CyberNews

Where cybersecurity is concerned, governments and businesses often tout the importance of “shared responsibility”, with consumers urged to also practise good cyber hygiene to help stave off attacks and protect

US President Joe Biden responded forcefully to reports of a wide-ranging cyberattack on Ukrainian government systems Wednesday afternoon, telling reporters that the US would respond with its own cyberattacks if

ProtonMail announced on Wednesday that it will be blocking tracking pixels and hiding IP addresses as part of a new “enhanced tracking protection” feature. ProtonMail’s Lydia Pang explained in a

The Open Source Security Foundation (OpenSSF), GitHub, and Google announced on Wednesday the launch of Scorecards V4, which includes larger scaling, a new security check, and a new Scorecards GitHub

Password manager 1Password said it closed its latest funding round on Wednesday, raising $620 million and boosting its valuation to $6.8 billion. The Series C funding round included the participation

A new Bugcrowd report has revealed significant increases in the number of critical vulnerabilities reported in 2021.  The company’s 2022 Priority One report covers a variety of security trends over

US President Joe Biden signed a memorandum on Tuesday concerning the cybersecurity of the Defense Department and the country’s intelligence agencies, sketching out exactly how an executive order he signed in

Researchers Hack Olympic Games App Cybersecurity researchers in Canada have found a “devastating flaw” in the MY2022 app, designed for use by attendees of this year’s Winter Olympic Games in Beijing. The

Ransomware Attack on Moncler Cyber-criminals have stolen data from Italian luxury fashion brand Moncler and published it on the dark web. The maker of down jackets confirmed Tuesday that it had suffered a data

Deloitte has launched a new threat detection and response platform for enterprise clients.  On Wednesday, the professional services giant said that the latest solution added to the Deloitte cybersecurity portfolio

US Organizations Urged to Improve Cybersecurity The United States’ Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) is urging every organization in the US to implement cybersecurity measures. Insights issued Tuesday by the

Interpol and the Nigerian Police Force (NPF) arrested 11 people allegedly involved in a “prolific” cybercrime ring known for running Business Email Compromise (BEC) scams that targeted thousands of companies

Banks and financial institutions in Singapore will have to implement new security measures that have been mandated following a series of phishing SMS scams that wiped several victims of their

UK Proposes New Laws to Strengthen National Cyber-Resiliency The UK is planning new laws to strengthen the county’s cyber-resilience in response to surging critical infrastructure and supply chain attacks. The

McAfee Enterprise and FireEye Relaunches as Trellix McAfee Enterprise and FireEye have relaunched as a new company called Trellix, its parent firm Symphony Technology Group (STG) has announced. McAfee Enterprise

What is zero trust security? Zero trust is a network security model that applies strict identity verification for any user, application, and device attempting to access resources on a private

A new form of ransomware that uses discreet techniques to avoid detection before encrypting files and demanding payment in exchange for the decryption key could be linked to a notorious

Microsoft has released several out-of-band updates to address features of Windows 11, Windows 10 and Windows Server broken by the January 2022 Patch Tuesday update.  Microsoft released the separate fixes

Two vulnerabilities recently disclosed to Zoom could have led to remote exploitation in clients and MMR servers, researchers say.  On Tuesday, Project Zero researcher Natalie Silvanovich published an analysis of

QR codes are useful shortcuts to online resources via a phone’s camera, but scammers are now tampering with them to direct victims to phishing pages and cryptocurrency scams. QR or

Man Charged with Smuggling Tech Exports to Iran A US citizen has been charged with violating sanctions by exporting IT goods and services to Iran. Kambiz Attar Kashani, 44, who

Researchers have exposed the inner workings of Donot Team, a threat group that will strike the same targets for years if that’s what it takes to succeed.  Also known as

Thousands of US Public Sector Ransomware Victims in 2021 An estimated 2323 local governments, schools and healthcare providers in the US were compromised by ransomware in 2021 after another bumper

Government to Regulate Crypto Advertising in New Crack Down The UK government has announced plans to crack down on the advertising of cryptocurrency products to prevent consumers from being misled

During 2021, Symphony Technology Group (STG) picked up McAfee Enterprise for $4 billion in March, and followed it up in June with a $1.2 billion purchase of FireEye. With the

Meta and Twitter have called for Australia’s federal government to review the effectiveness of the country’s digital platforms regulation in light of the passing of the Online Safety Act, along with anti-trolling and

Citizen Lab The International Olympic Committee has defended China’s MY2022 Olympics app following a report from Citizen Lab that found serious privacy issues with the platform. All attendees of the

More than 2,300 local governments, schools, and healthcare organizations in the US were affected by ransomware attacks in 2021, according to a new report from security company Emsisoft.  The company