Information Security Magazine

The UK government is set to prioritize increasing the number of UK organizations who are Cyber Essentials certified over the coming year

The UK government unveiled two new assessment schemes to boost confidence in the security of products and services during CYBERUK

Researchers spot in-the-wild exploits of Samsung MagicInfo despite recent patch

Organizations can start defending against deepfakes now, before efficient detectors are available

Security researchers at Aon have discovered a threat actor who bypassed SentinelOne EDR protection to deploy Babuk ransomware

Inferno Drainer returns, stealing millions from crypto wallets through phishing on Discord

NCSC CEO Richard Horne said the cyber agency has managed twice as many nationally significant cyber incidents in the period from September 2024 to May 2025

A prolific DDoS-for-hire network has been dismantled by Polish authorities as part of a coordinated international crackdown

The UK government has announced that it will be replace its current SMS verification system with passkeys by the end of 2025

The Israeli spyware maker must pay $444,719 in compensatory damages to Meta and $167.25m in punitive damages

UK government minister Pat McFadden said during CYBERUK that the incidents affecting M&S, Co-op and Harrods show that cybersecurity is a necessity

Marsh says ransomware drove cyber insurance claims to second highest on record in 2024

Half of UK firms have over 10 cyber positions unfilled, according to Cisco

The Alvin Independent School District in Texas has notified over 47,000 individuals affected by a data breach exposing sensitive personal information

Global smishing campaigns linked to Chinese cybercriminals escalate with Smishing Triad’s new tools and techniques

Individuals allegedly linked to the DragonForce cybercriminal syndicate have claimed the attack on the three UK retailers

Prolific PhaaS operation Darcula uses Magic Cat software to steal over 800,000 cards in a seven-month period

The National Cyber Security Centre has published advice for retailers while the Co-op admits customer data was stolen

Ireland’s data protection watchdog accuses the Chinese social media giant of violating GDPR with transfers of European users’ data to China

Comparitech observed a significant decline in ransomware attacks in April, partly as a result of the RansomHub gang “going dark”