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Raw Deel: Corporate spy admits role in espionage at HR software biz Rippling
The name's not Bond. It's O'Brien - Keith O'Brien, now-former global payroll compliance manager at the Dublin, Ireland office of HR software-as-a-service maker Rippling.…
Crimelords at Hunters International tell lackeys ransomware too 'risky'
Big-game ransomware crew Hunters International says its criminal undertaking has become "unpromising, low-converting, and extremely risky," and it is mulling shifting tactics amid an apparent rebrand.…
Oracle's masterclass in breach comms: Deny, deflect, repeat
Opinion Oracle is being accused of poor incident comms as it reels from two reported data security mishaps over the past fortnight, amid a reluctance to publicly acknowledge all of the events as well as allegedly deleting evidence from the web.…
Don’t let cyberattacks keep you down
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For healthcare orgs, disaster recovery means making sure docs can save lives during ransomware infection
When IT disasters strike, it can become a matter of life and death for healthcare organizations – and criminals know it.…
Oracle faces Texas-sized lawsuit over alleged cloud snafu and radio silence
Specialist class action lawyers have launched proceedings against Oracle in Texas over two alleged data breaches.…
One of the last of Bletchley Park's quiet heroes, Betty Webb, dies at 101
Obit Betty Webb MBE, one of the team who worked at the code-breaking Bletchley Park facility during the Second World War, has died at the age of 101.…
Apple belatedly patches actively exploited bugs in older OSes
Apple has delivered a big batch of OS updates, some of which belatedly patch older versions of its operating systems to address exploited-in-the-wild flaws the iGiant earlier fixed in more recent releases.…
North Korea’s fake tech workers now targeting European employers
North Korea’s scamming, thieving, and AI-abusing fake IT workers are increasingly targeting European employers.…
Forget Signal. National Security Adviser Waltz now accused of using Gmail for work
Senior members of the US National Security Council, including the White House national security adviser Michael Waltz, have been accused of using their personal Gmail accounts to exchange sensitive information.…
Microsoft to mark five decades of Ctrl-Alt-Deleting the competition
Microsoft will officially hit the half-century mark on Friday as the Windows giant turns 50 years old. What do you consider the highs and lows of the company's journey to dominance?…
Google makes end-to-end encrypted Gmail easy for all – even Outlook users
Google will soon offer end-to-end encrypted (E2EE) email for all users, even those who do not use Google Workspace, and says it'll do so without imposing any undue stress on IT admins.…
UK threatens £100K-a-day fines under new cyber bill
The UK's technology secretary revealed the full breadth of the government's Cyber Security and Resilience (CSR) Bill for the first time this morning, pledging £100,000 ($129,000) daily fines for failing to act against specific threats under consideration.…
GCHQ intern took top secret spy tool home, now faces prison
A student at Britain's top eavesdropping government agency has pleaded guilty to taking sensitive information home on the first day of his trial.…
CISA spots spawn of Spawn malware targeting Ivanti flaw
Owners of Ivanti’s Connect Secure, Policy Secure, and ZTA Gateway products have a new strain of malware to fend off, according to the US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, aka CISA.…
Top cybersecurity boffin, wife vanish as FBI raids homes
A tenured computer security professor at Indiana University and his university-employed wife have not been seen publicly since federal agents raided their homes late last week.…
Oracle Cloud security SNAFU latest: IT giant accused of pedantry as evidence vanishes
Two Oracle data security breaches have been reported in the past week, and the database goliath not only remains reluctant to acknowledge the disasters publicly – it may be scrubbing the web of evidence, too.…
Check Point confirms breach, but says it was 'old' data and crook made 'false' claims
A digital burglar is claiming to have nabbed a trove of "highly sensitive" data from Check Point - something the American-Israeli security biz claims is a huge exaggeration.…
Cloud security explained: What’s left exposed?
Advertorial AWS customers might assume that security is taken care of for them - however, this is a dangerous misconception.…
China cracks down on personal information collection. No, seriously
Asia In Brief China last week commenced a crackdown on inappropriate collection and subsequent use of personal information.…