US lawmakers call for probe into ‘arrogant’ spyware firm

US representatives have called on the Biden administration to launch an urgent probe into NSO Group, the Israeli spyware manufacturer that has found itself at the centre of a... Read more »

TikTok sets up cyber security hub in Dublin

TikTok, the short-form video-sharing app that found itself the subject of global attention in 2020 when it became subject to actions against it ordered by then US president Donald... Read more »

Malicious actors turn to obscure programming languages

Malicious actors are increasingly coding in more “exotic” programming languages to write new strains of malware on the basis that using new, lesser-known or otherwise uncommon languages will help... Read more »

No More Ransom initiative saves £850m over five years

The No More Ransom initiative, a joint project between Europol, the Dutch police’s national cyber crime unit, and cyber security suppliers Kaspersky and McAfee, claims to have saved end-users... Read more »

Government-led innovation can help cyber startups find a market

Some cyber startups are born because the founder wants to crack a particular market or solve a particular challenge, such as making passwords better or preventing disinformation. Others are... Read more »

Kaseya obtains universal ransomware decryptor

Kaseya, the IT services supplier that was the subject of a REvil/Sodinokibi ransomware attack orchestrated through a series of vulnerabilities in its VSA product earlier in July 2021, says... Read more »

Respect in Security challenges abuse and harassment in cyber

Around a third of cyber security professionals say they have had personal experience of in-person and online abuse and harassment during the course of their work, according to research... Read more »

New thinking and systems required to tackle online fraud in retail

Online payment fraud losses are expected to exceed $206bn over the next five years, according to a study by Juniper Research. Juniper says the predicted fraud figure between 2021... Read more »

France’s Macron among alleged Pegasus targets

Data linked to mobile devices used by world leaders including French president Emmanuel Macron appears on a list of 50,000 alleged targets of illicit government surveillance, according to new... Read more »

NCSC’s Cameron urges deeper cyber alliance-building

National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) CEO Lindy Cameron has again talked up the importance of international alliance-building in the fight against cyber threats, in a speech delivered to an... Read more »
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