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[ad_1] Just 3% of organizations are resilient against modern cybersecurity threats, according to Cisco’s 2024 Cybersecurity Readiness Index. This represented a significant decline in the proportion of global organizations that had a ‘mature’ level of readiness compared to last year, when 15% were ranked mature.... Continue reading

[ad_1] NHS Dumfries and Galloway has confirmed that patient clinical data has been leaked online by a ransomware group following the attack on its systems earlier this month. The statement by the Scottish NHS Trust dated March 27, 2024, revealed that clinical data relating to... Continue reading

[ad_1] The volume of zero-day vulnerabilities detected by Google increased by over 50% from 2022 to 2023, with bugs in third-party components on the rise, the tech giant said. Google revealed the findings in its 2023 year in review, We’re All in this Together, which... Continue reading

[ad_1] Two Chinese advanced persistent threat (APT) groups have been conducting cyber espionage campaigns targeting entities in countries affiliated with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) over the past 90 days. Unit 42, the cyber threat intelligence team within cybersecurity provider Palo Alto Networks,... Continue reading

[ad_1] Security researchers have warned Western political parties to be on their guard after uncovering a new cyber-espionage campaign from Russian actors APT29. Thought to be part of Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR), the group (aka Cozy Bear, Nobelium) has historically focused on diplomatic targets,... Continue reading

[ad_1] The US government has sought to close gaps in its sanctions program against Russia by going after blockchain and virtual currency firms it says have helped entities circumvent existing controls. The action taken yesterday by the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) follows... Continue reading

[ad_1] Just 5% of businesses have a cyber expert on the board, despite stronger cybersecurity correlating with significantly higher financial performance, according to a new report by Diligent and Bitsight. There was a significant variation between countries regarding the proportion of organizations with a cyber... Continue reading

[ad_1] Portugal’s data regulator has ordered Worldcoin to stop collecting biometric data from its citizens for 90 days. The Portuguese National Data Protection Commission (Comissão Nacional de Proteção de Dados, or CNPD) announced on March 26 that it ordered Worldcoin to suspend its ‘orb’ device... Continue reading

[ad_1] Two US government bodies have urged technology vendors to eliminate the “unforgivable” class of vulnerabilities known as SQL injection (SQLi). The “secure-by-design” alert was issued on March 25 by the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and the FBI. It states that the software... Continue reading