‘Five Eyes’ Alliance Updates Cybersecurity Advice as Risk to Critical Infrastructure Grows
The recent ‘Five Eyes’ intelligence agencies from the US, UK, Canada, Australia and New Zealand updated mitigation advice in response to Russian state-sponsored and criminal cyber threats. Focusing on the risks faced by critical infrastructure providers, the advisory...
Cybersecurity Update: “World’s Most Dangerous Malware” Returns – this Time in Excel Email Attachments
Described by Europol and many others across the cybersecurity ecosystem as “the world’s most dangerous malware”, ‘Emotet’ is a trojan that first appeared in 2014 and is delivered by infected email attachments or links. It has been widely used to spread ransomware,...
Ransomware Attack Threatens Supply of UK’s Favourite Snacks as Authorities Issue Alert of “Increased Globalized Threat”
Following a recent ransomware incident, some of the UK’s favourite snack brands – including KP Nuts, McCoy’s, Tyrrells, Skips and Hula Hoops – could be in short supply in the weeks ahead. KP Snacks revealed it was hit by the attack in late January – a security breach...
Cybersecurity – The Fifth Modern Battleground
In recent months, there has been growing pressure on the US government and Congress to pass more rigorous and effective cybersecurity legislation. To a large part, this is motivated by the need to discourage bad actors from targeting government institutions, to secure...
