Our project leader Enrico Calandro and SE Asia lead Nick Small are in Lao PDR this week to review the results of Cyber4Dev‘s earlier collaborative engagement, and to discuss possible future involvement in Cyber Resilience activities. Vice Minister Keovisouk Solaphom welcomed the Cyber4Dev team and expressed gratitude for their assistance in improving the nation’s cyber capabilities. At the meeting, the … Read more
26.05.2023 NEWS: Backup Repositories Targeted in 93% of Ransomware Attacks The ransomware threat is still very much alive, with 85% of organizations having suffered from at least one such attack over the past 12 months, according to Veeam’s 2023 Ransomware Trends Report. If this trend continues, “more organizations will suffer a ransomware attack than turn … Read more
As we draw to towards the final months of the Cyber4Dev project, we were pleased and proud to have been invited to participate in the 15th Sri Lankan National Cybersecurity Conference in Colombo, which took place earlier this week. Sri Lanka has been one of the most engaged countries that we have worked with since … Read more
Last week members of the team were in Ecuador, where in collaboration with CEDIA ( Corporation for the Development of Research and Academia ) they shared their experience and expertise in the areas of cyber security, incident management and awareness raising activities. Our visit formed part of XII CEDIA Forum of Directors of Information Technology and Communications … Read more
19.05.2023 NEWS: Inactive Google accounts will be deleted A week after Twitter announced it will be removing idle accounts after 30 days of inaction, Google has updated its account inactivity policy. Google says that the updated policy is effective immediately, but that it will start deleting accounts that haven’t been active for at least 2 … Read more
NEWS: EU lawmakers call for a new set of rules for A.I. tools such as ChatGPT A group of European Union lawmakers called for new rules to regulate a larger swath of artificial intelligence tools, beyond those identified as explicitly high risk under the region’s proposed AI Act. The letter comes after a group of … Read more
This week our experts Don Stikvoort and Klaid Mägi have travelled to Mozambique, where there are currently supporting colleagues from INTIC (Instituto Nacional de Tecnologias de Informação e Comunicação) as they tackle the ever increasing demands of CSIRT development. In addition to in Advance CSIRT training, the team will also provide insight and advice on … Read more
Android mobile devices from top vendors in China have pre-installed malware Researchers reported that the top-of-the-line Android mobile devices sold in China are shipped with malware. China is currently the country with the largest number of Android mobile devices, but a recent study conducted by researchers from the University of Edinburgh and the Trinity College … Read more
6 Ransomware Trends & Evolutions For 2023 More than any other industry, cybersecurity is constantly changing. But the number of major paradigm shifts that transformed the world of cybersecurity in the past few years has been unprecedented, especially when it comes to combating ransomware. The costly and global threat of ransomware has evolved alongside changing … Read more
18.11.2022 NEWS: Black Friday and retail season – watch out for PayPal “money request” scams Given that we’re getting into peak retail season, you’ll find cybersecurity warnings with a “Black Friday” theme all over the internet… including, of course, right here on Naked Security! As regular readers will know, however, we’re not terribly keen on … Read more
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