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As February ends, we reflect on key cyber security events – from major breaches to government cyber operations – highlighting ongoing digital threats and the need for strong security, as Marketing Co-ordinator Abbey Wright found. Here’s what made the cyber headlines: Apple limits encrypted backup removal for UK users Apple has quietly removed the option …

A hacking group known as “MUT-1244” has stolen more than 390,000 WordPress account credentials in a long-term campaign that targeted security professionals and malicious actors. MUT-1244 spread an infected credential checker among the information security community along with other tools hosted on GitHub write Cyber Security Technologist James Galbraith. This attack specifically targeted penetration testers …

Street thefts of mobile phones rocketed by 150% in the past year compromising the corporate data of thousands of companies, writes marketing co-ordinator Abbey Wright. While access to company emails on the move is a requirement for most employees, many firms are not taking the right steps to safeguard their information. We highly recommend protecting …

sensitive information you’d prefer not to share writes Cyber Security Technologist James Galbraith. CoPilot is an AI-powered tool that co-ordinates content between Microsoft applications. It includes a feature called Recall. What are the privacy concerns surrounding the ‘Recall’ feature? There are privacy concerns regarding the Recall feature since it was launched in May. One of …

Do you crave an ally in the boardroom when arguing the case for more spending on cyber security? Threatsure delivers effective, affordable results that will highlight your vulnerabilities including missing patches; open ports and weak passwords. “Companies are looking for a cost-effective solution they can trust and we have designed this service to provide that,” …

A series of high-profile attacks in the UK targeting Dell, Santander, Ticketmaster and a number of major hospitals in London has highlighted the need for all companies to invest in Cyber Security training for their staff Abbey Wright reports. Guy’s, St Thomas’s and Kings College hospitals declared critical incidents following a ransomware attack associated with …

By Business Development Manager Georgia Routledge-Moore Last week, Tony Wilson and I had the pleasure of attending Cyber UK. The much-anticipated show in Birmingham was a fantastic opportunity to showcase our services while connecting with new and familiar faces! CyberUK hosted a Women in Cyber breakfast that I was fortunate enough to attend. With only …

A new UK law has been introduced to improve the security of “smart” devices and embedded systems writes Cyber Security Technologist James Galbraith. Among the new regulations, manufacturers must not leave passwords blank or easy-to-guess. What is covered by the law? Among the products covered by this new law are: – Smart speakers – Televisions …

Due to a vulnerability discovered on Wednesday (CVE-2024-3400), Palo Alto Networks is working on releasing a critical security hotfix for the following versions of PAN-OS : 10.2.9-h1, 11.0.4-h1, and 11.1.2-h3. This critical security hotfix is to patch a vulnerability that was discovered with a CVSS severity score of 10 out of 10. The exploit allows …

In October 2023, the British Library’s servers were compromised and around 600GB of files were exfiltrated from the servers and held for ransom. This included personal data of Library users and staff. In this BLOG Chris McGee analyses  the attack and considers what actions could have been taken to mitigate it. Source of the attack …