A sponsored state cyber-attack is most likely behind the attack that disrupted the live broadcast on Australia’s Channel Nine TV network on Sunday this week. The broadcaster discovered that it was not able to go on air for its normal Sunday morning programmes, forcing it to tweet “A cyber-attack on our systems has disrupted live […]
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Earlier this week Sierra Wireless, a leading IoT manufacturer reported it was halting production in its manufacturing sites, taking offline key IT Systems and websites, as a result of suffering a ransomware attack. Sierra Wireless products include network devices, routers, modems and other communications devices. The company believe that none of its customer facing products
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It was about 12 months ago that the way we worked changed forever due to the pandemic. Companies had to act swiftly to keep running and, in some cases, rapidly accelerate their remote working plans. For some organisations, this meant having to use technology, processes and systems that would not be considered acceptable under normal
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A massive Microsoft cyber attack following on from the huge SolarWinds attack from last year is emphasising how important it is for organisation to extend their cyber security controls through outsourced Security Operations Centres, also known as outsourced SOC. No longer are small, in-house standalone teams able to flex to the increasing number of sophisticated
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Security researcher Alex Birsan has successfully demonstrated a potential supply chain attack, and in the process the proof-of-concept exploit was installed on systems in Apple, Microsoft and thirty three other companies. Multiple organisations have paid the researchers “bug bounties” totalling $130,000 so far for finding these vulnerabilities. Like other supply chain attacks, notably the recent
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A report detailing the Operational Technology Cyber Attack on India’s power grid by Chinese state-sponsored threat actors ‘Red Echo’, has sparked accusations and denials this week. On October 12th 2020, grid failure in Mumbai resulted in a 2 hour power outage, shutting business and stopping national transport. The outage even shutdown the Mumbai’s stock exchange.
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