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Scottish brewery ransomware attack leverages job opening
The Arran Brewery in Scotland was hit with a ransomware attack that saw a malicious actor using a job vacancy at the beer maker to slip in the malware.
Crooks turn to Delphi packers to evade malware detection
Cyber-criminals are increasingly using legitimate programming tools and their default libraries to evade malware detection.
2000-strong cyber-offence force 'to be created to counter Russian threat'
Sources say government is preparing to propose four-fold increase in UK's cyber-offensive capabilities.
Russian MagBo black market offers access to 3000 breached sites
Flashpoint researchers discovered a Russian speaking underground market place named "Magbo" selling access to approximately 3,000 breached sites for as little as 50 cents.
OPINION
Cyber-crime is endangering the future of online retail businesses
Shoplifting going digital is not just about stealing money; it's about stealing people's identities, payments and trust - and that means legitimate businesses loosing reputation and customers.
Could we see a 'national security help desk' for critical national infrastructure?
Why we will have to crowd-source skills over vast locations to cope with rising threats to critical national infrastructure; the concept of the IT help desk is now applicable to all manner of devices.
The end of an era: wave goodbye to the PIN
Biometric payment smart cards, with fingerprint recognition will greatly improve our ability to prevent fraud: fingerprints can now be enrolled onto the card directly, rather than a central database.
How to avoid IoT security risks in health care
IoT security risks are much higher in health care than in other industries because IoT-connected medical devices store patients' confidential data, such as social security numbers and personal medical history.
FEATURE
Book review "How to Steal a Million, The memoirs of a Russian Hacker, by Sergey Pavlovich
What can we learn from reading about the exploits of a successful Russian cyber-criminal, and are there lessons we can implement?
"We're building systems that are beyond our intellectual means to control"
New forms of algorithm can rewrite bits of their own code, making their inner workings unknowable to their human creators, hence new controls need to be created now, before mass-deployment of 'genetic AI.'
National professional body for cyber sec established - combines 17 orgs - just as gov criticised for inaction
National professional body for cyber security established as DCMS consults and Joint Committee on the National Security Strategy critical of government over cyber skills gap impact on CNI.
The SC Media UK Global top 50 companies in the cyber-security market
With up to US $143 billion annual expenditure to stem losses of US $6 trillion by 2021, SC Media UK's quick reference guide looks at the cyber-security market's direction and its main players.
VIDEOS
Barry Scott, CTO, EMEA, Centrify discusses the security vulnerabilities that young people bring to business.
Daniel Solis, CEO and founder at Blueliv, and Patryk Pilat, discuss recent research on credential theft.
[Video] Apricorn: EU GDPR - So What Do We Do Now?
Tony Morbin, Editor-in-Chief of SC Media UK interviews Jon Fielding, managing director, Apricorn, EMEA about new research from Apricorn highlighting exactly how massively ill-prepared companies are for last month’s deadline for enforcement of General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) rules.
NTT Security Global Threat Intelligence Report 2018 Highlights
NTT Security released their annual Global Threat Intelligence Report (GTIR) for 2018, it stated that ransomware is up 350 percent from 2017 and spyware ranks first in volume of malware at 26 percent reflecting attackers' desire for long-term presence for information.
NTT Security Global Threat Intelligence Report 2018 Full
NTT Security released their annual Global Threat Intelligence Report (GTIR) for 2018, it stated that ransomware is up 350 percent from 2017 and spyware ranks first in volume of malware at 26 percent reflecting attackers' desire for long-term presence for information.
SC Media UK roundtable with Logpoint
Discussing 'the true value of actionable intelligence', SC Media UK's latest roundtable with Logpoint saw a gathering of senior cyber-security practitioners to discuss actionable threat intelligence. Eleven distinguished guests engaged in discussion on the topic at the event, sponsored by LogPoint at the Duck & Waffle restaurant in London's Heron Tower; the session was moderated by SC's editor-in-chief Tony Morbin.
Upcoming Events
Webcast: Threat intelligence – What does a lean enterprise need to know around CTI?
Every vendor is pushing a threat intelligence feed, program, and/or product. How does a lean organisation separate the hype from the actual value?
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Webcast: Phishing, a phact of life - how to minimise its impact
Phishing has been around almost as long as the internet, but its still going strong and getting more sophisticated. Why? Because it works.
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