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(20/09/23) Blog 263 – International Criminal Court hacked

On Tuesday (19th September), The International Criminal Court (ICC) said its computer systems had been hacked The ICC said it had detected unusual activity on its computer network at the end of last w...

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20/09/2023
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(19/09/23) Blog 262 – UK achieves 7th place in MIT global Cyber Defense Index

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have just released their Technology Review Insights Cyber Defense Index (CDI) for 2022/23 and has graded the UK 7th in the world at being prepared for c...

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19/09/2023
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(18/09/23) Blog 261 – ICO & NCSC to help companies lessen the impact of data breach fines

UK companies which suffer a data breach may face lower fines if they proactively report and engage with the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC), according to a new agreement between the agency and t...

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18/09/2023
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(17/09/23) Blog 260 – Lazarus group earns nearly $240M in stolen crypto in 3 months

The North Korea-affiliated Lazarus Group has stolen almost $240 million in cryptocurrency since June 2023, as a result of a significant escalation of its attacks. The infamous hacking group, who have ...

Mark
17/09/2023
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(16/09/23) Blog 259 – Lockbit change their terms for affiliates

The other day I wrote about the complex world of ransomware – Initial Access Brokers, Affiliates, in-fighting and much more. In a timely fashion, Lockbit have just released a poll to all affilia...

Mark
16/09/2023
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(15/09/23) Blog 258 – ‘Scattered Spider’ suspected as MGM attackers

A relatively new gang of cyber criminals is the prime suspect behind the recent attack against MGM International which saw the hotel and casino chain take many systems offline earlier this week in an ...

Mark
15/09/2023
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(14/09/23) Blog 257 – ‘Football Leaks’ hacker/whistle-blower given 4-year sentence

A three-year court case has ended with the hacker / whistle-blower owner of the “Football Leaks” website being handed a 4-year suspended sentence. Rui Pinto, a Portuguese citizen was given...

Mark
14/09/2023
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(13/09/23) Blog 256 – A hard lesson in cyber security

As the summer holiday season comes to an end, schools across the United Kingdom have been gearing up to the new term. Having had to contend with COVID a few years ago, and this year the threat of crum...

Mark
13/09/2023
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(12/09/23) Blog 255 – MGM International targeted in cyber attack

Yesterday afternoon (GMT) reports started appearing on Twitter that a large number of slot machines at a number of MGM International-owned casinos in Las Vegas and other locations across the US had su...

Mark
12/09/2023
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(11/09/23) Blog 254 – Ransomware – an in depth view of the Internets’ biggest problem

If you’ve been following my posts so far this year, you will have noticed that many of my posts involve the topic of ransomware – well there’s a reason for that – ransomware is...

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11/09/2023
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