Nigeria has launched a first-of-its-kind joint case team to step up its response to cybercrimes that affect people and businesses at home and abroad. The ‘Joint Case Team on Cybercrime’ brings together Nigeria’s key justice and security agencies to work as one, making it easier to detect, investigate and prosecute digital offences. It is supported...Read More
A third British retailer has been hit with a cyberattack The M&S incident is likely a ransomware attack from ScatteredSpider Retailers are at risk due to high downtime costs Luxury department store Harrods has become the third British retailer to be hit by a cyberattack in a matter of days, with the firm restricting internet...Read More
Cyber security firm Check Point Software Technologies says cyber criminals are weaponising artificial intelligence. Check Point Software Technologies has launched its inaugural AI Security Report, exposing the rise of AI-powered cyber crime and defences. According to the cyber security firm, the report offers an in-depth exploration of how cyber criminals are weaponising artificial intelligence (AI), alongside...Read More
Artificial intelligence is fundamentally reshaping the cybersecurity landscape, introducing both unprecedented defensive capabilities and alarming new attack vectors. The rapid evolution of generative AI and large language models (LLMs) has created a technological inflection point where digital identity verification mechanisms-including voice recognition, facial analysis, and behavioral biometrics-have become increasingly unreliable against sophisticated AI-driven impersonation attacks....Read More
The recent cyberattack on M&S is not a UK-centric incident, with the DragonForce ransomware group rapidly emerging as one of the most dangerous threats in the cybersecurity domain globally, according to Rick Welsh, CEO of Killara Cyber. Killara Cyber is the cyber insurance program of Canopy Specialty Insurance. It offers a solution for its SME...Read More
In 2015 cybercriminals targeted several currency trading companies and stole sensitive data, leaving behind a ransom note. They received a frantic response from a woman named Helena, who identified herself as a European executive from one of the companies tasked with handling the negotiations. In increasingly flustered exchanges over WhatsApp, Helena implored them to lower...Read More
M&S may have been hacked by a group of notorious cyber-criminals known as Scattered Spider, some of whom are believed to be English-speaking teenagers. For more than a week, the British retailer has been unable to accept contactless payments and customers are also unable to shop online. On Monday, Sky News reported that hundreds of...Read More
A 21-year-old East London resident, Richard Ehiemere, has been sentenced to more than 12 months in prison over crimes involving the possession and distribution of sexual abuse images of minors. According to the UK’s National Crime Agency, Mr Ehiemere first came under the radar of law enforcement agencies in 2021 when he was 17 after...Read More
Veeam study find budget increases for cybersecurity aren’t enough; businesses need smarter resilience strategies Ransomware payments are dropping, but attackers are shifting tactics faster than businesses can adapt Declining attack rates don’t mean ransomware is beaten New research has revealed the scale of recent ransomware evolvution, warning it remains a dominant threat to organizations worldwide....Read More
