Security News

American Water stops billing for H2O due to 'cybersecurity incident'
2024-10-07 21:30

Water is still safe to drink, it confirms American Water, which supplies over 14 million people in the US and numerous military bases, has stopped issuing bills and has taken its MyWater app...

One-Third of UK Teachers Lack Cybersecurity Training, While 34% Experience Security Incidents
2024-10-03 15:40

A third of U.K. teachers have not received cyber security training this year, and only two-thirds of those that did deemed it useful, according to a government poll.

From Breach to Recovery: Designing an Identity-Focused Incident Response Playbook
2024-09-16 11:33

Imagine this... You arrive at work to a chaotic scene. Systems are down, panic is in the air. The culprit? Not a rogue virus, but a compromised identity. The attacker is inside your walls,...

The fingerpointing starts as cyber incident at London transport body continues
2024-09-05 10:00

Network admins take a ride on the Fright Bus The Transport for London (TfL) "cyber incident" is heading into its third day amid claims that a popular appliance might have been the gateway for...

Transport for London is dealing with a cyber security incident
2024-09-03 09:34

Transport for London (TfL) has sent out notifications to customers on Sunday evening saying that they “are currently dealing with an ongoing cyber security incident.” The government body that...

Transport for London discloses ongoing “cyber security incident”
2024-09-02 18:20

Transport for London (TfL), the city's transport authority, is investigating an ongoing cyberattack that has yet to impact its services. [...]

National Public Data Breach: Only 134 Million Unique Emails Leaked and Company Acknowledges Incident
2024-08-20 14:00

It wasn't until earlier this month that a user named "Fenice" leaked 2.7 billion unencrypted records on the dark web site known as "Breached," in the form of two csv files totalling 277GB. These did not contain phone numbers and email addresses, and Fenice said that the data originated from SXUL. As individuals will each have multiple records associated with them, one for each of their previous home addresses, the breach does not expose information about 2.7 billion different people. Must-read security coverage What security experts are saying about the breach Why are the National Public Data records so valuable to cyber criminals?

Number of incidents affecting GitHub, Bitbucket, GitLab, and Jira continues to rise
2024-08-07 03:00

The possibility to integrate security in development processes has given rise to DevSecOps, where development and operations teams work together with security teams and all their processes are converged. The incidents affecting GitHub users in 2023 increased by over 21% compared to the previous year.

Enhancing Incident Response Readiness with Wazuh
2024-08-05 10:16

The Wazuh active response module triggers actions in response to specific events on monitored endpoints. Wazuh active response automatically executes some specific actions in response to certain security alerts by default, on both Windows and Linux endpoints.

Is Australia’s Public Sector Ready for a Major Cyber Security Incident?
2024-08-05 08:00

Recent investigations into the cyber security preparedness of Australian Federal Government agencies have found gaps in the public sector's readiness for cyber security attacks or major data breaches, contributing to a focus in 2024 on improving their cyber readiness. More Australia coverage AUSTRAC, Services Australia show cyber security deficiencies.