January 29, 2025
Why is my Mitel phone DDoSing strangers? Oh, it was roped into a new Mirai botnet
And now you won't stop calling me, I'm kinda busy A new variant of the Mirai-based malware Aquabot is actively exploiting a vulnerability in Mitel phones to build a remote-controlled botnet, according to Akamai's Security Intelligence and Response Team.…
Transform your approach to data security
Watch this webinar on-demand and learn how to safeguard your organisation’s future Webinar The cybersecurity landscape continues to change at pace, leaving IT professionals constantly battling threats.…
‘Bro delete the chat’: Feel the panic shortly before cops bust major online fraud ring
Mastermind begs colluders to bury evidence later used to imprison him In announcing the sentencing of three Brits who ran OTP Agency, an account-takeover business, the National Crime Agency (NCA) revealed how a 2021 report sent the fraudsters into a panicked frenzy.…
Spending watchdog blasts UK govt over sloth-like cyber resilience progress
Think government cybersecurity is bad? Guess again. It’s alarmingly so The UK government is significantly behind on its 2022 target to harden systems against cyberattacks by 2025, with a new report from the spending watchdog suggesting it may not achieve this goal even by 2030.…
The curious story of Uncle Sam’s HR dept, a hastily set up email server, and fears of another cyber disaster
Lawsuit challenges effort to create federal-wide centralized inbox expected to be used for mass firings Two anonymous US government employees have sued Uncle Sam's HR department – the Office of Personnel Management – claiming the Trump administration's rapid roll out of a new federal email system broke the…