Security News

We know nations are going after critical systems, but what happens when crims join in?
2024-01-31 17:15

Volt Typhoon, the Chinese government-backed cyberspies whose infrastructure was at least partially disrupted by Uncle Sam, has been honing in on other US energy, satellite and telecommunications systems, according to Robert Lee, CEO of security shop Dragos. "We've been involved in incident response cases, as well as using our intelligence and capabilities to track that group and identify where they've been targeting," Lee said.

Cybercriminals embrace smarter strategies, less effort
2024-01-29 04:30

2024 is shaping up to be a record-breaking year for data breaches, according to Experian.With increased data collection, storage, and movement, there are plenty of partners down the supply chain that could be targeted.

Critical Cisco Flaw Lets Hackers Remotely Take Over Unified Comms Systems
2024-01-26 05:13

Cisco has released patches to address a critical security flaw impacting Unified Communications and Contact Center Solutions products that could permit an unauthenticated, remote attacker to...

EquiLend drags systems offline after admitting attacker broke in
2024-01-25 14:00

US securities lender EquiLend has pulled a number of its systems offline after a security "Incident" in which an attacker gained "Unauthorized access". EquiLend first spotted the attack on January 22 and a statement by the Wall Street staple confirmed there was unauthorized access to part of its infrastructure.