RansomWarrior decryption keys published
Keeping up with malware attacks can be exhausting. Every day new ones appear and in turn spawn a host of other attacks. Checkpoint researchers are offering some relief to those infected...
Craig Jones on the NCA and forensic cybersecurity
The recent Cyber Security Challenge Face to Face (F2F) competition was set by the National Crime Agency. The goal was to introduce contestants to a part of cybersecurity that is often overlooked;...
WhatsApp backups won’t be encrypted
In an FAQ, messaging platform WhatsApp has given details of a deal that allows users to backup to Google Drive without worrying about storage costs. It will only apply to users...
Did GDPR increase spam and dodgy domains?
Researchers at security firm Recorded Future have looked at whether GDPR increased spam volumes and domain registrations. Both were widely predicted by security researchers to increase as GDPR offered increased anonymity...
Cybercriminals make over $1.13 million per minute
Cybercriminals made a whopping $600 billion last year, a 32% increase on the previous year. The detail has been announced by RiskIQ in their latest Evil Internet Minute report. If cybercrime...
Hacking prosecutions continue to fall
There were just 47 prosecutions for hacking under the Computer Misuse Act in 2017 claims UK legal firm RPC. It is 18% lower than 2016 and the second year in a...
Forensics key to NCA challenge
29 people, one just 14 years of age, gathered at the Defence Academy of the United Kingdom for the latest Cyber Security Challenge face-to-face (F2F) competition set by the NCA. Split...
Millions of emails spreading the Marap downloader
Researchers at Proofpoint have identified a new malware downloader they have called Marap. It is being used in a new email malspam campaign aimed at financial institutions. This is the second...
Malspam campaign drops FlawedAmmyy RAT
Trustwave has spotted a new malspam (malware spam) campaign posing as an invoice. Malspam emails with infected invoices are nothing new. Most organisations see at least one every week. They come...
Vulnerability hits Microsoft MFA
Multifactor Authentication is seen as the solution to weak password-based security. Unfortunately, like any solution, it is just as prone to vulnerabilities as anything else. The recent attack against Reddit showed,...