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Global engineering firm Smiths Group has reported a cyber security incident involving unauthorised access to its systems. Upon detecting the breach, the firm promptly isolated the affected systems and activated its business continuity plans to mitigate disruptions. The company, known Read More …
The cloud services you rely on are no longer as secure as they used to be. Once seemingly a safe haven for data and applications, attackers are increasingly leveraging cloud services for command and control—and the Symantec Threat Hunter Team Read More …
U.K. telecoms giant TalkTalk has confirmed that it is investigating a data breach after a hacker claimed to have stolen the personal information of millions of customers. In a post on a popular cybercrime forum seen by TechCrunch, an individual Read More …
Chinese tech startup DeepSeek said it was hit by a cyber attack on Monday that disrupted users’ ability to register on the site. The company, whose artificial intelligence chatbot has sent the tech world into a frenzy, said that it Read More …
The British Museum, the country’s most popular tourist attraction, was partially closed to the public on Saturday after an employee who had been fired broke in and shut down computer systems, museum management said. The museum in central London, which Read More …
The FBI has raised alarm that hackers who breached AT&T’s system last year may have stolen months of agents’ call and text logs, which could potentially lead to the identities of anonymous informants connected to investigations. While the hackers did Read More …
N.B. Liquor CEO Lori Stickles says the company’s security systems worked as intended during an attempted cyber attack this month. “We got the alert, we were able to basically put a choke hold on it by shutting our system down Read More …
Cybersecurity researchers from the Qualys Threat Research Unit have observed a new large-scale operation exploiting vulnerabilities in IP cameras and routers to build out a botnet. In a technical analysis, Qualys said the attackers were mostly exploiting CVE-2017-17215 and CVE-2024-7029, Read More …
U.S. government contractor Conduent, which provides technology to support services such as child support and food assistance, has confirmed that a recent outage was caused by a cybersecurity incident. Conduent confirmed the disruption, which left some U.S. residents without access Read More …
The global sports betting market has seen explosive growth in recent years, fueled by the rise of online gambling platforms, increased internet access and penetration, and the legalization of betting in numerous countries. As of 2023, research showed that the Read More …
