M&S confirmed today that the retail outlet’s network was initially breached in a “sophisticated impersonation attack” that ultimately led to a DragonForce ransomware attack. M&S chairman Archie Norman revealed this in a hearing with the UK Parliament’s Business and Trade Sub-Committee on Economic Security regarding the recent attacks on the retail sector in the country. While […]
Gurgaon: The city saw an uptick in cybercrime cases, with more than a 17-fold increase in 2024 compared to 2021. Cybercrime recorded a skyrocketing trend from 79 to 1,300 cases by last year. Meanwhile, police action in terms of arrests also reflected a corresponding rise, though there was a substantial gap between the cases reported […]
A new report out today from endpoint security firm Morphisec Inc. reveals the resurgence of Pay2Key, a ransomware operation with ties to Iran’s Fox Kitten advanced persistent threat group, now rebranded as Pay2Key.I2P. Originally exposed in 2020, the updated threat actor is leveraging a ransomware-as-a-service model and incorporating techniques and components associated with the Mimic ransomware family, including a […]
Lucknow: The cybercrime cell has issued an urgent public advisory warning pension holders against a rising wave of sophisticated cyber fraud targeting retirees under the guise of updating the Jeevan Pramaan Patra (life certificate).According to officials, cybercriminals are now exploiting sensitive personal data of pensioners — including date of appointment, retirement date, PPO number (pension […]
🚨 School safety officer shot near Philadelphia Dave & Buster’s 🚨 Suspect was arrested at a New Jersey hospital 🚨 The victim was the target of road rage, reports said PARAMUS — A man who shot an officer inside a marked Philadelphia school safety vehicle and fled to North Jersey has been arrested, according to authorities. […]
Seeing the Unseen: The Kosmic Eye Vision In today’s rapidly evolving threat landscape, organizations need more than traditional tools—they need vision. Kosmic Eye, developed by Tek Yantra Inc., delivers precisely that: a cutting-edge platform that provides Unified Security Posture Management (USPM) powered by the latest in AI, quantum computing, and agentic intelligence. This isn’t just about reacting to threats. It’s about anticipating, forecasting, […]
The chairman of U.K. retail giant Marks & Spencer declined to tell a panel of lawmakers whether the company paid a hacking group following a ransomware attack earlier this year. “We’ve said that we are not discussing any of the details of our interaction with the threat actor,” said chairman Archie Norman, referring to the […]
Marks & Spencer chairman Archie Norman has described the recent ransomware attack on the retailer’s systems as something akin to an “out-of-body experience” as he called for cyber attack victims to be brave, bite the bullet, and be open and transparent about their experiences. Speaking before the Business and Trade Sub-Committee on Economic Security, […]
Cybercrime is accelerating at an alarming rate, with Cybersecurity Ventures expecting around $10.5 trillion USD to be lost to the global economy in 2025 thanks to hackers, data thieves, phishers and other “bad actors”. The biggest, headline-grabbing heists involve eye-watering figures that are hard to comprehend—records and dollars are looted in their millions. But they still […]
‘We’re not going to abandon Ingram. If we had the mindset that any partner who experiences a breach is off the table, we’d have zero partners. All the major companies, this is part of the game as you grow,’ says Antwine Jackson, president and founder of Enitech. Ingram Micro is making “important progress” on restoring […]
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