Cybercrime

Whether by error or design is unclear, but a great many IT teams are still exposing themselves by downloading outdated, insecure versions of Apache Log4j

https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252511846/Almost-half-of-Log4j-downloads-still-dangerously-exposed

Nominet Cyber managing director David Carroll reflects on the NCSC’s latest annual review amid 2021’s fast-evolving threat landscape

https://www.computerweekly.com/opinion/A-whole-of-society-approach-to-cyber-may-be-on-the-horizon

The intelligence services and the government have become increasingly vocal in campaigns for access to the contents of the public’s encrypted messages on Facebook, WhatsApp and other encrypted messaging services.

https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252511110/Top-10-crime-national-security-and-law-stories-of-2021

As the pandemic continues to affect how we work, socialise, shop and conduct business, so it has increased opportunities for digital fraud and cyber crime. Jason Lane-Sellers explores the latest LexisNexis Risk Solutions ‘Cybercrime report’

https://www.computerweekly.com/opinion/Vulnerabilities-to-fraud-are-increasing-across-the-board

The past 12 months have seen no shortage of cyber crime incidents as ransomware gangs ran amok, with security teams seemingly powerless to do much more than watch on in shock.

https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252510733/Top-10-cyber-crime-stories-of-2021

As head of the National Cyber Security Centre, Lindy Cameron believes company leaders must improve preparedness and resilience by educating staff – and themselves

https://www.raconteur.net/c-suite/ncsc-advice-ransomware-cyber-threats/

Trustwave’s SpiderLabs says its analysis of chatter on underground dark web forums suggests cyber criminals are starting to panic that formerly ‘friendly’ governments are on their case

https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252510666/Russia-may-be-collaborating-with-US-to-bring-cyber-criminals-to-heel

The need for businesses to have rehearsed cyber incident response and recovery plans in place has never been greater, with ransomware attacks on the rise and likely to become even more prevalent into 2022, an expert in cyber risk has said.

https://www.pinsentmasons.com/out-law/news/businesses-should-prepare-ransomware-increase-2022

Possible supply chain cyber attack left more than 300 Spar supermarkets unable to process credit card payments

https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252510577/Investigation-mounted-into-Spar-supermarket-cyber-attack

In the UK, hackers are already starting to exploit the virus by sending out phishing emails about free COVID-19 testing that promises to detect the new variant. In reality, the hackers are trying to trick unsuspecting users into handing over their personal information.

https://uk.pcmag.com/security/137470/scammers-exploit-covid-19-omicron-variant-in-new-phishing-attacks?mc_cid=36b6891e52