The dramatic expansion of the average person’s digital footprint due to Covid-19 restrictions is causing increased anxiety over personal privacy, and a feeling for many people that they are... Read more »
Malicious actors begin to scan for at-risk systems within an average of 15 minutes of the disclosure of a new Common Vulnerability and Exposure (CVE), and in many instances... Read more »
In a new low for the cyber criminal “fraternity”, the Conti ransomware gang has started to leak personally identifiable information about Irish hospital patients, stolen in its attack on... Read more »
Networking lynchpin Cisco is further cementing its dual role as a security supplier with a proposed acquisition of risk-based vulnerability management specialist Kenna Security, alongside a number of additions... Read more »
The Irish High Court has dismissed a legal challenge by Facebook against a draft decision by Ireland’s Data Protection Commissioner (DPC) to suspend Facebook Ireland’s transfer of data about... Read more »
The devastating ransomware attack on the Irish Health Service Executive (HSE), was the work of the Conti ransomware gang, also known as Wizard Spider, according to reports. The Irish... Read more »
The UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) and consultancy KPMG have formally kicked off their second annual study into diversity in the cyber security sector, with the emphasis on... Read more »
The government has unveiled new proposals to help UK businesses manage cyber security in their digital and third-party IT services supply chains, as a growing body of evidence suggests... Read more »
Colonial Pipeline, the US operator of fossil fuel distribution infrastructure that was hit by a DarkSide ransomware attack last week, may have paid a $5m ransom to the ransomware... Read more »
The Irish national Health Service Executive (HSE) has been forced to shut off all of its IT systems following a major ransomware attack, while it triages and investigates the... Read more »
