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Perimeter security appliances source of most ransomware hits

/ 4 minutes of reading / All, Cisco, compliance, Fortinet, Microsoft, Palo Alto Networks, threat intelligence, VPN

Compromised or vulnerable perimeter security appliances and devices – especially virtual private networks (VPNs) – formed the initial access vector in over half of observed ransomware attacks during 2024, according to data released this week by cyber security insurance provider Coalition in its latest annual threat report, covering 2024. US-based Coalition, which began offering its…

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Quantum computing in cyber security: A double-edged sword

/ 7 minutes of reading / All, compliance, machine learning, quantum computing, Tech, Technology, threat intelligence

Despite investor scepticism, prominent quantum computing stocks have seen a notable rise at the beginning of 2025. Even prominent tech leaders like Jensen Huang and Mark Zuckerberg stating the field won’t be profitable hasn’t stopped investors and the wider public from being excited.  In cyber security, however, quantum computing offers both unprecedented capabilities and significant…

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Cyber incident that closed British Museum was inside job

/ 3 minutes of reading / agile, All, Computer, IBM, threat intelligence

A disgruntled insider appears to have been behind a security incident at the British Museum, which forced the 270-year-old institution to partially close its doors over the weekend of 25 and 26 January following disruption to core IT systems. The incident shuttered two of the museum’s ongoing special exhibitions, one on the history of the…

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The Data Bill: It’s time to cyber up

/ 5 minutes of reading / All, Computer, Tech, Technology, threat intelligence

In the latest deliberations on the Data Use and Access Bill in the House of Lords, I set out two amendments to offer well overdue updating to the Computer Misuse Act (CMA) of 1990. In preparing for committee stage of the bill I remain incredibly grateful to everyone involved with the CyberUp campaign, their analysis…

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Latest attempt to override UK’s outdated hacking law stalls

/ 6 minutes of reading / AI, All, Computer, Tech, Technology, threat intelligence

Two amendments to the Data (Access and Use) Bill that would have established a statutory legal defence for security professionals and ethical hackers to protect them from prosecution under the 1990 Computer Misuse Act (CMA) have failed to make it beyond a House of Lords committee hearing after being withdrawn. The 34-year-old CMA broadly defines…

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LockBit ransomware gang teases February 2025 return

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Despite being taken down and humiliated by the National Crime Agency (NCA) coordinated Operation Cronos in February 2024, an unknown individual(s) associated with, or claiming to represent, the LockBit ransomware gang has broken cover to announce the impending release of a new locker malware, LockBit 4.0. In screengrabs taken from the dark web that have…

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NCA takes out network that laundered ransomware payments

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The UK’s National Crime Agency (NCA) has exposed and disrupted two Russian money laundering networks that handled cash stolen by the Ryuk ransomware gang, among others. Operation Destabilise took out the Smart and TGR criminal networks, which besides providing services to cyber criminals also played a key role in drugs and firearms trafficking into the…

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Shared digital gateway was source of three NHS ransomware attacks

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Liverpool’s Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust has revealed that a shared service operated by itself and Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital NHS Foundation Trust was the source of an INC Ransom intrusion that has affected patient data at both hospitals, as well as Royal Liverpool University Hospital. The attack, which came to light on…

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