Federal Cuts Put Local, State Agencies at Cyber-Risk
Federal Cuts Put Local, State Agencies at Cyber-Risk Summary Dark Reading reports that recent federal staffing and budget cuts to organisations such as CISA and the Centre for Internet Security…
UltraViolet Expands AppSec Capabilities With Black Duck’s Testing Business
UltraViolet Expands AppSec Capabilities With Black Duck’s Testing Business Summary UltraViolet Cyber has acquired Black Duck’s Application Security Testing (AST) services business to broaden its unified security operations. The acquisition…
‘SEO fraud-as-a-service’ scheme hijacks Windows servers to promote gambling websites
SEO fraud-as-a-service scheme hijacks Windows servers to promote gambling websites Summary Security researchers at ESET have discovered a previously unknown hacker group, dubbed GhostRedirector, that has compromised at least 65…
Cyberattack forces Jaguar Land Rover to tell staff to stay at home
Cyberattack forces Jaguar Land Rover to tell staff to stay at home Summary A cyberattack on British carmaker Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) forced the company to tell factory and retail…
Techie ended vendor/client blame game by treating managers like toddlers
Techie ended vendor/client blame game by treating managers like toddlers Summary A network engineer (anonymised as “Warren”) was dropped into a project to clear tickets after a hospital merger. One…
Qantas penalizes executives for July cyberattack
Qantas penalises executives for July cyberattack Summary Qantas has reduced short-term bonuses for its senior executives by 15 percentage points after a July cyberattack that exposed the personal information of…
CISA orders federal agencies to patch Sitecore zero-day following hacking reports
CISA orders federal agencies to patch Sitecore zero-day following hacking reports Summary On 4–5 September 2025 CISA added CVE-2025-53690 to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalogue and ordered all federal civilian…
Huawei’s battery energy storage systems run out of juice in the UK
Huawei’s battery energy storage systems run out of juice in the UK Summary Sources say Huawei will discontinue sales of its battery energy storage systems (BESS) in the UK, with…
Knock-on effects of software dev break-in hit schools trust
Knock-on effects of software dev break-in hit schools trust Summary A cyberattack on Hull-based software developer Intradev in early August has led to personal data exposures for staff at several…
Microsoft doing light work with Analog Optical Computer prototype
Microsoft doing light work with Analog Optical Computer prototype Summary Microsoft Research in Cambridge has revealed a new prototype Analog Optical Computer (AOC) that uses light to perform analogue calculations…