cyber attacks The No More Ransom project celebrates its fifth anniversary after helping over six million ransomware victims recover their files and saving them almost €1 billion in ransomware payments.…
Microsoft have released KB5004945 emergency security update to fix the actively exploited PrintNightmare vulnerability in the Windows Print Spooler service impacting all Windows versions. Microsoft has not yet issued patches…
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has issued a notification regarding the critical PrintNightmare zero-day vulnerability and advises admins to disable the Windows Print Spooler service on servers not…
Mobile phones security issues: Up to 50% of UK consumers buying new mobile devices, whether direct from their network provider, the device manufacturer, or through a third-party retailer, could be…
John McAfee found dead in his Spanish prison cell after an announcement earlier Wednesday that he would be extradited to the U.S. to face charges of financial crimes. Spanish newspaper…
Microsoft's cybersecurity researchers are now on the hunt for BazarCall, a criminal group of attackers using call centres to infect PCs with malware called BazarLoader – a malware loader that's…
Intel has addressed 73 security vulnerabilities as part of the June 2021 Patch Tuesday, including high severity ones impacting some versions of Intel's Security Library and the BIOS firmware for…
Scammers often use fake unsubscribe emails (which can lead to further spam) to confirm valid email accounts. For some time, spammers have been sending emails that simply ask if you…
cyber attacks Passwords have always been a favourite target among hackers, so it is important for IT security pros to be familiar with the most common password attacks that are…
The FBI will soon begin to share compromised passwords with Have I Been Pwned's 'Password Pwned' service that were discovered during law enforcement investigations. Today, Have I Been Pwned creator…
NatWest scheduled payments bug may have cost you money. The UK-based National Westminster (NatWest) Bank is emailing multiple customers, asking them to check their debit transactions over the last year.…
SolarWinds code flaws revealed by U.K. & U.S. The U.S. and U.K. released details on Friday about how Russia’s foreign intelligence service operates in cyberspace, the latest effort to try…
Microsoft will remove Adobe Flash from Windows 10 this summer. The Windows 10 “Update for Removal of Adobe Flash Player,” which permanently removes Flash as a component of the operating…
Adobe One-Stop Shop (OSAS), now available on GitHub, has been developed to make the detection of abnormalities in datasets easier, as well as to improve the processing and format of…
An Android 'package delivery' scam that infects phones is spreading across the UK, experts have warned. The message - which pretends to be from a package delivery firm, prompts users…
Microsoft has silently issued a partial fix for a local privilege escalation (LPE) vulnerability impacting all Windows 7 and Server 2008 R2 devices. Read more
Windows 10 desktop bleepingcomputer.com reports that Microsoft has fixed a bug that could allow a threat actor to create specially crafted downloads that crash Windows 10 simply by opening the…
Terrible passwords Terrible passwords that people still use include; their pet's name; a family member's name; a notable date, "password" it has been announced in a report says the BBC.…
cyber attacks bleepingcomputer.com reports that Google Chrome is now blocking HTTP, HTTPS, and FTP access to TCP port 10080 to prevent the ports from being abused in NAT Slipstreaming 2.0…
cyber attacks BBC News reports that Microsoft recently put out a report claiming that businesses globally are neglecting a key aspect of their cyber-security - the need to protect computers,…
