Cybercrime

The administrators of the DDoS marketplace webstresser.org were arrested on 24 April 2018 as a result of Operation Power Off, a complex investigation led by the Dutch Police and the UK’s National Crime Agency with the support of Europol

https://www.europol.europa.eu/newsroom/news/world%E2%80%99s-biggest-marketplace-selling-internet-paralysing-ddos-attacks-taken-down

A cybercrime group is targeting the health sector and related industries in the US, Europe and Asia in a suspected corporate espionage campaign, researchers warn

https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252439782/Orangeworm-cyber-attack-group-targeting-health-sector

Nearly half of UK manufacturers have been hit by a cyber security incident, according to a report by an industry organisation, which calls for greater government focus on the specific security needs of the sector

https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252439718/Nearly-half-of-UK-manufacturers-hit-by-cyber-attacks

Businesses that operate online should be working to ensure operational resilience, while the financial sector should focus more on collaboration, says professional services firm KPMG

https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252439708/No-business-safe-from-cyber-attack-says-KPMG

Britain’s spy agencies cannot offer “absolute protection” against Russian cyber-attacks and are instead focused on preventing assaults that would “most impact on our way of life”, in the wake of the Salisbury poisoning, GCHQ is warning.

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/04/21/gchq-warns-public-absolute-protection-not-possible-arranges/

Government is urging UK organisations to defend against cybercrime, as newly released figures show that large numbers of businesses and charities suffered at least one cyber-attack in the past year

https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252439890/Government-urges-UK-businesses-to-beef-up-cyber-crime-defences

Studying how online users react to attacks in of itself is not going to solve the phishing epidemic.

https://www.techrepublic.com/article/how-to-prevent-phishing-by-studying-the-psychology-behind-digital-fraud/

Cyber-attackers are turning to tools that automate the process of finding and hijacking vulnerable servers

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-43788337

Distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks are costing enterprises up to £35,000 per attack in lost business and productivity plus mitigation costs, but lost revenue is considered to be only the fourth most damaging consequence of this type of cyber attack

https://www.computerweekly.com/news/252439254/DDoS-attacks-cost-up-to-35000

You may have seen or heard about the recent advisory on Russian state-sponsored cyber actors targeting network infrastructure devices.

https://www.ncsc.gov.uk/blog-post/malicious-russian-cyber-activity-what-does-it-mean-small-organisations