Category: Industry News
News and information from the Advent IM team.
Windows 11 may have some security concerns over new app store
- by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
- Industry News
Microsoft’s new-look app store for Windows 11 will not operate quite like other major marketplaces. The new-look Microsoft Store app marketplace, set to be a key part of Windows 11, has raised security concerns over perceived limitations. Read via Tech Radar Pro
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Cybercriminals are sharing around their most effective hacking tools
- by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
- Industry News
The barrier to entry for cybercrime has been lowered. A wide variety of effective hacking tools are now circulating on underground forums, lowering the barrier to entry for cybercrime, a new report from the HP threat research team suggests. Read via ITProPortal
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Web applications have become a security liability
- by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
- Industry News
Web apps are at the heart of many serious security incidents. Although fundamental to the workings of many businesses, web applications have become the single greatest cybersecurity threat, research suggests. Read via ITProPortal
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Cyber attackers ‘will have capability to harm humans by 2025’
- by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
- Industry News
By 2025, cyber attackers will have weaponised operational technology (OT) environments to successfully harm or kill humans. Read via Zawya
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Cybercriminals launch targeted phishing attacks against Microsoft 365 users
- by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
- Industry News
More than 12,000 Microsoft-related phishing attacks detected in H1 2021. Cybercriminals continue to abuse Microsoft branding to steal personal information, corporate data and account credentials. Read via ItProPortal
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Malware Is Being Distributed via Fake Windows 11 Installers
- by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
- Industry News
Malware is masquerading as Microsoft’s next-gen operating system to infect unsuspecting users’ systems. Read via PC Mag
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FBI warns cybercriminals are set to target the Olympic Games
- by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
- Industry News
The FBI has warned that hackers and other threat actors will look to target the Olympic Games this month. Read via Techradar
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Ransomware key to unlock customer data from REvil attack
- by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
- Industry News
A computer key that can unlock the files of hundreds of companies which were hacked in a large-scale cyber-attack has been obtained. Read via BBC
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ICO fines transgender charity for data protection breach exposing sensitive personal data
- by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
- Industry News
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has fined transgender charity Mermaids £25,000 for failing to keep the personal data of its users secure. It also noted that Mermaids’ staff and volunteers received mandatory data protection training in December 2018, which is updated annually, but that training was “inadequate and/or ineffective” Read via ICO
Read MoreIreland-UK partnership key to tackling cybercrime
- by Ellie Hurst
- Industry News
A partnership between Ireland and the UK is key to countering cybercrime threats, according to the head of the UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC). Read story via Ryan O’Rourke for the Irish Examiner.
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