In the hands of malicious actors, AI tools can enhance the scale and severity of all manner of scams, disinformation campaigns and other threats. AI has supercharged the cybersecurity arms race over the past year. And the coming 12 months will provide no respite. This has major implications for corporate cybersecurity teams and their employers, … More Cybersecurity and AI: What does 2025 have in store?
The UK government is proposing a ban on schools, the NHS, and local councils from making ransomware payments to tackle cyber-attacks. According to The Guardian* this ban will also extend to critical national infrastructure operators. Private companies will need to report ransomware payments to the government, which could block payments to sanctioned groups or foreign … More UK ministers consider banning public bodies from making ransomware payments
Some of the state’s new child safety law can be easily circumvented. Should it have gone further? Florida’s state legislators recently passed a new bill aimed at protecting children online. The highlights of the bill, which is known as HB 3, are mandatory age verification for accessing material that is deemed harmful to minors, and prohibiting … More Protecting children online: Where Florida’s new law falls short
As detections of cryptostealers surge across Windows, Android and macOS, it’s time for a refresher on how to keep your bitcoin or other crypto safe. Bitcoin is on a tear. For the first time in its history, the digital currency surpassed $100,000 in early December, having surged more than 30% since election night in the US. Whether … More Crypto is soaring, but so are threats: Here’s how to keep your wallet safe
The blurring of lines between cybercrime and APT attacks underscores the increasingly fluid and multifaceted nature of today’s cyberthreats. There was a time when the boundary between cybercrime and advanced persistent threat activity was rather easy to discern. Cybercriminals were fuelled solely by the profit motive. And their counterparts in the government carried out mainly … More APT groups are increasingly deploying ransomware – and that’s bad news for everyone
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