January 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…
Protecting AWS environments from cyberthreats
The shared responsibility model: why securing AWS workloads is essential Partner Content Organizations are increasingly shifting their deployments to the cloud due to its many benefits over traditional on-premises solutions.…
Security pros more confident about fending off ransomware, despite being battered by attacks
Data leak, shmata leak. It will all work out, right? IT and security pros say they are more confident in their ability to manage ransomware attacks after nearly nine in ten (88 percent) were forced to contain efforts by criminals to breach their defenses in the past year.…
Apple plugs security hole in its iThings that’s already been exploited in iOS
Cupertino kicks off the year with a zero-day Apple has plugged a security hole in the software at the heart of its iPhones, iPads, Vision Pro goggles, Apple TVs and macOS Sequoia Macs, warning some miscreants have already exploited the bug.…
US freezes foreign aid, halting cybersecurity defense and policy funds for allies
Uncle Sam will 'no longer blindly dole out money,' State Dept says US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has frozen nearly all foreign aid cash for a full-on government review, including funds to defend America's allies from cyberattacks as well as steer international computer security policies.…
DeepSeek suspends new registrations amid cyberattack
Chinese AI startup grapples with consequences of sudden popularity China's DeepSeek, which shook up US AI companies with the debut of its R1 model family, has limited new signups due to ongoing cyberattack.…