Verizon has released its 2021 Data breach investigations report (DBIR), looking back on a year of cyber security challenges, including vast spikes in cyber attacks, as the Covid-19 pandemic wrought havoc across the tech sector. Like many other cyber security supplier reports, the latest edition of the firm’s long-running DBIR series cannot help but underline […]
Researchers Flag e-Voting Security Flaws
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Gig Workers Being Paid $500 for Payroll Passwords
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‘FragAttacks’: Wi-Fi Bugs Affect Millions of Devices
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Inside DarkSide: Researchers share intel on break-out cyber gang
In the wake of the Colonial Pipeline ransomware attack – which continues to disrupt supplies of fuel across the eastern and southern US – threat researchers from across the cyber community have been swapping information on the DarkSide ransomware gang, the up-and-coming cyber criminal group that has suddenly found itself elevated to global infamy. First […]
CyberUK 2021: NCSC encourages startups to invest in cyber
The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) – alongside the Centre for the Protection of National Infrastructure (CPNI) – has issued new bespoke cyber security guidance for technology startups, aimed at protecting the UK’s valuable and innovative startup community from cyber attack by malicious actors, even nation-states, hell-bent on stealing their intellectual property. Launched at the […]
Microsoft fixes four critical bugs on lighter Patch Tuesday
In a lighter than usual Patch Tuesday drop, Microsoft has fixed a total of 55 common vulnerabilities and exposures (CVEs), four of them rated critical by Microsoft, and including three as yet unexploited zero days. However, it is practically a certainty that malicious actors will be paying close attention to the new disclosures and that […]
Wormable Windows Bug Opens Door to DoS, RCE
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Shifting Threats in a Changed World: Edge, IoT and Vaccine Fraud
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kill switch
What is a kill switch? A kill switch in an IT context is a mechanism used to shut down or disable a device or program. The purpose of a kill switch is usually to prevent theft of a machine or data or shut down machinery in an emergency. The degree to which a kill switch […]