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Mastercard acquires threat intelligence firm Recorded Future for US$2.6bn

Mastercard acquires threat intelligence firm Recorded Future for US$2.6bn

The financial services giant has said the acquisition will complement the company’s current suite of security services

David Hollingworth Fri, 13 Sep 2024
TfL cyber attack sees commuter data exposed as NCA arrests teen

TfL cyber attack sees commuter data exposed as NCA arrests teen

London commuters are being contacted by the city’s transport agency after the Transport for London (TfL) cyber attack ...

Daniel Croft Fri, 13 Sep 2024
Op-Ed: AI attacks and dark LLMs – defending against a threat that improves on its own

Op-Ed: AI attacks and dark LLMs – defending against a threat that improves on its own

Just how much of a threat are large language models in the hands of malicious actors? Both more and less than you might ...

Aaron Bugal, Field CTO APJ at Sophos Fri, 13 Sep 2024
Exclusive: Another case of ransomware data duplication as second group claims Myelec cyber attack

Exclusive: Another case of ransomware data duplication as second group claims Myelec cyber attack

A second threat group has claimed an attack on Western Australia-based electrical wholesaler Myelec, this time ...

Daniel Croft Thu, 12 Sep 2024
Fortinet suffers third-party data breach affecting Asia-Pacific customers

Fortinet suffers third-party data breach affecting Asia-Pacific customers

International cyber security giant Fortinet has disclosed that it has suffered a data breach.

Daniel Croft Thu, 12 Sep 2024
Exclusive: NZ-based Bennett Currie customer data published following ransomware attack

Exclusive: NZ-based Bennett Currie customer data published following ransomware attack

Customers of the New Zealand accounting firm have had their personal and financial data published on the dark web.

David Hollingworth Thu, 12 Sep 2024
ColorTokens announces acquisition of PureID

ColorTokens announces acquisition of PureID

PureID’s identity and access management skills will be used to boost ColorToken’s Xshield platform and help minimise the ...

David Hollingworth Wed, 11 Sep 2024
Patch Tuesday round-up, September 2024

Patch Tuesday round-up, September 2024

Rapid7’s lead software engineer, Adam Barnett, catches us up with the latest vulnerabilities patched by Microsoft, and ...

Adam Barnett, Lead Software Engineer at Rapid7 Wed, 11 Sep 2024
Transport for London staff face limited system access following cyber attack

Transport for London staff face limited system access following cyber attack

Last week’s Transport for London (TfL) cyber attack continues to develop as staff now have limited access to the ...

Daniel Croft Tue, 10 Sep 2024
Exclusive: RansomHub claims Aussie fundraising outfit as alleged victim

Exclusive: RansomHub claims Aussie fundraising outfit as alleged victim

The ransomware gang claims to have stolen 79 gigabytes of data from BSG Australia, a supplier of bingo and related ...

David Hollingworth Tue, 10 Sep 2024
Rapid7 says 6 vulnerabilities found within Veeam Backup and Replication

Rapid7 says 6 vulnerabilities found within Veeam Backup and Replication

Cyber security firm Rapid7 has advised users of recovery software provider Veeam that some of the company’s products ...

Daniel Croft Tue, 10 Sep 2024
Report: Cyber security to remain a priority for ANZ CIOs in 2025

Report: Cyber security to remain a priority for ANZ CIOs in 2025

A new Gartner survey has revealed the top technology investment trends for the coming year, with 88 per cent of chief ...

David Hollingworth Tue, 10 Sep 2024
US credit card info of almost 1.7m potentially stolen by threat actors

US credit card info of almost 1.7m potentially stolen by threat actors

A US-based electronic payment service provider has quietly disclosed that the data of almost 1.7 million people was ...

Daniel Croft Tue, 10 Sep 2024