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Image: Adam Nowakowski, Finastra, ZDNet Finastra, a London-based company that provides financial software and adjacent services to the world’s banking sector, has disclosed a security incident today. In a statement posted on its website, the fintech giant said it was infected with ransomware strain. The UK company said it discovered the intrusion into its systems […] More
The coronavirus pandemic has changed many things, and one of those areas is the schooling of our young people. As great as the opportunities that are presented by eLearning, there are also great risks in the form of cyberbullying, predators and inappropriate content. To help bring parents and guardians up to speed on the dangers […] More
Special feature Cyberwar and the Future of Cybersecurity Today’s security threats have expanded in scope and seriousness. There can now be millions — or even billions — of dollars at risk when information security isn’t handled properly. Read More Russian hacker group Digital Revolution claims to have breached a contractor for the FSB — Russia’s […] More
On the edges of privacy protection? There they were, fighting like little children. The emergence of Microsoft’s new Edge browser appeared to have Google in a tantrum-filled tizzy. Google accused Edge of being insecure. Which, coming from Google, bordered on entertaining. In turn, Microsoft sniffed that apps from the Google Chrome Web store would mess […] More
Emails claiming to be from the leader of the World Health Organization (WHO) are making the rounds in new phishing campaigns designed to plant keyloggers on your PC. A new campaign spotted by IBM X-Force researchers this week is ongoing and involves a new variant of HawkEye malware. HawkEye is a keylogger and credential-stealing malware […] More
Social distancing is one of the key ways of limiting the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus, which is leading to more and more organisations asking staff to work from home. However, the rush to remote working can create additional cybersecurity threats. Now the UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) has published its guidance around protecting […] More
A new variant of Mirai malware is targeting a recently uncovered critical vulnerability in network-attached storage devices and exploiting them to rope the machines into an Internet of Things botnet. Dubbed Mukashi, the malware uses brute force attacks using different combinations of default credentials in an effort to log into Zyxel network-attached storage products, take […] More
The 2020 spring edition of the Pwn2Own hacking contest has come to a close today. This year’s winner is Team Fluoroacetate — made up of security researchers Amat Cama and Richard Zhu — who won the contest after accumulating nine points across the two-day competition, which was just enough to extend their dominance and win […] More
