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Key cybersecurity news, insight and features on the latest data breaches, threat actors, cyberattacks and beyond from around the world. Cybersecurity is one of the most important issues facing the world of technology today, and is only set to worsen in the coming years. Keep on top of the latest developments and cybersecurity news with Verdict, with articles that include insight from some of the biggest names in the field.
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29 Sep
USA and India ban China linked apps as geopolitical tensions rise
Amid geopolitical tensions between China and several countries, most notably India and the USA, the first casualty has been a free and open internet.
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29 Sep
Washington State has been hit by a cyberattack
Washington State has been hit by a "sprawling, multifaceted cyberattack" according to sources close to the matter, Bloomberg has reported.
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28 Sep
Network and security convergence will grow in digital enterprise environments
When the topic of network and security convergence is in discussion, the song ‘Don’t Believe the Hype’ from the 80’s hip hop group ‘Public Enemy’ comes to mind.
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24 Sep
CTO Talk: Q&A with RiskIQ’s Adam Hunt
Adam Hunt is the CTO of RiskIQ, a cybersecurity company that specialises in attack surface intelligence.
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24 Sep
Ransomware resilience – what’s the best defence?
An organisation is only as strong as its cyber defences.
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18 Sep
Duesseldorf University Hospital cyberattack leads to death of patient
A patient at Duesseldorf University Hospital in Germany has died after the hospital suffered a cyberattack.
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17 Sep
Infostealers most common type of covid-themed malware: F-Secure
Infostealers were the most common type of malware in attachments sent in a Covid-themed email in the first half of the year.
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17 Sep
NCSC warns of cyberattacks against schools after ransomware spike
The UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) has issued a security alert to the education sector warning that cybercriminals are looking to target schools, colleges and universities with cyberattacks as students return after the summer.
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15 Sep
“Disgusting”: US Department of Veteran Affairs suffers data breach
The US Department of Veteran Affairs has suffered a data breach, with the personal information of 46,000 veterans affected.
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11 Sep
“Better late than never”: Zoom boosts security with 2FA
Zoom has added two-factor authentication (2FA) to its video communications platform, a long-awaited feature that will provide a security boost.
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11 Sep
Security researchers uncover Bluetooth vulnerability
Researchers at the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) and Purdue University have uncovered a Bluetooth security flaw that could allow an attacker to connect to a user device without authentication.
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10 Sep
CDRThief malware steals private voice over internet data
Security researchers have discovered a new strain of malware that targets voice over internet protocol (VoIP) software switches to steal private data such as call detail records (CDRs).
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8 Sep
Whistleblower reports to ICO over data breaches reach record highs
The number of whistleblower reports made to the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) concerning data breaches increased by 34% in the last year, bringing it to a record high.
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8 Sep
European bodies call for international standards for data protection
The chair of the Council of Europe’s data protection “Convention 108” committee and the Council of Europe’s Data Protection Commissioner have both called for the adoption of international legal standards for data protection following the Shrems II judgement.
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3 Sep
CTO Talk: Q&A with Forescout’s Robert McNutt
Robert McNutt is the CTO of Forescout, a cybersecurity company that specialises in protecting the 'enterprise of things'.
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3 Sep
Subscription rise fuels CrowdStrike Q2 revenue beat
CrowdStrike has reported an earnings and revenue beat in its second-quarter results as the cybersecurity company benefited from a rise in subscriptions and strong demand for endpoint protection among remote workforces.
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28 Aug
Why OT cybersecurity is the Achilles’ heel for many organisations
Digitalisation now has a grip on every single industry, from agriculture to construction to healthcare.
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27 Aug
New Zealand Stock Exchange hit by second DDoS attack
The New Zealand Stock Exchange has been temporarily shut down for the second day in a row due to a cyberattack.
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25 Aug
North Korean hacking group behind global cryptocurrency attacks
Lazarus Group, a hacking organisation that has been linked to North Korea, has been attributed to global cyberattack campaign targeting companies in the cryptocurrency space.
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21 Aug
DDoS attacks rose by 542% in Q1 of 2020
Distributed denial of Service (DDoS) attacks have increased by 542% compared with the previous quarter during the Covid-19 pandemic.
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20 Aug
Cobalt raises $29m funding for Pentest as a Service platform
Cybersecurity startup Cobalt has raised $29m in a Series B funding round to expand its Pentest as a Service (PtaaS) platform, which is designed to challenge software security testing.
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20 Aug
Instagram, TikTok and YouTube user data left unsecured in data breach
Social media platforms Instagram, TikTok and YouTube have suffered a large-scale data breach, affecting nearly 235 million accounts.
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20 Aug
“People will be less scared of change”: How the pandemic could create opportunities for CISOs
With many employees now working from home, and numerous organisations looking to implement digital transformation at an unprecedented pace, the Covid-19 pandemic has brought with it many new challenges for chief information security officers (CISOs), often while contending with shrinking budgets.
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19 Aug
Twitter hack was “probably” the result of a vishing attack
A vishing campaign could have been behind Twitter's recent hack, which saw many high-profile accounts taken over by attackers.
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19 Aug
Marriott faces fresh data breach woes as London lawsuit launched
Hotel group Marriott International faces a London class-action lawsuit over a 2018 data breach that saw 339 million customer records stolen by hackers.
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18 Aug
Cyware raises $10m funding to transform cybersecurity ecosystem amid remote working surge
Cybersecurity startup Cyware has announced that it has raised $10m in a Series A funding round to expand amid growing demand for its automated threat intelligence and response product due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
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13 Aug
Priiv app exits stealth mode to combat “era of privacy theft”
Startup The Privacy Co has exited stealth mode by launching its app Priiv to help users protect against privacy theft.
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11 Aug
Slack strikes another blow to phishing with verification feature
Slack has announced a range of new security features, certificates and integrations, including a verification system that creates an additional obstacle for would-be phishing scammers attempting to infiltrate the workplace communication platform.
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11 Aug
Automatic facial recognition by South Wales Police ruled unlawful in Court of Appeal
The use of live automatic facial recognition by South Wales Police Force has been ruled unlawful by the Court of Appeal.
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11 Aug
Post-Brexit EU data sharing in jeopardy over UK privacy concerns
Data sharing between the UK and the EU is at serious risk post-Brexit as the trading bloc is likely to regard the UK as being as bad as the US when it comes to privacy issues, a law firm has warned.