TikTok sets up cyber security hub in Dublin

TikTok, the short-form video-sharing app that found itself the subject of global attention in 2020 when it became subject to actions against it ordered by then US president Donald... Read more »

Malicious actors turn to obscure programming languages

Malicious actors are increasingly coding in more “exotic” programming languages to write new strains of malware on the basis that using new, lesser-known or otherwise uncommon languages will help... Read more »

No More Ransom initiative saves £850m over five years

The No More Ransom initiative, a joint project between Europol, the Dutch police’s national cyber crime unit, and cyber security suppliers Kaspersky and McAfee, claims to have saved end-users... Read more »

Government-led innovation can help cyber startups find a market

Some cyber startups are born because the founder wants to crack a particular market or solve a particular challenge, such as making passwords better or preventing disinformation. Others are... Read more »

Kaseya obtains universal ransomware decryptor

Kaseya, the IT services supplier that was the subject of a REvil/Sodinokibi ransomware attack orchestrated through a series of vulnerabilities in its VSA product earlier in July 2021, says... Read more »

Respect in Security challenges abuse and harassment in cyber

Around a third of cyber security professionals say they have had personal experience of in-person and online abuse and harassment during the course of their work, according to research... Read more »

New thinking and systems required to tackle online fraud in retail

Online payment fraud losses are expected to exceed $206bn over the next five years, according to a study by Juniper Research. Juniper says the predicted fraud figure between 2021... Read more »

France’s Macron among alleged Pegasus targets

Data linked to mobile devices used by world leaders including French president Emmanuel Macron appears on a list of 50,000 alleged targets of illicit government surveillance, according to new... Read more »

NCSC’s Cameron urges deeper cyber alliance-building

National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) CEO Lindy Cameron has again talked up the importance of international alliance-building in the fight against cyber threats, in a speech delivered to an... Read more »

Sparsely staffed offices: the new post-pandemic cyber gap

When the word cyber attack is used, many people picture a hacker hunched over a computer in a distant location, accessing networks remotely. But attacks on your networks don’t... Read more »
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