NHS ransomware attack: what happened and how bad is it?
Advanced, the UK company hit by the attack last week, said it was working with government agencies, including the National Cyber Security …
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36% of orgs expose insecure FTP protocol to the internet, and some still use Telnet
A significant percentage of organizations expose insecure or highly sensitive protocols, including SMB, SSH, and Telnet, to the public …
NHS 111 expects delays after cyber-attack causes system outage
The issue is affecting some services across the UK such as the system used to refer patients for care, including ambulances being …
Over 60% of Organizations Expose SSH to the Internet
A majority of global organizations are exposing sensitive and insecure protocols to the public internet, potentially increasing their …
August 2022 Patch Tuesday forecast: Printers again?
July 2022 Patch Tuesday came and went quietly as expected. Microsoft addressed 40 CVEs in Windows 11 and 46 CVEs in the Windows 10 set of …
For months, JusTalk messages were accessible to everyone on the Internet
April 24, 2012 – The fight against malware is a cat-and-mouse game. It is constant and constantly …
Chromium Browsers Allow Data Exfiltration via Bookmark Syncing
Bookmark synchronization has become a standard feature in modern browsers: It gives Internet users a way to ensure that the changes they …
Euro Police Bust €3m Internet Fraud Gang
Spanish and Romanian police have joined forces to take down a gang suspected of earning at least €3m ($3.1) from internet scams. Spanish …
Google postpones Chrome’s third-party cookie bonfire yet again
Google says it needs more time to build and test its ostensibly privacy-preserving ad technology, marketed as the “Privacy Sandbox.” So the …
TechScape: What should social media giants do to protect children?
Tech companies should move ahead with controversial technology that scans for child abuse imagery on users’ phones, the technical heads …
What should social media giants do to protect children?
Apple is taking a major step into the unknown. That’s because its version of this approach will, for the first time from any major …
Mild monthly security update from Firefox – but update anyway
It’s time for this month’s scheduled Firefox update (technically, with 28 days between updates, you sometimes get two updates in one …
The Unsolved Mystery Attack on Internet Cables in Paris
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20 Years Ago in Cybersecurity: Massive DDoS Attack Hits the Roots of the Internet
20 Years Ago in Cybersecurity: Massive DDoS Attack Hits the Roots of the Internet It was considered the “largest ever” internet attack …