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NZ cyber security agency joins global effort against PRC botnet

Thu, 19th Sep 2024
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The New Zealand National Cyber Security Centre has teamed up with global partners to tackle a China-linked botnet compromising over 260,000 devices globally.
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FBI's Qakbot takedown reshapes 2024 malware loader landscape

Fri, 16th Aug 2024
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The dismantling of Qakbot malware by the FBI has reshaped the malware loader landscape, with SocGholish now leading and security tactics evolving rapidly.
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Report reveals reliance on memory-unsafe languages in OSS projects

Tue, 2nd Jul 2024
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A new cybersecurity report reveals that 52% of critical open-source projects rely on memory-unsafe programming languages, posing significant security risks.
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Australian firms under-reporting ransomware attacks

Wed, 15th May 2024
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One in 10 Australian businesses failed to report ransomware attacks to law enforcement agencies, encouraging cybercriminals and impeding their capture.
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Cado Security boosts platform with SaaS environment support

Fri, 15th Mar 2024
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Cado Security has upgraded its platform, offering enhanced analysis support for SaaS environments, set to strengthen responses to Microsoft 365 compromises for organisations spanning SaaS, on-premise and cloud environments.
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Trend Micro dismantles major ransomware group LockBit

Wed, 28th Feb 2024
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Trend Micro collaborates with global law enforcement agents to disrupt major ransomware group, LockBit, responsible for a quarter of 2023's ransomware leaks amounting to billions of dollars.
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Global ransomware attacks surge by 84% in 2023, reveals NCC study

Wed, 14th Feb 2024
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Ransomware attacks rose by a staggering 84% in 2023, notably impacting the industrials sector, as new threat actors emerged, reported NCC Group.
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ESET's threat intelligence data feeds enhance Microsoft Sentinel's security capabilities

Thu, 14th Dec 2023
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ESET, a global cybersecurity firm, boosts Microsoft Sentinel’s security abilities by integrating its six threat intelligence data feeds.
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Rising ransomware attacks exploit remote access software, warns WatchGuard report

Fri, 8th Dec 2023
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Endpoint ransomware attacks see an 89% rise, whilst cybercriminals increase exploitation of remote access software, according to WatchGuard.
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Check Point reveals Global Threat Index with Formbook as top malware

Mon, 16th Oct 2023
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Cybersecurity leader Check Point unveils Global Threat Index, identifying Formbook as September's dominant malware.
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Qakbot cyber hacking operation revealed by Check Point and FBI

Thu, 31st Aug 2023
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FBI dismantles Qakbot cyber hacking operation, impacting 700k computers worldwide. The malware is highly adaptive and financially-driven.
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ExtraHop hires Mark Bowling as CISRO

Fri, 21st Apr 2023
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ExtraHop appoints Mark Bowling as its first Chief Information Security and Risk Officer (CISRO) to boost overall security and risk management.
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Notorious ransomware group REvil taken down in government fight back

Tue, 26th Oct 2021
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Multi-government effort takes down notorious ransomware group REvil, hijacking servers in cybercriminal takedown.
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Europol, FBI, Bitdefender team up on ransomware decryptor

Tue, 18th Jun 2019
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The decryptor neutralises the latest versions of GandCrab – the most prolific families of file-encrypting malware to date.
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Largest DDoS-for-hire websites responsible for 11% of attacks worldwide – Nexusguard

Tue, 26th Mar 2019
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FBI crackdown on 'booters' reduces global DDoS attacks by 11%, but booter websites may make a comeback, says Nexusguard.
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Advice: FBI urges people to reboot their routers following Russia attack

Fri, 1st Jun 2018
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After the FBI issued a plea for people around the world to reset their routers, Vectra's EMEA director has some advice for businesses moving forward.
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Decrypted: Phantom Secure takedown a 'significant blow' against Australia's organised crime networks

Mon, 19th Mar 2018
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Australian, US and Canadian law enforcement agencies collaborate to bust Canadian security firm providing encrypted communications to organised crime market.
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Microsoft, ESET & law enforcement disrupt Gamarue botnet

Wed, 6th Dec 2017
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Microsoft, ESET, the FBI, Interpol, Europol and other security stakeholders have collectively dismantled a major botnet operation known as Gamarue.
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FirstWave tackles $3 billion enterprise issue

Mon, 30th May 2016
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Scammers targeting C-Level executives have cost businesses over $3bn, leading FirstWave to release an impersonation filter.
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Stop bullying Apple around and start doing some intelligence homework

Tue, 1st Mar 2016
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The FBI should stop bullying Apple and the technology industry and spend their time and energy instead on figuring out other ways of investigating.