April 2024

The Cambridge-based cybersecurity and artificial intelligence company Darktrace is likely to become the latest British technology champion to be swallowed up by a US suitor, after it agreed a $5.3bn (£4.2bn) sale to US private equity business Thoma Bravo. Darktrace, whose co-founding investor Mike Lynch is now on trial for fraud and conspiracy in the […]

In today’s information age, businesses are increasingly reliant on interconnected networks and cloud infrastructures, and protecting digital assets against cyber threats has become a paramount concern. Network Detection and Response (NDR) is a critical component in the arsenal of cybersecurity tools, offering advanced capabilities to monitor, analyze, and respond to threats traversing network environments. As

Stellar Cyber and Acronis team up to provide optimized threat detection solutions for MSPs Stellar Cyber has revealed a new partnership with Acronis, to deliver an optimized threat detection and response solution enabling MSPs to protect on-premises, cloud, hybrid, and IT/OT environments most cost-effectively and efficiently possible. Through this partnership, Stellar Cyber and Acronis aim

UnitedHealth Group admits to paying ransom after Change Healthcare cyber attack UnitedHealth Group, the parent company of Change Healthcare, has confirmed it paid the ransom to protect millions of potentially exposed customers UnitedHealth Group has admitted it paid a ransom to threat actors who exfiltrated patient data in a breach affecting its subsidiary Change Healthcare.

10 colleges and universities shaping the future of cybersecurity education Institutions featured on this list often provide undergraduate and graduate degrees, courses, as well as certificate programs tailored to meet the growing demand for cybersecurity professionals in various industries. Some notable colleges and universities renowned for their cybersecurity programs and courses include: Carnegie Mellon University

More than two months after the start of a ransomware debacle whose impact ranks among the worst in the history of cybersecurity, the medical firm Change Healthcare finally confirmed what cybercriminals, security researchers, and Bitcoin’s blockchain had already made all too clear: that it did indeed pay a ransom to the hackers who targeted the

Ransomware in Q1 2024: Frequency, size of payments trending downwards, SMBs beware! More organizations hit by ransomware gangs are starting to realize that it doesn’t pay to pay up: “In Q1 2024, the proportion of victims that chose to pay touched a new record low of 28%,” ransomware incident response firm Coveware has found. Victim

Select Ukrainian government networks have remained infected with a malware called OfflRouter since 2015. Cisco Talos said its findings are based on an analysis of over 100 confidential documents that were infected with the VBA macro virus and uploaded to the VirusTotal malware scanning platform. “The documents contained VBA code to drop and run an

Super Low RPO with Continuous Data Protection: Super Low RPO with Continuous Data Protection: Dial Back to Just Seconds Before an Attack Zerto, a Hewlett Packard Enterprise company, can help you detect and recover from ransomware in near real-time. This solution leverages continuous data protection (CDP) to ensure all workloads have the lowest recovery point

Sandboxes are synonymous with dynamic malware analysis. They help to execute malicious files in a safe virtual environment and observe their behavior. However, they also offer plenty of value in terms of static analysis. See these five scenarios where a sandbox can prove to be a useful tool in your investigations. Detecting Threats in PDFs