UK hacker jailed for six years for blackmailing pornography site users

A hacker who blackmailed users of pornography websites in what investigators say is the UK’s most serious cybercrime case has been jailed for six years and five months. Read full story.

Posted by Smeeta Padhiar
On 9th April 2019
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Game of Thrones downloads could be hiding malware

It’s no surprise that cybercriminals use popular events to spread malware or try to scam people out of their money. After seeing similar things during the Olympics and the World Cup, new reports are suggesting that they’re using the release of the final Game of Thrones season to spread their malicious works of art across […]

Posted by Smeeta Padhiar
On 2nd April 2019
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Hundreds of compromised WordPress and Joomla websites are serving up malware to visitors

Researchers see a spike in compromised domains attempting to deliver malicious payloads including Shade ransomware and phishing links. Read full story.

Posted by Ellie Hurst
On 29th March 2019
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Aluminium firm cyber-attack cost at least £25.6m

A cyber-attack on a Norwegian aluminium company has cost it at least 300 million Norwegian kroner (£25.6m). Hydro, which employs 35,000 people in 40 countries, was hit by malware last week. Read full story.

Posted by Smeeta Padhiar
On 27th March 2019
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Over 10.5 billion malware attacks detected in 2018

Worldwide cybersecurity threat is ‘escalating’, new report claims. The number of cyberattacks escalated last year to top 10.5bn incidents attacks, new research has found. Read full story.

Posted by Smeeta Padhiar
On 26th March 2019
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A third of small businesses have no cyber security strategy

A third of smaller businesses in the UK have not implemented a cyber security strategy and could be unwittingly acting as a gateway to larger organisations, according to research. Read full story.

Posted by Smeeta Padhiar
On 19th March 2019
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London’s top attractions besieged by more than 100 million cyber attacks

18.03.19 – Kew Gardens, National History Museum, Tate Gallery and Imperial War Museum are often attacked by potential data thieves. Read full story.

Posted by Ellie Hurst
On 18th March 2019
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Posted by Smeeta Padhiar
On 17th December 2018
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Security Think Tank: Human, procedural and technical response to fileless malware

Mike Gillespie in Computer Weekly – What should organisations do at the very least to ensure business computers are protected from fileless malware? Read full story.

Posted by Smeeta Padhiar
On 13th March 2018
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1. Fileless attacks – a growing menace. A series of opinions from Advent IM Consultants

From Del Brazil Senior Security Consultant – Advent IM Fileless Malware Simply put Fileless malware is a very well-engineered piece of malware that is very difficult to detect as part of any post incident analysis. It is designed to operate and survive in the memory of systems and as such once a system is re-booted […]

Posted by Ellie Hurst
On 5th March 2018
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