UK and allies hold Chinese state responsible for hacking Microsoft Exchange Servers
UK joins likeminded partners to confirm Chinese state-backed actors were responsible for gaining access to computer networks via Microsoft Exchange
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Cyber Security
CISA Publishes Malware Analysis Report and Updates Alert on DarkSide Ransomware
The CISA has published a new Malware Analysis Report (MAR) on DarkSide Ransomware and updated Alert AA21-131A: DarkSide Ransomware: Best Practices for Preventing
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How GCHQ made its CyberChef app open source
CyberChef is a web app to carry out many cyber operations within a web browser. It has over 300 operations,
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More than 700 data breaches reported by councils in 2020
According to a post on the NCSC website it has been reported this week that more than 700 councils in
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JBS pays $11m in ransom to resolve cyber-attack
JBS USA today confirmed it paid the equivalent of $11 million in ransom in response to the criminal hack against
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Microsoft announces new threat campaign from NOBELIUM
Microsoft Threat Intelligence Center (MSTIC) has uncovered a wide-scale malicious email campaign operated by NOBELIUM, the threat actor behind the
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Irish health service gets hit by ransomware attack
The health service in Ireland (HSE) has temporarily shut down its IT system’s after what it described as a “significant
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Hoax COVID-19 vaccine website taken down
A fake website called freevaccinecovax.org, which claimed to be an official company developing a COVID-19 vaccine, has been seized by the US
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Ransomware Task Force (RTF) announce framework to combat ransomware
The Ransomware Task Force (RTF), a US-led team convened in early 2021 with participants from governments, software firms, cyber security vendors, non-profit
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New cyber security laws to protect smart devices amid pandemic sales surge
Apple, Samsung, Google and other manufacturers will say when smartphones, smart speakers and other devices will stop getting security updates
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