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Slovenia suffers significant cyberattack – Barrier Networks responds

Leave a Comment / FEATURED NEWS, Cyber Security, Intelligence, NEWS, Uncategorized / By Francesca

In response to reports that Slovenia’s biggest power provider has suffered a cyberattack, Barrier Networks CTO, Ryan McConechy gives his response. Reportedly, the attacks locked some of the country’s systems and data but left operations unaffected. According to the report, the attack is considered one of the biggest such incidents in Slovenia’s history. Apart from […]

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Opinion | Channel 4’s The Undeclared War: Cyber Fact or TV Fiction?

Leave a Comment / Cyber Security, NEWS, Opinion / By Zoe Deighton Smythe

The Undeclared War kicked off on Channel 4 last week, telling the story of the UK wrestling with future nation state cyber-attacks. With the UK pledging £5m to the state of Georgia to prepare them for such attacks, and the Russian cyber threat increasing worldwide: are the lines between fact and TV fiction blurring? Ross

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Cyberattack roundtable | Bitcoin.org falls victim to giveaway scam

Leave a Comment / Cyber Security, NEWS / By Zoe Deighton Smythe

Yesterday, Bitcoin.org’s website suffered an apparent giveaway scam with users being greeted by a ‘This site can’t be reached’ notification. An entity or person who uses the pseudonym Cobra who has been the site’s operator but whose current affiliation isn’t clear, said the site might be down while they were looking into the hack. It

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Apple urges I-Phone users to update immediately following cyber flaw discovery

Leave a Comment / Cyber Security, NEWS / By Zoe Deighton Smythe

Cyber security researchers have uncovered a new vulnerability on Apple devices, allowing hackers to deploy Israeli company NSO Group’s spyware tool through iMessage. According to Citizen Lab, the vulnerability allowed hackers to access a target’s iPhone, Mac computer or Apple Watch via iMessage, without the user needing to click on a malicious link. The exploit,

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Data breach roundtable | The bigger they are, the harder they fall

Leave a Comment / Cyber Security, NEWS, Opinion / By Zoe Deighton Smythe

The latest roundtable discussion from Security on Screen analyses the recent data breach of US mobile network operator company, T-Mobile – being the third-largest US wireless carrier, how will they take the correct steps to both secure its systems and contain the fallout? Over 40 million T-Mobile customers have been hit by a “highly sophisticated

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Cyber-attack roundtable | A broken record for Whatsapp

Leave a Comment / Cyber Security, NEWS, Opinion / By Zoe Deighton Smythe

The latest roundtable discussion from Security on Screen analyses WhatsApp’s recent scam regarding a hijacked verification code text – how often will the Facebook-owned app let history repeat itself? UK police are warning WhatsApp users about the current risk of scammers hijacking their accounts. According to reports, the scam involves a seemingly innocent message from

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CyberSmart announces $10 million Series ‘A’ Funding

Leave a Comment / Business News, Cyber Security, NEWS / By Zoe Deighton Smythe

CyberSmart has announced the completion of an over-subscribed Series ‘A’ funding round, bringing the total raised to over $10 million. This funding will be used to enhance the company’s product’s capabilities further, invest in channel partnerships as well as scale into the UK and beyond. CyberSmart’s online platform can automatically assess personal and company devices

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JBS pays $11 million to notorious cybercrime group, REvil

Leave a Comment / Cyber Security, NEWS / By Zoe Deighton Smythe

Meat supplier, JBS has now paid ransomware hackers $11 million after breaching their computer networks last week. It was revealed that the company was hacked by REvil, a Russian-speaking hacker gang that has made millions in recent years by attacking organisations, encrypting their files and demanding a fee or a bitcoin payment in exchange for

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Cyber attack roundtable | Exposing the crucial supply chain

Leave a Comment / Cyber Security, NEWS, Opinion / By Zoe Deighton Smythe

The latest roundtable discussion from Security on Screen analyses the recent cyber attack on major meat supplier, JBS which has subsequently set off a domino effect to aspects of the global supply chain and exposed critical vulnerabilities in global infrastructure US meat distributor, JBS was targeted by a sophisticated cyber attack last week which subsequently

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Ransomware roundtable | Staying on track

Leave a Comment / Cyber Security, NEWS, Opinion, Transport / By Zoe Deighton Smythe

The latest roundtable discussion from Security on Screen analyses the recent ransomware attack against UK rail network, Merseyrail and how sticking to standard industry protocols can take a lot of courage during times of adversity UK rail network, Merseyrail has confirmed a Lockbit ransomware attack after a gang used their email system to contact employees

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Ransomware roundtable | Adopting a detection mindset

Leave a Comment / Cyber Security, NEWS, Opinion / By Zoe Deighton Smythe

The latest roundtable discussion from Security on Screen analyses the recent ransomware attack on the Washington Metropolitan Police Department – when it comes to cyber detection, isn’t it time larger organisations shifted their way of thinking? This week, the Washington Metropolitan Police Department has been the subject of a cyberattack, after the Babuk ransomware

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Cyber attack roundtable | Combatting the risk of ransomware payouts

Leave a Comment / Cyber Security, NEWS, Opinion / By Zoe Deighton Smythe

The latest roundtable discussion from Security on Screen analyses the recent cyber attack against Apple’s major supplier, Quanta, as well as ransomware payouts – should they be the last resort? One of Apple’s major distribution suppliers, Quanta was hit by a cyber attack yesterday in an attempt to “recover data” after one fo the world’s

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Slovenia suffers significant cyberattack – Barrier Networks responds

Opinion | Channel 4’s The Undeclared War: Cyber Fact or TV Fiction?

Cyberattack roundtable | Bitcoin.org falls victim to giveaway scam

Apple urges I-Phone users to update immediately following cyber flaw discovery

Data breach roundtable | The bigger they are, the harder they fall

Cyber-attack roundtable | A broken record for Whatsapp

CyberSmart announces $10 million Series ‘A’ Funding

JBS pays $11 million to notorious cybercrime group, REvil

Cyber attack roundtable | Exposing the crucial supply chain

Ransomware roundtable | Staying on track

Ransomware roundtable | Adopting a detection mindset

Cyber attack roundtable | Combatting the risk of ransomware payouts

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