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The United States Treasury Department has announced sanctions against Tornado Cash due to links with the hacking collective Lazarus Group, amid reports the virtual ...
• Sun, 31 Aug 2025
Major General (Ret’d) Dr Marcus Thompson joins ParaFlare board
Major General (Ret’d) Dr Marcus Thompson, AM, PhD, and Mandy Ross, chief information and digital officer of Super Retail Group, have joined ParaFlare’s board as ...
• Wed, 10 Aug 2022
Ransomware gangs Hive, LockBit and BlackCat double-tapping target networks
Sophos researchers have found that Hive, LockBit and BlackCat, three prominent ransomware gangs, consecutively attacked the same network.
Over $1.2bn stolen via weak crypto ‘bridges’, report reveals
According to data from London-based blockchain analysis firm Elliptic, hackers have stolen crypto worth some $1.2 billion from “bridges”, which is more than double from ...
• Tue, 09 Aug 2022
Deepfake attacks and cyber extortion, new tools in cyber crime playbook
VMware’s eighth annual Global Incident Response Threat Report has found that emerging threats such as deepfakes and attacks on API are on the rise, along with cyber ...
Australian tech industry warned to shore up metaverse defences
Trend Micro warns of a “darkverse” of criminality, which could quickly evolve to fuel a new industry of metaverse-related cyber crimes.
The inner workings of ransomware double extortion
A unique aspect of the recent Pain Points: Ransomware Data Disclosure Trends report clarified not just what ransomware actors choose to disclose, but who discloses what, ...
Paul Prudhomme • Tue, 09 Aug 2022
‘Hi Mum’ text message scam rakes in $2m and counting
The NSW Police State Crime Command’s Cybercrime Squad has warned phone users to remain vigilant following a rise in victims of the scam dubbed “Hi Mum”.
What will ransomware crews do when the pay out isn’t worth the risk?
Such is the prevalence of ransomware attacks over the last few years that you’d be hard placed finding a person on the street that hasn’t heard or read about an attack ...
Elliot Dellys • Mon, 08 Aug 2022
Palo Alto Networks introduces new Unit 42 MDR service
Palo Alto Networks has launched the Unit 42 Managed Detection and Response (Unit 42 MDR), a new service that is designed to offer continuous 24/7 threat detection, ...
• Mon, 08 Aug 2022
VMware to tackle emerging threats with AWS advanced workload protection
VMware Carbon Black Workload for AWS aims to deliver comprehensive visibility and security for AWS customers, across on-premises cloud environments.
Cyber risk ‘really does not discriminate’
With the risks of cyber security now spanning across different businesses and industries, this law firm partner explains what the newly implemented reforms to the ...
Lauren Croft • Mon, 08 Aug 2022
Qualys cloud platform enhanced with EASM capability
Qualys has announced it has added external attack surface management (EASM) capabilities to the Qualys cloud platform.
• Fri, 05 Aug 2022
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