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Cyber scams cost businesses $1.7 million per year, claims report
Ninety-eight percent of businesses experienced a cyber attack in 2024, with 94% reporting associated financial losses of at least $500,000, according to the 2025 CyberScam Report from security firm BrandShield. Based on a survey of 200 CISOs from the UK, US, and Europe, the research discovered that suffering a cyber attack in 2024 had a significant impact on a CISO’s…
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Cyber criminals widen the net to target tradespeople
Tradespeople are being warned to take the potential of cyber attacks more seriously after new research showed almost two-thirds had fallen victim to at least one successful attempt in the past. Commercial insurer NFU Mutual surveyed 500 tradespeople in the UK at the beginning of January 2025. Of the 61% who said they had been a victim of cyber crime…
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Microsoft launches new security AI agents to help overworked cyber professionals
Microsoft is expanding its Security Copilot service with new AI agents to help overworked IT teams deal with surging security threats. The company is adding 11 agents in total – six developed by Microsoft and five built by its partners – to the Security Copilot as part of an April preview. The generative AI-powered Security Copilot was launched by Microsoft…
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IBM pledges support for UK government cyber skills program
IBM has teamed up with the UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) and the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) for a cyber skills program for girls. The company confirmed it will provide the online platform for this year’s CyberFirst Girls competition, a UK-wide program open to girls between the ages of 12 and 13. Run by the NCSC,…
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Cyber attack that shut down schools in New Mexico claimed by ransomware gang
Ransomware gang Interlock today claimed responsibility for a February 2025 cyber attack on the Aztec Municipal School District in New Mexico. The school district announced a network outage on February 24, 2025 forced schools to cancel classes. It reopened on March 3, 2025, but as of time if writing, the district is still recovering systems and restricting access to the…
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Western Alliance Bank admits cyber attack exposed 22,000 customers
An American bank has admitted nearly 22,000 customers had their accounts compromised following an attack that targeted a zero-day flaw in a third-party file-transfer tool. In a regulatory filing, Arizona-based Western Alliance Bank said attackers had access between 12 and 24 October last year, though the bank reportedly only became aware of the attack in January. Hackers accessed customers’ names,…
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Businesses must get better at sharing cyber information, urges former GCHQ chief
The former head of GCHQ has warned businesses face increasingly sophisticated cyber attacks on critical national infrastructure (CNI), urging firms to pay closer attention to geopolitics and collaborate on fighting the next generation of threats. Jeremy Fleming, who served as director of the agency from 2017 to 2023, says the ‘big four’ – generally understood as China, Russia, North Korea,…
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More than 300,000 US healthcare patients impacted in suspected Rhysida cyber attacks
Two US healthcare organizations have warned threat actors were able to breach their internal systems, exposing more than 300,000 individuals. On 7 March 2025, Kansas-based healthcare provider Sunflower Medical Group published an alert stating that over 220,000 patients had their personally identifiable information (PII) accessed in a data breach. An advisory published by the firm revealed it discovered suspicious activity…
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A ‘significant increase’ in infostealer malware attacks left 3.9 billion credentials exposed to cyber criminals last year – and experts worry this is a ticking time bomb for enterprises
Researchers have warned that billions of credentials exposed to cyber criminals were sourced from infostealer logs last year – and it’s created a ticking time bomb for enterprises as hackers begin cracking systems. KELA Cyber Threat Intelligence’s State of Cybercrime 2024 report singled out infostealers as a persistent threat that usually serve as “precursors to advanced attacks, including ransomware and…
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Women in Cyber Security on the Rise, But Facing More Layoffs and Budget Cuts Than Men
Gender diversity in cybersecurity is slowly improving but inequities continue—a new report finds that the field has 5% more women than in 2023, but that they’re more exposed to other workplace challenges than male counterparts. About 32% of women respondents said their organizations experienced security layoffs over the last year compared to just 23% of male respondents. For Women’s History…
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