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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.