The average cost of a data breach, according to the latest research by IBM, now stands at USD 4.24 million, the highest reported. The leading cause?… Read More »Hardware-grade enterprise authentication without hardware: new SIM security solution for IAM

A big part of the job of a technical writer is getting feedback on the content you produce. Writing and maintaining product documentation is a… Read More »Cloudflare Tunnel for Content Teams

Elon Musk says Tesla is rolling back its latest self-driving car software after a series of issues. Source:: BBC News – Technology

Frances Haugen, who leaked thousands of documents, is appearing before MPs working on online safety. Source:: BBC News – Technology

Last week, I reported 80 apps belonging to a premium SMS scam campaign, which signs victims up for expensive premium SMS services that earn a… Read More »Premium SMS Scam Apps on Play Store | Avast

Nine schools in Scotland had planned to allow pupils to pay for their meals using the technology. Source:: BBC News – Technology

Nobelium, the threat actor behind the SolarWinds compromise in December 2020, has been behind a new wave of attacks that compromised 14 downstream customers of multiple cloud… Read More »Microsoft Warns of Continued Supply-Chain Attacks by the Nobelium Hacker Group

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has been making news lately by talking about the “metaverse.” Zuckerberg says it’s the future of Facebook — and the internet.… Read More »Will Zuckerberg’s ‘metaverse’ change everything?

Cybersecurity researchers on Friday disclosed a now-patched critical vulnerability in multiple versions of a time and billing system called BillQuick that’s being actively exploited by… Read More »Hackers Exploited Popular BillQuick Billing Software to Deploy Ransomware

The iPhone of New York Times journalist Ben Hubbard was repeatedly hacked with NSO Group’s Pegasus spyware tool over a three-year period stretching between June… Read More »NYT Journalist Repeatedly Hacked with Pegasus after Reporting on Saudi Arabia

The government and telecoms giant Telstra purchase Digicel Pacific in a joint venture. Source:: BBC News – Technology

UK networks agree to block almost all internet calls coming from abroad if they pretend to be UK numbers. Source:: BBC News – Technology

Experts warn that the pandemic lockdowns have made more people vulnerable. Source:: BBC News – Technology

Shoppers had been locked out of the supermarket’s website following an outage that began on Saturday. Source:: BBC News – Technology

Molly, 14, died after viewing graphic content on Instagram, which is owned by Facebook. Source:: BBC News – Technology

Cities are under threat from floods, forest fires and other disasters – how is tech helping with emergency responses? Source:: BBC News – Technology

Microsoft on Thursday disclosed an “extensive series of credential phishing campaigns” that takes advantage of a custom phishing kit that stitched together components from at… Read More »Microsoft Warns of TodayZoo Phishing Kit Used in Extensive Credential Stealing Attacks

The Russian-led REvil ransomware gang was felled by an active multi-country law enforcement operation that resulted in its infrastructure being hacked and taken offline for a second… Read More »Feds Reportedly Hacked REvil Ransomware Group and Forced it Offline

The government says it will tackle extreme posts but Twitter warns Ofcom will be “muddling through”. Source:: BBC News – Technology

The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency on Friday warned of crypto-mining malware embedded in “UAParser.js,” a popular JavaScript NPM library with over 6 million weekly downloads,… Read More »Popular NPM Package Hijacked to Publish Crypto-mining Malware