Hack of critical infrastructure in the US, as American Water admits “unauthorised activity” on computer network and systems

6 months ago

US, Microsoft Disrupts Russian FSB Hackers

Internet domains used by “Russian intelligence agents and their proxies” for cyberattacks, seized by the United States and Microsoft

6 months ago

CrowdStrike Apologises For Global IT Outage In House Hearing

Congressional testimony sees CrowdStrike executive publicly apologise for faulty update that caused chaos around the world

6 months ago

Chinese Hackers Failed To Defeat FBI Botnet Takedown

FBI disrupts Chinese 'state-sponsored' hackers 'Flax Typhoon', who tried to resist takedown of 260,000-device botnet

6 months ago

BT Identifies 2,000 Potential Cyberattacks Signals Every Second

Level of cyberthreats revealed, after BT says it spots 2,000 signals of potential cyberattacks every second

7 months ago

Government To Classify UK Data Centres As Critical Infrastructure

Data centres in the UK are to designated as Critical National Infrastructure (CNI), alongside energy and water systems

7 months ago

Meta Says Iranian Hackers Targeted Biden, Trump WhatsApp Accounts

Iranian hacking group APT42 was behind possible hacking attempt of senior US administration officials of Joe Biden, Donald Trump

7 months ago