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A survey conducted by AT&T found that 70% of large businesses think that their security posture is being damaged by remote working, leaving them more vulnerable to cyberattack- This is what the experts think. Remote working has made us all ask difficult questions of ourselves. While the initial kneejerk decisions to deploy a  remote workforce took place in order to make sure that the spread of Covid19 was curtailed, now we have been in a...

Ever since it was declared a global pandemic, experts have warned that COVID-19 will put increased strain on security teams by creating more variables and attack surfaces. Now, according to VMware Carbon Black, it is official. Their most recent Global Incident Response Report, revealed that COVID-19 continues to create a larger surface area for cyberattacks. More than half (53%) of all respondents encountered or observed an increase related to the pandemic. 53% of IR professionals...

According to a new report from University College London (UCL), fake audio or video content has been ranked as the most worrying use of artificial intelligence in terms of its potential applications for crime or terrorism. Deep fakes will most likely come to fruition on social media as memes, however their future can be much more sinister. The potential consequences of deep fake videos can range from influencing political outcomes to infiltrating biometric security systems....

The digital era has brought a multitude of opportunities, and unique challenges for businesses. Industrial espionage and sabotage has always been a threat to corporations, but the digital age presents new tools and weapons. Acts of online sabotage may involve discrediting a business’s products/service with negative (and often fake) reviews, as well as running a link spam campaign to cause a Google penalty, or even hacking a website.   These methods can have incredibly detrimental...

The leak of classified U.S and UK trade documents in the run-up to Britain's 2019 elections were allegedly stolen by Russian hackers. The documents were supposedly accessed from the email inbox of former trade minister, Liam Fox, between July 12 and October 21, revealed Reuters. Whilst choosing not to name the Russian organisation responsible, the anonymous sources affirmed that it was likely a state-backed operation. Cyber security expert Tim Sadler, CEO of Tessian, said that...

The Sydney Morning Herald has announced yet another cyberattack in a string of attacks targeted at Australian organisations and critical infrastructure. Suspected to be the work of an overseas actor, Regis, the aged care operator, is the latest to be affected. Already struggling with the coronavirus outbreak, the company now has to deal with the breach of sensitive personal data. The federal Australian government has issued further 'critical' warning that Maze ransomware will likely continue...

The hacking group, ShinyHunters, recently leaked the databases of 18 companies for free. Among the 386 million user records exposed, 1.3million were users from the US-based interior design website, Havenly. The leaked data included login names, full names, MD5 hashed passwords, email address and phone numbers, among others. BleepingComputer had reported the breach to Havenly on the 27th of July, but the company only disclosed the breach to its users five days later, on the...

An anonymous source has recently revealed to the BBC that the number of deaths in Iran from COVID-19 is actually triple that of Iran's government claims. While the health ministry had reported 14,405 deaths, the records appear to show up to 42,000 deaths. The data leaked included details of daily admissions to hospitals across the country, with names, age, gender, symptoms, length of hospitalisation and the patients' underlying conditions.

The European council announced today that it will impose "restrictive measures against six individuals and three entities responsible for or involved in various cyber-attacks. These include the attempted cyber-attack against the OPCW (Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons) and those publicly known as 'WannaCry', 'NotPetya', and 'Operation Cloud Hopper'." The measures will include a travel ban and asset freeze, and constitute the very first sanctions the EU implements in response to nation-state cyberattacks. This comes as part of the Framework for a Joint EU Diplometic...

Hackers gained access to confidential information about thousands of Labour party donors, ITV reported today. This security compromise is the result of a wider cyber-attack directed at cloud computing provider Blackbaud, which affected over 125 institutions in the UK, including many universities. The compromise affected the fundraising and donor management software Raiser's Edge, which is developed by Blackbaud. A Labour spokesperson said to ITV that they received a notification of the incident from Blackbaud and...