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Security experts have linked the Hades ransomware operation to the Hafnium state-backed group that was behind early attacks on Microsoft Exchange servers. The ransomware crew was responsible for attacks on trucking giant Forward Air and a handful of others. It has been linked to infamous...

ClubCISO, the international community of chief information security officers and security leaders, has announced the appointment of Stephen Khan as its new chair. Khan is head of technology and cybersecurity risk at HSBC Group Information Security Risk, and is also the current chair of the...

The main issues and trends in regard to the use of AI in cybersecurity were discussed by Robert Hannigan, senior executive of BlueVoyant and chair the LORCA advisory board, speaking during the LORCA Live online event. Hannigan began by explaining that AI is often confused with automation, and...

The dating application Bumble has launched a new online safety initiative to help protect women in India from online abuse. Stand for Safety was created in collaboration with Safecity, an Indian-based public safety platform owned by the Red Dot Foundation. The goal of the initiative is to help...

Top trade associations in retail, hospitality, and travel are partnering with Retail and Hospitality ISAC (RH-ISAC) and the United States federal government’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) to host the first industry-wide cybersecurity exercise. Day-long virtual...

Two cast members of an American reality TV show have been indicted in connection with a nationwide telemarketing fraud scheme that victimized the elderly. Real Housewives of Salt Lake City stars Jennifer Shah and Stuart Smith were arrested on March 30 and charged with conspiracy to commit wire...

The United States' Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has issued a warning over an ongoing phishing scam targeting higher education establishments in the United States. In a statement released yesterday, the IRS said that it was being actively impersonated over email by cyber-attackers seeking to...

The burgeoning commercial space industry needs support from the cybersecurity sector to ensure it can be trusted and resilient, according to Rob Meyerson, founder and CEO at Delalune Space, speaking during the LORCA Live online event. Meyerson is formerly of NASA in a highly technical role and...

Most global retailers are predicting an increase in fraud budgets next year, with nearly half seeing an increase in attacks, according to new data from Ravelin. The fraud prevention software vendor polled over 1000 merchants globally to understand their current challenges. It revealed that 45%...

A North Korean espionage campaign targeting security researchers has taken another turn with the creation of a new fake company, website and social media accounts to lure victims, according to Google. The tech giant’s Threat Analysis Group (TAG) first discovered the campaign back in January. At...

A major hotel bookings site has been fined €475,000 after failing to report a serious data breach within the time period mandated by the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Booking.com suffered the breach back in 2018 when telephone scammers targeted 40 employees at various hotels in the...

The five principles underpinning the new US administration’s vision to strengthen the nation’s cyber-resilience were outlined by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) secretary Alejandro Mayorkas during a RSAC webcast. Mayorkas began by emphasizing the need for the public and private sector...

A website owner who received millions of dollars in kickbacks for connecting internet users to Darknet marketplaces has pleaded guilty in a US court to conspiracy to commit money laundering. Thirty-seven-year-old Brazil resident Tal Prihar owned and operated DeepDotWeb along with his...

A forensic audit of India’s largest independent mobile payments network has been ordered following an alleged data breach. Reports that data in the care of MobiKwik had been leaked online began circulating on social media in February. Earlier this week, a website on the Darknet appeared to show...

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) has filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request to find out how America's national security and intelligence agencies are using artificial intelligence (AI). The ACLU said it made the request out of concern that AI was being used in ways that...

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Cybersecurity platform provider ReliaQuest has announced two new senior appointments. Kara Wilson has been appointed to the ReliaQuest board of directors, whilst TOKYO Bender joins the company as its new chief marketing officer. Wilson brings more than 25 years of experience in driving...

Cybersecurity firm Trustwave has uncovered a security vulnerability in the popular website CMS, Umbraco. In a blog post on its website, Trustwave researchers outlined details of a privilege escalation issue which allows low privileged users to elevate themselves to the status of admin. The...

American multinational technology company Microsoft has been hit by its second outage in two weeks. Striking the company on April Fool's Day, the substantial cloud outage knocked Microsoft’s Azure cloud services, Teams, Office 365, and OneDrive offline. Skype, Xbox Live, and Bing were also...

A cyber-bully has been fined for sending hateful messages to a professional wrestler before she took her own life. Japanese wrestler and Netflix reality show star Hana Kimura was just 22 years old when she killed herself on May 23 last year by inhaling toxic gas in her Tokyo home. Kimura...