January 2025
The Big Short on Cybersecurity
How to communicate risk to executives Partner Content Have you ever watched ? It's one of my all-time favorite movies, not just for the story but for how it handles complexity.…
Another banner year for ransomware gangs despite takedowns by the cops
And it doesn't take a crystal ball to predict the future If the nonstop flood of ransomware attacks doesn't already make every day feel like Groundhog Day, then a look back at 2024 – and predictions for 2025 – definitely will.…
Google to Iran: Yes, we see you using Gemini for phishing and scripting. We’re onto you
And you, China, Russia, North Korea ... Guardrails block malware generation Google says it's spotted Chinese, Russian, Iranian, and North Korean government agents using its Gemini AI for nefarious purposes, with Tehran by far the most frequent naughty user out of the four.…
Data resilience and data portability
Why organizations should protect everything, everywhere, all at once Sponsored Feature Considering it has such a large share of the data protection market, Veeam doesn't talk much about backups in meetings with enterprise customers these days.…
VMware plugs steal-my-credentials holes in Cloud Foundation
Consider patching soon because cybercrooks love to hit vulnerable tools from Broadcom's virtualization giant Broadcom has fixed five flaws, collectively deemed "high severity," in VMware's IT operations and log management tools within Cloud Foundation, including two information disclosure bugs that could lead to credential leakage under certain conditions.…
Ransomware attack at New York blood services provider – donors turned away during shortage crisis
400 hospitals and med centers across 15 states rely on its products New York Blood Center Enterprises (NYBCe) is currently in its fifth day of handling a ransomware attack that has led to system disruption.…
Canvassing apps used by UK political parties riddled with privacy, security issues
Neither Labour, Conservatives, nor the Lib Dems offered a retort to rights org's report The Open Rights Group (ORG) has raised concerns about a number of security issues it found in all three of the canvassing apps developed on behalf of the UK's three major political parties.…
WFH with privacy? 85% of Brit bosses snoop on staff
Employers remain blissfully unaware/wilfully ignorant of the impact of surveillance on staff More than three-quarters of UK employers admit to using some form of surveillance tech to spy on their remote workers' productivity.…
Wacom says crooks probably swiped customer credit cards from its online checkout
Digital canvas slinger indicates dot-com was skimmed for over a month Graphics tablet maker Wacom has warned customers their credit card details may well have been stolen by miscreants while they were buying stuff from its website.…
Guess who left a database wide open, exposing chat logs, API keys, and more? Yup, DeepSeek
Oh someone's in DeepShi... China-based AI biz DeepSeek may have developed competitive, cost-efficient generative models, but its cybersecurity chops are another story.…