The rising costs of DORA compliance
The European Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA), which came into force on Friday, January 17, is already having unforeseen costs
Marriott to pay $52m fine for 300m customer data breaches
Marriott International has agreed to pay a $52 million fine for cyber-negligence resulting in data breaches affecting over 300 million
German Intelligence warns of Russian cyber-attacks
The cyber cold war just became a little warmer, with German Intelligence now publicly crying foul on Monday at Russia
Brussels backs down on mass surveillance
The European Union (EU) Council has made a last-minute withdrawal of the EU’s highly controversial planned “Chat Control” legislation, which
Secret Service Hot on the Trail of Cybercriminal “Stalin”
The United States Secret Service is doubling down on the search for cybercriminal “Stalin.” On August 26, 2024, the U.S
Brussels plots mass EU digital surveillance
While the world’s attention is focused on the arrest of Telegram owner, Pavel Durov, and Brazil’s decision to ban Elon
Telegram chief’s arrest ignites global cyber-war
In the wake of Telegram owner and founder Pavel Durov’s shock arrest in Paris on Saturday, the French state is
The EU bares its teeth – again
The EU has bared its cyber teeth for the second time in a week. Hard on the heels of the
Telegram chief arrested in Paris
Speculation is today mounting concerning the arrest of the popular encrypted messaging app Telegram head and founder, Pavel Durov, at
Ukraine takes down Russia’s financial services
Hackers from Ukraine’s Main Intelligence Directorate claim to have effected one of the largest Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) attacks in history,
InfoSecurity Europe 2024 – Was It All Worth It?
As the stands were being packed away on the show floor at the end of the InfoSecurity Europe 2024 conference
Deepfakes dominate InfoSecurity Europe 2024
InfoSecurity Europe, widely acknowledged as the chief global challenger to RSA in the US, kicked off with a Keynote speech
Game over for European criminal botnet networks
An international operation coordinated by Europol has resulted in several arrests and the takedown of numerous cybercriminal networks. The operation
BogusBazarr signals red light for brands
By operating a “fraud-as-a-service’ (FaaS) website, BogusBazarr, operating out of China, runs 200 fraudulent webshops and has so far claimed
Gulf of misunderstanding between CEOs and CISOs widens
There is a widening gulf of miscommunication between security teams and their boards. According to software intelligence platform, Dynatrace, 77
‘Brute force’ cyber-attacks continue to escalate
Cybersecurity firm Okta reports a spike in ‘brute-force’ credential-stuffing attacks over the last month. This follows earlier reports of a
Rubrik listing underlines strength of cyber sector
The cyber sector has received another boost with the initial public offering (IPO) of shares in Microsoft-backed cloud-based cybersecurity firm
Cyber-attackers try to divert a commercial flight
Airline security has just entered a new era with news that on Saturday cybercriminals hacked the communications network on a
Third-Party Attacks on the Rise
Criminal gangs are exploiting a new “side door” into organizations via connected third-party applications including everything from calendars to creative
Blockchains lose $1.8 billion to cybercrime
Web 3.0, the blockchain version of the traditional internet that hosts decentralized blockchain crypto-currencies, lost over US$1.8 billion in 2023
Pope calls for global AI regulation in 2024
The New Year is set to start with a call to regulate artificial intelligence (AI) coming from a man whose
Lloyd’s warns of a potential $3.5 trillion cyber-strike
According to Lloyds, a single well-orchestrated cyber strike breaching a financial services payments system could lead to losses of $1.1
Millions of individuals’ DNA selling for a dollar a piece
At least seven million customers of San Francisco-based DNA company, 23andMe, are now seeing their confidential and highly personal genetic
Western Union payouts highlight the “insider threat”
International money transfer company, US-based Western Union, has been obliged to pay a further $40 million on top of a