2025-05-14 Post a Comment

Cyber attacks: What to do if you fear your personal information has been stolen

Story by Athena Stavrou In recent weeks, some of the UK’s best-known brands and retailers have suffered cyber attacks. Marks & Spencer, the Co-op and and luxury department store Harrods have all be affected by hacks or attempted hacks, leaving customers concerned about their personal data. On Tuesday, M&S admitted that customer personal data had been taken by hackers after the retail giant was hit by a damaging cyber attack last month. <cs-card “=”” class=”card-outer […]

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2025-02-11 Post a Comment

Huge cyber attack under way – 2.8 million IPs being used to target VPN devices

By Sead Fadilpaši? Millions of devices, likely infected with malware, are being used in a hacking campaign Researchers spotted brute-force attacks against VPN and other internet-connected devices The majority of the IP addresses are located in Brazil A wide range of Virtual Private Network (VPN) and other networking devices are currently under attack by threat actors trying to break in to wider networks, experts have warned. Threat monitoring platform The […]

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2024-02-10 Post a Comment

Government hackers targeted iPhone owners with zero-days, Google says

Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai@lorenzofb Government hackers last year exploited three unknown vulnerabilities in Apple’s iPhone operating system to target victims with spyware developed by a European startup, according to Google. On Tuesday, Google’s Threat Analysis Group, the company’s team that investigates nation-backed hacking, published a report analyzing several government campaigns conducted with hacking tools developed by several spyware and exploit sellers, including Barcelona-based startup Variston. In one of the campaigns, according to Google, government […]

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2024-02-10 Post a Comment

How security experts unravel ransomware

Katie Malone Senior Reporter It’s usually law enforcement, or a mistake by the ransomware gang, that lets them reverse the process. Hackers use ransomware to go after every industry, charging as much money as they can to return access to a victim’s files. It’s a lucrative business to be in. In the first six months of 2023, ransomware gangs bilked $449 million from their targets, even though most governments advise against paying ransoms. Increasingly, […]

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2024-02-08 Post a Comment

Johnson Controls says ransomware attack cost $27 million, data stolen

By Bill Toulas Johnson Controls International has confirmed that a September 2023 ransomware attack cost the company $27 million in expenses and led to a data breach after hackers stole corporate data. Johnson Controls is a multinational conglomerate that develops and manufactures industrial control systems, security equipment, air conditioners, and fire safety equipment. As first reported by BleepingComputer, Johnson Controls suffered a ransomware attack in September after the firm’s Asia offices were […]

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