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The growth of the internet has impacted profoundly on everyday life and the global economy. It has evolved into a global, interconnected network of systems and information – cyberspace – that we know today, transforming the conduct of business and opening new markets.
Threats to cyber security are persistent and constantly evolving. With an ever-growing number of cyber attacks on critical infrastructure, online commerce and the private sector worldwide, security experts are finding that their work has become a race against the attackers.
The Cyber Security Review is designed to draw on the combined knowledge, skills and expertise of the cyber security community to identify the emerging threats and facilitate the development of coherent policies and robust capabilities.
Our mission is to promote dialogue and provide a platform for information exchange and cooperation between stakeholders, industry, academia and security experts worldwide.
Latest news
- Lizard Squad Threatens UK’s Labour Leader with Cyberattacks Against His Family
November 15, 2019
Lizard Squad, the well-known hacktivist cybergang, is pledging to mount personal cyberattacks on Britain’s Labour Party leader, Jeremy Corbyn. As the UK continues to be roiled ...
- Stealthy Malware Flies Under AV Radar with Advanced Obfuscation
November 15, 2019
Researchers warn hackers are putting a new spin on old injection techniques and successfully end-running endpoint protection. They are tracking a campaign, that kicked off ...
- AWS is challenging Microsoft’s $10 billion JEDI contract win
November 14, 2019
It’s not surprising, but as of today, November 14, it is official: Amazon AWS is protesting the U.S. Department of Defense’s award of its $10 billion ...
- APT33 Mounts Focused, Highly Targeted Botnet Attacks Against U.S. Victims
November 14, 2019
The Iran-linked, espionage-focused advanced threat group known as APT33 has been spotted using more than a dozen obfuscated botnets to carry out narrowly targeted attacks ...
- Labour Party says it has been hit by ‘large-scale cyber attack’
November 12, 2019
Labour says it has been hit by a “sophisticated and large-scale cyber attack” on its digital platforms. A party spokeswoman said the cyber attack “failed” because of ...
- McAfee antivirus software impacted by code execution vulnerability
November 12, 2019
Researchers have revealed a serious code execution vulnerability impacting all editions of McAfee software. On Tuesday, the SafeBreach Labs cybersecurity team said that CVE-2019-3648 can be used to ...
- Emotet resurgence packs in new binaries, Trickbot functions
November 6, 2019
Emotet, a Banking Trojan turned devastating modular threat, has returned with upgraded functions in a new wave of attacks. The malware, first discovered in 2014, has ...
- Kaspersky identifies mysterious APT mentioned in 2017 Shadow Brokers leak
November 5, 2019
In 2017, a mysterious group of hackers known as the Shadow Brokers published online a data dump called “Lost in Translation.” The data dump — believed ...
- Buran Ransomware; the Evolution of VegaLocker
November 5, 2019
McAfee’s Advanced Threat Research Team observed how a new ransomware family named ‘Buran’ appeared in May 2019. Buran works as a RaaS model like other ...
- Canadian Nunavut government systems crippled by ransomware
November 5, 2019
Canadian government IT systems have been forced into lockdown after a successful ransomware attack. On Monday, government officials for the Nunavut region said that over the weekend, ...
- Wizard Spider Upgrades Ryuk Ransomware to Reach Deep into LANs
November 4, 2019
The Ryuk ransomware has added two features to enhance its effectiveness: The ability to target systems that are in “standby” or sleep mode; and the ...
- Nemty Ransomware Expands Its Reach, Also Delivered by Trik Botnet
November 4, 2019
The Nemty ransomware (Ransom.Nemty), initially detected in August 2019, has increased its reach by partnering up with the Trik botnet (Trojan.Wortrik), which now delivers Nemty ...
- Alexa, Siri, Google Smart Speakers Hacked Via Laser Beam
November 4, 2019
Researchers have discovered a new way to hack Alexa and Siri smart speakers merely by using a laser light beam. No physical access of the ...
- Ransomware hits Spanish companies sparking WannaCry panic
November 4, 2019
Two major Spanish companies have been hit by ransomware today. Both infections occurred on the same day, sparking memories of the WannaCry outbreak. Spain was one ...
- BlueKeep Attacks Have Arrived, Are Initially Underwhelming
November 4, 2019
The wave of BlueKeep attacks that security experts predicted could take down systems globally have arrived, but they are not in showing the form nor the destructive ...
- Chrome 0-day exploit CVE-2019-13720 used in Operation WizardOpium
November 1, 2019
Kaspersky Exploit Prevention is a component part of Kaspersky products that has successfully detected a number of zero-day attacks in the past. Recently, it caught ...
- Stubborn Malware Targets QNAP NAS Hardware Specifically
November 1, 2019
Top-selling network attached storage devices (NAS) made by QNAP Systems are being singled out by attackers, who have crafted malware specifically designed for the vendor’s ...
- Office for Mac Users Warned of Malicious SYLK Files
November 1, 2019
Microsoft Office for Mac users are being warned that malicious SYLK files are sneaking past endpoint defenses even when the “disable all macros without notification” ...
- Threat Spotlight: Neshta File Infector Endures
November 1, 2019
Neshta is an older file infector that is still prevalent in the wild. It was initially observed in 2003 and has been previously associated with ...
