A glimmer of good news on the ransomware front, as encryption rates plummet

October 17, 2024 0 Comments 5 tags

No-one would be bold enough to say that the ransomware problem is receding, but a newly-published report by Microsoft does deliver a slither of encouraging news amongst the gloom.  And

Ransomware attack leaks social security numbers of over 230,000 Comcast customers

October 10, 2024 0 Comments 5 tags

Over 237,000 Comcast customers have had their sensitive personal information compromising following a ransomware attack against a third party company. Financial Business and Consumer Solutions (FBCS), a debt collection agency

Your robot vacuum cleaner might be spying on you

October 7, 2024 0 Comments 6 tags

When Sean Kelly bought a top-of-the-line vacuum cleaner, he imagined he was making a sensible purchase. Not only would his Ecovacs Deebot X2 help him keep the house he shares

Sellafield nuclear site hit with £332,500 fine after “significant cybersecurity shortfalls”

October 4, 2024 0 Comments 6 tags

The UK’s Sellafield nuclear waste processing and storage site has been fined £332,500 by regulators after its IT systems were found to have been left vulnerable to hackers and unauthorised

Tick tock.. Operation Cronos arrests more LockBit ransomware gang suspects

October 3, 2024 0 Comments 7 tags

International law enforcement agencies have scored another victory against the LockBit gang, with a series of arrests and the seizure of servers used within the notorious ransomware group’s infrastructure.  As

British man used genealogy websites to fuel alleged hacking and insider trading scheme

September 30, 2024 0 Comments 7 tags

A London-based man is facing extradition to the United States after allegedly masterminding a scheme to hack public companies prior to their earnings announcements and use the secrets he uncovered

Deepfake Ukrainian diplomat targeted US senator on Zoom call

September 27, 2024 0 Comments 3 tags

The chair of the United States Foreign Relations Committee was targeted by a sophisticated deepfake operation which impersonated a top Ukrainian official in what was an apparent attempt at election

CISA warns hackers targeting industrial systems with “unsophisticated methods” as claims made of Lebanon water hack

September 26, 2024 0 Comments 7 tags

The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has warned that malicious hackers continue to be capable of compromising industrial control systems (ICS) and other operational technology (OT) using “unsophisticated

Warnings after new Valencia ransomware group strikes businesses and leaks data

September 24, 2024 0 Comments 6 tags

A new ransomware operation has started to leak information it claims has been stolen from organisations it has compromised around the world. In recent days Valencia Ransomware has posted on

Two men arrested one month after $230 million of cryptocurrency stolen from a single victim

September 24, 2024 0 Comments 5 tags

Two men have been arrested by the FBI and charged in relation to their alleged involvement in a scam which saw almost a quarter of a billion dollars worth of