The US Senate on Thursday unanimously passed a Bill banning the import of all goods, including technology, produced in the Chinese region of Xinjiang to penalise the Chinese government for…
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60% of UK Workers Have Been Victim of a Cyber-Attack, Yet Awareness Remains Low
60% of UK Workers Have Been Victim of a Cyber-Attack, Yet Awareness Remains Low There is a “dangerous” lack of awareness among UK workers towards cybersecurity, leaving businesses at risk…
Why a skills shortage is one of the biggest security challenges for companies
Almost every company building an application needs to secure it, and yet all of them face an enormous constraint: talent. Security requires a highly specialized skill set, which is in…
The Ransomware Attack Suffered by Kronos May Cause Weeks of Downtime
Kronos is a workforce management and human resources company that offers cloud-based solutions for timekeeping, payroll, employee benefits, analytics, and other tasks. Kronos merged with Ultimate Software in 2020 to…
South Australian government employee data taken in Frontier Software ransomware attack
Image: Mashka/Shutterstock South Australia Treasurer Rob Lucas said on Friday that state government employee data has been exfiltrated as part of a ransomware attack on payroll provider Frontier Software. Lucas…
Software Vulnerabilities Up by 20% in 2021
Software Vulnerabilities Up by 20% in 2021 Software vulnerabilities increased by 20% in 2021 compared with 2020, according to a new report by HackerOne. The bug bounty platform said its hackers had uncovered…
Brothers Confess to Conning Spanish-speaking Americans
Brothers Confess to Conning Spanish-speaking Americans Two brothers from Peru have admitted their role in an international call-center scam that defrauded Spanish-speaking immigrants to the United States. Under the conspiracy,…
Omicron Scam Targets Universities
Omicron Scam Targets Universities Dozens of universities are being hit with a coordinated cyber-attack that uses news of the Omicron variant as a lure to steal login credentials. Evidence of…