Despite increasingly stringent measures being taken to slow the outbreak, both in UK hospitals and wider society, the number of cases continues to grow. Hospitals in the UK have cancelled all non-urgent operations for at least three months. Patients considered fit enough to leave have been sent home, and approximately 10,000 extra beds sourced from …
There are significant parallels between the responses of governments and national healthcare organisations to coronavirus – and the resulting infection, Covid-19 – and the way in which businesses respond to ransomware attacks. Unfortunately, the woeful state of global pandemic management and preparedness mirrors the posture of most companies to a ransomware infection or data breach …
The environmental campaign group Extinction Rebellion began a new series of well-publicised protests on 7 October, when thousands of demonstrators gathered in major cities around the world, demanding government action to combat climate change. The speed with which the Extinction Rebellion movement has grown is startling. It was launched in October 2018 by Roger Hallam …
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On 29 July it was reported that Capital One had been hit by a cyber-attack, resulting in the theft of data belonging to 106 million of its customers in the United States and Canada. Virginia-based Capital One is the third largest credit card issuer in the US: with the number of people impacted by the …
Introduction Over the course of three days (12 – 15 August 2019) we monitored the public submissions of three popular online sandbox services. These services allow anyone to upload a file and then generate a report about what happens when the file is opened; they then give an indication as to whether the file is …
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We recently analysed an interesting new dotNet banker from Brazil. The malware is not particularly sophisticated and only reveals itself under certain conditions. Further, it contains no obfuscation, making the analysis reasonably simple. Delivery The malware was being delivered via email, utilising a very simple exe loader contained inside a zip file. This requires the …
In the last couple of weeks we have seen some worrying developments in the dispute between India and Pakistan over Kashmir, a region of the Indian sub-continent that has been the subject of territorial claims and military clashes since both countries attained independence from Great Britain in 1947. The first war over it broke out …
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Threat actors are targeting SMEs with ransomware attacks more than ever before. We are seeing a broad range of organisations – universities, small IT companies, law and marketing firms – hit by the malware. There appears to be a distinct shift from “spray and pray” ransomware operations to a more strategic approach: attackers are gaining …
In the last couple of weeks two interesting incidents have come to light: while they are very different and seemingly unconnected, they both involve China, the US, cyber espionage, and economic sanctions – past and present – levied against Iran. The first case concerns the activities of Chinese telecommunications company Huawei, which has been thrown …
In recent months, following the furore over the activities of ‘Russian bots’ and their impact on the US presidential election, the Brexit referendum and indeed elections in a range of other western nations, Twitter has been taking a proactive approach to the problem, and has suspended more than 70 million fake accounts. The move followed …
