Revealed: Crypto platform’s role in Cl0p ransomware raid

Blockchain and cryptocurrency infrastructure provider Binance has shared details of its role in the 16 June 2021 raid on elements of the Cl0p (aka Clop) ransomware crew in Ukraine,... Read more »

Stalkerware apps becoming normalised among young people

Around 7% of Britons who have been in a romantic relationship admit to using stalkerware or other methods of stalking, such as device and browser history snooping to keep... Read more »

(ISC)² makes ransomware education course free through 31 July

Cyber security professional membership and skills association (ISC)² is to make one of its most popular Professional Development Institute (PDI) courses, Ransomware: Identify, protect, defend, recover, available for free... Read more »

Controversial cyber tycoon John McAfee dead at 75

John McAfee, the high-profile and often controversial software entrepreneur behind the eponymous cyber security company, has died in an apparent suicide in a Barcelona prison at the age of... Read more »

Make ransomware payments illegal, say 79% of cyber pros

More than three-quarters of security professionals and consumers alike believe that making ransomware payments to cyber criminals should be made illegal to stem to tide of attacks, according to... Read more »

City of York picks Barracuda Networks for data protection

City of York Council has enlisted Barracuda Networks’ Cloud-to-Cloud Backup security service to protect its valuable Microsoft Office 365 data after having migrated from a fully on-premise email, office... Read more »

How containerisation helps VW develop car software

A modern car is a mobile server room, comprising many computers that manage and monitor critical parameters to improve safety, fuel efficiency and reduce component failures. There are also... Read more »

European Union to set up new cyber response unit

The European Commission (EC) has set out plans to establish a new Joint Cyber Unit to respond to a high and growing number of cyber incidents affecting public services,... Read more »

Time to patch increases significantly during pandemic

That the Covid-19 pandemic has left organisations struggling to secure and manage remote devices is beyond doubt, but a new report from Automox, a Colorado-based supplier of endpoint management... Read more »

UK councils reported over 700 data breaches to ICO in 2020

UK councils reported more than 700 data breaches to the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) during 2020, according to data disclosed under the Freedom of Information (FoI) act to managed... Read more »
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