French cybersecurity agency ANSSI have recently found links to a Russian hacking group called Sandworm that has breached several French entities including a software firm whose clients include the French Ministry of Justice, and Airbus. The French company Centreon has been attacked by hackers who are linked to the Russian military intelligence agency GRU. Like[…]
Popular video game developer company CD Projekt Red has announced that they have fallen victim to a very serious ransomware attack. CD Projekt Red are a very well respected Polish game development company who have recently released one of the most anticipated games of the last decade; Cyberpunk 2077. The company have also developed the[…]
Last week a now patched security bug was found in the popular social media platform Tik Tok. This bug could have enabled hackers to build a database of users and their associated phone numbers. This flaw only affected users who linked their mobile phone number with their Tik Tok account or if they logged in[…]
A 2020 recap on cyber security and how to build resilience in 2021 2020 was a difficult and unprecedented year that affected families, individuals, and businesses in multiple ways in all corners of the world. Due to the coronavirus, businesses and their employees had to adapt to remote working or spending more time at home.[…]
Job scams have seen a 300% rise in the last two years according to ActionFraud. This has resulted in over 700,000 jobseekers losing upwards of £500,000 through these scams. These job scams are being carried out by scammers creating fake job advertisements and web pages where they aim to steal personal information and money. Unfortunately,[…]
Google’s January Android Security bulletin has addressed 43 critical software bugs that have been affecting Android handsets including big brands such as Samsung. Within the 43 bugs, Google has fixed 2 critical bugs that affected all android devices. These critical bugs allowed remote hackers to execute arbitrary code. Among these critical flaws included a remote[…]
The US Treasury and Commerce issued a warning to employees to disconnect from SolarWinds Orion products. Major software provider SolarWinds confirmed themselves that they had been targeted by a highly sophisticated cyber-attack. This has led to US companies and government networks being infected. The manual attack is believed to have been conducted by an outside nation[…]