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by rbc
Thu May 08, 2025 11:27 pm
Forum: News
Topic: Education giant Pearson hit by cyberattack exposing customer data
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Education giant Pearson hit by cyberattack exposing customer data

Education giant Pearson suffered a cyberattack, allowing threat actors to steal corporate data and customer information, BleepingComputer has learned.

Pearson is a UK-based education company and one of the world’s largest providers of academic publishing, digital learning tools, and standardized ...
by rbc
Wed May 07, 2025 11:17 am
Forum: News
Topic: 160-Year-Old Haulage Firm Folds Following Cyber-Attack: Director Sounds Alarm
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160-Year-Old Haulage Firm Folds Following Cyber-Attack: Director Sounds Alarm

A devastating ransomware attack has forced Knights of Old, a 160-year-old haulage firm based in Kettering, Northamptonshire, into administration, resulting in 730 job losses and prompting a stark warning from its director to other businesses.

Paul Abbott, who served on the board at Knights of Old ...
by rbc
Tue May 06, 2025 10:39 am
Forum: Continuing Professional Education (CPEs)
Topic: ISC2 Central Mississippi May Meeting
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ISC2 Central Mississippi May Meeting

Good day all. I'm pleased to announce the May 2025 meeting of the ISC2 Central Mississippi Chapter. It will be held Tuesday, May 13th at 2 PM on Google Meet. This meeting will be virtual only.

The speakers will be W01 Devin Plato and W01 Justin Dantzler from the Mississippi Army National Guard. The ...
by rbc
Thu May 01, 2025 11:15 pm
Forum: News
Topic: Cyberattacks hit UK retailers including Harrods, M&S
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Cyberattacks hit UK retailers including Harrods, M&S

A wave of cyberattacks has hit several British retailers including luxury department store Harrods and upmarket supermarket Marks & Spencer, the businesses said on Thursday.

After Marks & Spencer and the Co-op food retail chain said they had been targeted, Harrods on Thursday confirmed it had ...
by rbc
Thu May 01, 2025 12:13 pm
Forum: News
Topic: Prioritizing Patch Management – CISO’s 2025 Focus
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Prioritizing Patch Management – CISO’s 2025 Focus

In 2025, with cybersecurity threats evolving at an unprecedented pace, effective patch management has never been more critical for organizational security posture.

As organizations grapple with an ever-expanding digital landscape, CISOs find themselves at a crossroads where traditional patch ...
by rbc
Thu May 01, 2025 12:07 pm
Forum: News
Topic: SonicWall: SMA100 VPN vulnerabilities now exploited in attacks
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SonicWall: SMA100 VPN vulnerabilities now exploited in attacks

Cybersecurity company SonicWall has warned customers that several vulnerabilities impacting its Secure Mobile Access (SMA) appliances are now being actively exploited in attacks.

On Tuesday, SonicWall updated security advisories for the CVE-2023-44221 and CVE-2024-38475 security flaws to tag the ...
by rbc
Fri Apr 25, 2025 12:36 am
Forum: News
Topic: Yale New Haven Health Notifying 5.5 Million of March Hack
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Yale New Haven Health Notifying 5.5 Million of March Hack

Connecticut-based Yale New Haven Health System is notifying more than 5.5 million patients that their personal information, including Social Security numbers, could have been stolen in a March hack. The incident, which is among several other recent major health data hacks, ranks as the largest ...
by rbc
Mon Apr 21, 2025 11:27 pm
Forum: News
Topic: North Korean IT Workers Using Real-time Deepfake to Infiltrate Organizations via Remote Job
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North Korean IT Workers Using Real-time Deepfake to Infiltrate Organizations via Remote Job

In a concerning evolution of cyber infiltration tactics, North Korean IT workers have begun deploying sophisticated real-time deepfake technology during remote job interviews to secure positions within organizations worldwide.

This advanced technique allows threat actors to present convincing ...
by rbc
Mon Apr 21, 2025 10:18 am
Forum: News
Topic: Chinese Hackers Employ New Reverse SSH Tool to Attack Organizations
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Chinese Hackers Employ New Reverse SSH Tool to Attack Organizations

A sophisticated Chinese hacking group known as Billbug (also tracked as Lotus Blossom, Lotus Panda, and Bronze Elgin) has intensified its espionage campaign across Southeast Asia, employing a new custom Reverse SSH Tool to compromise high-value targets.

This group, active since at least 2009, has ...
by rbc
Wed Apr 16, 2025 12:09 pm
Forum: News
Topic: Cybersecurity Alarms Sound as CVE Program Funding Ceases
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Cybersecurity Alarms Sound as CVE Program Funding Ceases

Warnings are being sounded over the risk to global cybersecurity posed by the imminent disruption or management shutdown of the Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures program. A fix could be forthcoming in the form of a stand-alone foundation, although details and funding for the new organization ...