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Group behind cyber attacks at local hospitals taken down by FBI
- by Anthony Orjally
- Industry News
A criminal ransomware network connected to a cyber attack at some of Connecticut’s hospitals has been taken down by the FBI, according to the Department of Justice. Read via EyeWitnessNews.
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University of Michigan shuts down network after cyberattack
- by Anthony Orjally
- Industry News
The University of Michigan has taken all of its systems and services offline to deal with a cybersecurity incident, causing a widespread impact on online services the night before classes started. Read via BleepingComputer.
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Security Threat After Cyber Attack on London Metropolitan Police Contractor
- by Anthony Orjally
- Industry News
London Metropolitan Police disclosed over the weekend that hackers had infiltrated the IT systems of a third-party supplier, resulting in the theft of sensitive data about police force employees. Read via Australian Cyber Security Magazine.
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Two teens were among those behind the Lapsus$ cyber-crime spree, jury finds
- by Anthony Orjally
- Industry News
Two teenage members of the chaotic Lapsus$ cyber-crime gang helped compromise computer systems of Uber and Nvidia, and also blackmailed Grand Theft Auto maker Rockstar Games among other high-profile victims, a jury has decided. Read via The Register.
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Criminals go full Viking on CloudNordic, wipe all servers and customer data
- by Anthony Orjally
- Industry News
CloudNordic has told customers to consider all of their data lost following a ransomware infection that encrypted the large Danish cloud provider’s servers and “paralyzed CloudNordic completely,” according to the IT outfit’s online confession. Read via TheRegister.
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LinkedIn Harvesting: Is your social media compromising UK security?
- by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
- General
The Times recently released a story that was picked up and spread widely through other news outlets and social media. The story exposed a Chinese national using Linkedin to hunt for UK state secrets in return for cash, holidays and false speaker engagements. The intelligence officer sought out British security officials, civil servants, scientists and […]
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Interpol arrests 14 in cyber crime crackdown across Africa
- by Anthony Orjally
- Industry News
Interpol has confirmed 14 arrests and the identification of more than 20,000 suspicious cyber networks in an operation dubbed Africa Cyber Surge II. Read via ITPro.
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“This legislation is no longer fit for purpose” post from Mike Gillespie
- by Ellie Hurst
- Advent IM Blog
From our MD, Mike Gillespie. Recently, a couple of high-profile breaches have been caused by information being inappropriately released following Freedom of Information (FOI) requests. The people tasked with fulfilling these requests are, in many public sector organisations, low-pay grade administration assistants, who often do not get adequately trained, and who are being tasked with […]
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Microsoft: Critical CODESYS Flaws Could Shut Down Power Plants
- by Anthony Orjally
- Industry News
Microsoft researchers have identified multiple high-severity vulnerabilities that could enable threat actors to shut down power plants. Read via InfoSecurity Magazine.
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Army struggling to hire cyber staff as attacks on Britain ramp up
- by Olivia Lawlor-Blackburn
- General
Fiercely competitive labour market hindering efforts to modernise UK defence. Read via The Telegraph.
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