The wave of cyberattacks targeting British retailers is likely to continue, spelling more disrupted shopping for UK consumers, experts have warned. Harrods was the third major retailer to be targeted following ransomware attacks on Marks & Spencer and the Co-Op, for which a hacking gang has claimed responsibility. It is believed that hackers impersonated employees...Read More
This article includes a reference to violent sexual assault. Reports of a sophisticated new artificial intelligence platform started surfacing on cybersecurity blogs in April, describing a bespoke system whispered about on dark web hacker forums and created for the sole purpose of crime. But despite its shadowy provenance and evil-sounding name, Xanthorox isn’t so mysterious....Read More
A pro-Russian hacking group has claimed to have successfully targeted a range of UK websites, including local councils and the Association of Police and Crime Commissioners, during a three-day campaign. In a series of social media posts, the group calling itself NoName057(16) suggested it had made a number of websites temporarily inaccessible, although it is...Read More
Cyberattacks on hospitality businesses are more common than you may think, with hotels, restaurants, and other venues all prime targets for cybercriminals. Recently, Australian hotel group TFE Hotels (which manages Adina, Vibe, Travelodge and Rendezvous Hotels, to name a few) became the victim of a widespread cyberattack that completely disrupted operations. The cyberattack impacted TFE’s...Read More
Federal prosecutors have indicted a man living in Yemen who they believe to be the mastermind behind the Black Kingdom ransomware. The individual, Rami Khaled Ahmed, is accused of developing the ransomware, and then infecting around 1,500 computer systems with it. The infested systems were in the U.S. as well as other countries. Ahmed has...Read More
Nearly all of the surveyed companies have either faced cyberattacks or are bracing for one. More than half of the compliance professionals in Irish financial services companies say their organisations experienced cybercrime in the last five years, and many believe the worst is yet to come. This is according to a new report by the...Read More
Nozomi Networks has announced an integration with NVIDIA BlueField DPUs to enhance AI-powered cybersecurity monitoring, analysis, and response across the most demanding industrial environments. The collaboration enables critical infrastructure organizations worldwide to bolster their defenses by leveraging Nozomi’s AI-driven security platform, powered by the advanced compute capabilities of NVIDIA’s BlueField technology. “Artificial Intelligence has always...Read More
Last Thursday, in federal court in Brooklyn, a superseding indictment was unsealed charging Artem Stryzhak with conspiracy to commit fraud and related activity, including extortion, in connection with computers, for his role in a series of international attacks using the Nefilim ransomware. Stryzhak, a Ukrainian citizen, was arrested in Spain in June 2024 and extradited...Read More
Threat actors linked to the Play ransomware operation exploited a zero-day vulnerability in Microsoft Windows prior to its patching on April 8, 2025. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-29824, affects the Windows Common Log File System (CLFS) driver and allows attackers to elevate their privileges from standard user to full system access. The Symantec Threat Hunter...Read More
