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The prospect of cyber attacks targeting critical infrastructure worldwide has been raised in the media again, after reports that researchers have identified state-sponsored Russian hackers as being responsible for a wave of infections involving malicious malware called VPNFilter. 500,000 routers and storage devices in a total of 54 countries have reportedly been harnessed in preparation […]

It appears that 2018 really will be the year of the cryptominer. Since the end of 2017, detections of both cryptomining malware and cryptojacking scripts (in-browser miners) in websites have only increased. This trend continued into April, and whilst ransomware has not disappeared by any means, cryptomining malware has been the most detected threat for

The decision to award the World Cup tournament to Russia in 2018 was greeted by a sense of disbelief in many quarters, with football’s governing body, FIFA, subsequently accused of corruption, and its former president, Sepp Blatter, among those forced to relinquish their positions within the organisation. In 2016, with just two years to go

Ever since the closure of AlphaBay and Hansa back in July 2017, there has been a sense that Darknet vendors are holding back in fear of law enforcement. AlphaBay and Hansa were closed down following Operation Bayonet, a joint initiative between Dutch police forces and the FBI. It is believed that as many as 10,000

Following the participation of the UK in the recent air strikes on the chemical weapons facilities in Syria, a great deal of political and media speculation has been focusing on the possibility of Russian retaliation in the form of cyber attacks. Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson announced that the UK must take “every possible precaution” to

Cryptocurrency has been one of the biggest themes of 2018, and with it has come a string of malware targeted at users, traders, exchanges, and everything in between. Over the course of March, there were several different cryptomining campaigns detected, all with different modus operandi. A large-scale cryptomining operation, which has infected more than 30,000

With just 78 days remaining until the start of the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia, we are anticipating a notable surge in activity across the gambling sector. The World Cup is by some margin the most significant sports gambling event in the world; spectators across the globe will be following the games intently, and

As has been noted in numerous places, the significant price rise in both Bitcoin and Altcoins (like Monero and Ethereum) that took place over the course of 2016 and 2017 has driven many in the cybercriminal fraternity to completely ditch ransomware and other malware to focus exclusively on cryptominers. By the end of 2017, 2.7

In the run-up to the FIFA World Cup, which takes place in Russia from 14 June to 15 July 2018, we will be publishing a series of articles focusing on the challenges which British organisations and individuals might face when operating in or travelling to the country this year. While we will concentrate primarily on