As ransomware groups are causing massive damage and disruption and showing no signs of stopping, cybersecurity policy expert Ciaran Martin said it's time for governments to start asking tough questions and "figure out how to make a ransomware payments ban work."
The pandemic was a wake-up call for many government organisations. An urgent need for digital experiences forced agencies to invest in new hybrid solutions for employees and citizens. This transformation unleashed an opportunity to dramatically improve government services.
A recent Gartner survey of government...
The arrival of hyper-automation in Australia’s public security sector presents opportunities and challenges. While previous waves of technological change led to disruption in the way we live, work and play including unintended consequences such as job losses and wage stagnation, experts believe artificial...
Hackers are mass-exploiting a recently disclosed critical authentication bypass vulnerability in on-premises versions of TeamCity. JetBrains fixed the bugs in a Monday update, but researchers warn users running unpatched instances to assume compromise.
A Chicago children's hospital has finally restored access to its electronic health records systems following a cyberattack detected in late January. But the pediatrics hospital is still working to bring its MyChart patient portal and various other systems back online.
This week, VMware handled critical vulnerabilities, Capita reported losses, the NSA pushed for zero trust, malware exploited aNotepad, a Taiwanese telecom was breached, the Swiss government dealt with ransomware attack fallout, fake meetings spread malware, Amex was breached and PetSmart was hacked.
Election campaigners Michael Blake and Cynthia Wallace discuss the need for accurate information and community involvement to protect electoral integrity and empower underrepresented voters. Strategies for countering misinformation range from sourcing internet posts to hosting barbershop meetings.
Federal authorities have accused a Chinese national who worked as a CTO in a Google supercomputer data center of stealing the company's proprietary artificial intelligence secrets and sharing them with Chinese companies, according to an indictment unsealed on Wednesday.
Cybercrime reports submitted by victims to the FBI's Internet Crime Complaint Center surged last year, and the total reported losses exceeded $12.5 billion. Investment fraud and business email compromise losses dominated, and ransomware attacks spared almost no critical infrastructure sector.
This week, Binance laid off two-thirds of its staff and said it is exiting Nigeria, Chainalysis released 2023 crime statistics, Fantom said it will seek Multichain's liquidation, hackers stole millions from the WOOFi and Seneca crypto platforms, and Hong Kong blocked six fake websites.
Cloud and remote work have not only revolutionized the way business is done, but they have irrevocably changed attack surfaces. Assets move, change and appear constantly, and this dynamic nature means traditional manual asset inventory processes simply cannot keep up.
The modern attack surface requires modern,...
Apple pushed out an emergency security update for two critical zero-day flaws that attackers are using to carry out memory corruption attacks on iPhone and iPad devices. The tech giant's latest patch addressed its third zero-day vulnerability this year.
South Korean intelligence service officials have blamed North Korean hackers for targeting the country's semiconductor manufacturing companies. Hackers who gain access to chip-making technology and product designs could hurt South Korea’s leadership in the semiconductor industry.
As the fallout continues in the Change Healthcare IT outage, the U.S. healthcare ecosystem is anticipating the next bombs to drop in what's shaping up to be the worst cyberattack the sector has experienced so far. What should entities be considering as they push forward in the recovery?
Phishing attacks often feel like an unrelenting tsunami, flooding your organisation with a never-ending deluge of threats.
Traditional methods for analysing and mitigating phishing attacks are manual, repetitive and error-prone. These workflows slow the speed at which you can mitigate a spear-phishing attack and...
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